Sentences with phrase «judgeships do»

Although he does not have a law degree, many judgeships do not require formal law training in order to qualify to run for the position.

Not exact matches

If she does, and there's a GOP primary, we could end up with a situation similiar to 2010 when Lazio lost to Carl Paladino in the GOP primary and then «ran» for a judgeship in the Bronx so he could get off the Conservative line and make way for the mad - as - hell businessman from Buffalo.

He didn't endorse either of his former opponents and won't be doing so, thanks to his newfound position as a candidate for a Bronx state Supreme Court judgeship.

Cuomo actually does come up in the allegations, very tangentially: At one point in the U.S. attorney's complaint, Smith is quoted as having said to an undercover F.B.I. agent, as part of an explanation for why the Republican county chairmen were unlikely to go back on a bribe - based bargain with him, «I got them already asking me about judgeships, because judgeships now come through here, it comes through the governor.»

But he didn't agree until this past weekend — too late to get his name off the ballot unless he dies, moves out of state or is nominated at the very last minute for a judgeship (which doesn't have to necessarily be in the Bronx).

@JimmyJames To be fair most elections for judgeships aren't really much of an election so I doubt they do much campaigning.

Do I think him leaving for a judgeship could happen?

The only way for a candidate to get off a ballot line once he or she is confirmed is to move, die or be nominated to a judgeship - for which Lazio doesn't have to actively campaign, only accept the nomination.

(In order to get Lynch off the ballot, the Monroe County Democrats agreed to nominate him for a state Supreme Court judgeship, which he did not win).

The Conservative Party, which endorsed Stefanik before the primary (incurring Doheny's wrath in the process), did the Independence Party a favor and nominated Doheny for a state Supreme Court judgeship in Kings County (otherwise known as Brooklyn).

Clearly the Conservatives, who had already given Stefanik their pre-primary support, did the Independence Party a favor here by nominating Doheny for a judgeship to get him off Row E after he lost the GOP primary.

I didn't follow the judgeships, so I'm not prepared to say.

If he does run, Fried would have to give up his judgeship in Spring Valley.

It represented the culmination of years of frustration over what Democrats denounced as a Republican campaign to stall the machinery of Congress, stymie President Obama's agenda and block his choices for cabinet posts and federal judgeships by insisting that virtually everything the Senate approves be done by a supermajority.

Under the rules that govern judicial candidacies, he was allowed to do so only if nominated for another judgeship — and so a few days previous the Brooklyn branch of the Working Families party had nominated him for Supreme Court.

To the contrary, federal appellate judges are highly respected and considered some of the brightest legal minds in the country; they did nt» secure their prestigious judgeships by being slouches.

While that will likely play a role in the selection process, the criteria don't limit the judgeship to bankruptcy lawyers or attorneys from a particular circuit.