Ballot question is:
Shall Dana A. Fabe be retained as judge of the supreme court for ten years?
According to the State of Alaska Region III Voter Guide the Judicial Council Recommends a Yes Vote
Appointed in 1996 by Governor Tony Knowles (D).
Senator Mark Begich recommended her to President Obama for a U.S. Supreme Court Vacancy.
According to this website http://noonfabe.org/ they state, "In her nearly 22 years on the bench, Justice Fabe has continually used her office to advance a left-wing ideology, characterized by controversial rulings that have no sound basis in the law or the constitution."
One such instance they point out involves a case ruling from November of 2007 in which the Alaska Supreme Court overturned a law requiring parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion. According to this and this article Justice Fabe wrote the majority ruling stating, “a measure that simply provided parents with notification in advance of a minor's abortion, rather than obtaining their consent, would be legally sound.”
Actual Alaska Supreme court rulings can be found at this site: http://touchngo.com/sp/spindex.htm
This blog also has some information on her, just do a search on her name.
Update 10/27/10: more detail found here.
Note: I don't always want to say Yes to the judges just because I know nothing about them. I have realized that they are some of the people working to circumvent constitutional boundaries to push their private agendas.
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