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[Supreme Court] Justices Back N.Y. Trial Judge System
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Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
News Date | Thursday, January 17, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Justices Back N.Y. Trial Judge System
By DAVID STOUT
Published: January 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — Sweeping aside complaints that New York State chooses its trial judges through an antiquated, patronage-tainted system that favors party cronies and gives voters no real say, the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state’s unique system.
Overturning findings by a federal district judge in Brooklyn and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the justices held that New York’s selection of nominees for State Supreme Court by means of party conventions is both constitutional and reasonable. |
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