Sentences with phrase «judicial candidates who»

More recently, she helped create the Judicial Crisis Network, a nonprofit that advocates for judicial candidates who practice judicial restraint.

Green Party leaders in Nassau and Suffolk say their ballot lines have been hijacked by Republican and Democratic judicial candidates who aren't party members — and whose political views sometimes clash with Green Party stances....

The test of judicial fitness could hardly be put more starkly: «The issue is too important to American society — and Mr. Clinton's promise too clear — to fiddle around with judicial candidates who don't have a forthright record of legal and moral support for the constitutional right to abortion.»

Frank was a former judicial candidate who was recommended by the Allegheny County Bar Association as possessing «the highest reputation for integrity and the legal ability, experience and temperament to excel as a judge.»

A judicial candidate who speaks out on issues should remind voters of these obligations, and a candidate who appears to promise how he or she will decide an issue has an obligation to let another judge handle the case if the issue arises in the judge's court.

Not exact matches

One would like to think that there are also those in the Justice Department who have conscience qualms about imposing a litmus test on judicial candidates.

Long is the first candidate (as far as I can tell) who is responding to the proposal and it's interesting she's using her background as a lawyer and judicial activist to knock judges who side against the proposal.

Niccoli and a group of fellow Democratic candidates have penned separate letters to members of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation urging them not to bump the current $ 79,500 base salary of state lawmakers, who haven't received a raise in roughly 17 years.

Tim Idoni, who as Westchester County Clerk is the highest ranking Democratic elected official in the county and who was Mayor of New Rochelle at the time Davidson was promoted as a judicial candidate and thus de facto heads of the Democratic Party of New Rochelle.

On Dec. 1, the state Commission on Judicial Nomination will present the governor with a list of up to seven candidates to fill Pigott's spot — a process that invariably sparks a round of speculation in the state's legal and political circles about who may be named.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

Interviews will only be necessary for those candidates who are submitting a judicial questionnaire for the first time or are interviewing for a different judicial position.

«I think these candidates need to be much more specific in terms of the plan for the way forward,» said Lazio, who gave his remarks on the final day for receiving a judicial nomination by the Bronx Republican Party, which he has to accept in order to be removed from the Conservative line under New York's arcane ballot laws.

Three candidates are somehow in the mild slugfest for county Surrogate Court judge — Democrat Sara McGinty, who won her party's primary, though not its endorsement at convention, and has a dubious distinction of being listed as «not qualified» by the Third Judicial Department Independent Judicial Elections Qualification Commissions, though the Ulster County Bar Association lists her as «qualified.»

Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon who is backing the drive, said: «Detaining people indefinitely in prison - like conditions without judicial oversight is unjust, ineffective and inhumane.That's why Citizens UK are calling on people of goodwill across the country to join them in taking this issue to their parliamentary candidates.

Voters in the 3rd Judicial District will choose a new justice this year from a field of three candidates who bring varied and considerable experience to the race.

«It's outrageous that the Senate Democrats have sunk so low that they knowingly chose a candidate who was convicted of serious crimes and had his law license suspended, and now they are showing a total disrespect for our judicial system by nominating this criminal to a Supreme Court judgeship,» Skelos said.

Part of the reason support for Ling - Cohan was so fervent is because the vaunted panel review process was so flawed and anonymous attacks on her in the press were so vicious, starting in the New York Post but repeated uncritically by other outlets, requoting the Post «source» — allegedly from the panel but possibly a self - interested operative for another judicial candidate — who called her «slow» and «lazy,» when even a cursory check of court records shows her output to be above average.

One veteran of the local Democratic clubs conceded that without judicial candidates, the clubs would die as those seeking judicial office ---- or who hope to in later years ---- provide a substantial percentage of club revenue through their attendance at fundraisers.

New Queens Democrats, which in several months has modestly grown to nearly two dozen members, is now focused on supporting other progressives who want to run for county committee, a massive body of representatives from each election district that meets biennially, but has few concrete powers aside from helping to select candidates for special elections and nominating judicial candidates.

The halt in the vote tabulation was sought on behalf of Schenectady County Family Court Judge Mark Powers — Democratic and Conservative candidate — who is competing against Clinton County Family Court Judge Timothy Lawliss, a Republican, to preside in the Fourth Judicial District.

«First, we have to elect our candidate, and I support Gilda,» declared Bryant, who after taking one for the party looks to have a future in Democratic judicial politics.

Fitzpatrick, 28, is campaign manager for the Republican mayoral candidate in Syracuse, Laura Lavine; an adviser for about a dozen Republican county legislators; and a top consultant for a handful of judicial candidates, including one who works for his father.

The county democratic party hardly focuses on judicial races and judicial candidates seldom reach out to local clubs for endorsements; however, I have elected to include their ratio in this piece because courts have the ability to deeply impact anyone who is involved in the justice system, and people in a lower socio - economic class are likely to have less control over and support with their legal matters.

As I noted then at my Media Law blog, the rule came under fire most recently when one - time Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney condemned his own judicial appointee for her release of Daniel Tavares, who was charged with shooting a Washington couple in November.

This time around, candidates «may demonstrate that they satisfy the geographical requirement by reference to their bar membership, judicial appointment, or other relationship with Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut)», suggesting that regional affiliation is now required but may be loosely defined — for example, it may include jurists who formerly practised in the West or North.

Baroness Usha Prashar, who chairs the Judicial Appointments Commission, said she welcomed applications from good candidates whatever their legal background.

Observers note that voters who lack information about judicial candidates often cast their votes based on race, sex, and other factors unrelated to qualifications.

The court also found that a provision of the Wisconsin Code that prohibited candidates from announcing their views on disputed legal issues in responses to judicial questionnaires was unconstitutional as applied to candidates who, based on the provision, refused to respond to a questionnaire.

(11) The Attorney General shall recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for appointment to fill a judicial vacancy only a candidate who has been recommended for that vacancy by the Committee under this section.

We encounter many candidates who express an interest in pursuing a judicial clerkship.

It is not intended as an exhaustive guide for the conduct of judges and judicial candidates, who are governed in their judicial and personal conduct by general ethical standards as well as by the Code.

For example, if three candidates participate in a judicial election, the candidate who is eliminated may raise funds for only an additional 45 days.

The potential for misuse of the judicial office, and the political promises that the judge would be compelled to make in the course of campaigning for nonjudicial elective office, together dictate that a judge who wishes to run for such an office must resign upon becoming a candidate.

R (Jones) v Judicial Appointments Commission [2014] EWHC 1680 (Admin), Div Ct, May 23 2014, [2014] ACD 107 Judicial Appointments Commission entitled not to appoint a candidate who had seven penalty points on his driving licence.

A private members bill has been introduced in Parliament restricting candidates to the bench to those who have special training in sexual assault - related education, demanding written reasons in all related cases and requiring mandatory oversight by the Judicial Council.

The commission to appoint the next President is chaired by a non-lawyer member, Lord Kakkar, and comprises the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court who is not a candidate for the role, another senior UK judge (not a Supreme Court Justice), and representatives from the three independent judicial appointments boards across the UK.

A successful candidate, whether or not an incumbent, is subject to judicial discipline for his or her campaign conduct; an unsuccessful candidate who is a lawyer is subject to lawyer discipline for his or her campaign conduct.

and the person aggrieved or the Chief Electoral Officer or any elector applies under the Judicial Review Procedure Act for an order commanding the returning officer to perform the duty that is shown to have been not performed, the notice of application shall be served upon the returning officer and upon the persons who were candidates at the election.