Sentences with phrase «judicial nominations from»

One source said New York's two Democratic senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have an outlet to block judicial nominations from their home state, were holding it up.

That «blue slip» process is Senate tradition in which senators are able to give or withhold their blessing for a judicial nomination from their state.

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The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a three - decade - old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen. Jeff Sessions» failed judicial nomination three decades ago.

While the denial of a blue slip does not legally restrict a judge from being approved, Glenn Sugameli, an attorney who is an expert on judicial nominations, told Business Insider in an email earlier this week that «no circuit court nominees have been confirmed over objection of one (or two) home state senators — including under Obama.»

The state Commission on Judicial Nomination has begun the formal process of filling the seat on the state Court of Appeals left empty by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam, whose body was retrieved from the Hudson River west of her home in Harlem last Wednesday.

He must select from a list perpared for him by the Commission on Judicial Nomination.

Trump began to make his mark on the lower federal courts with 10 judicial nominations that drew praise from conservative legal groups and concern from their liberal counterparts.

The Commission on Judicial Nomination, which will recommend candidates to Cuomo to replace retiring Court of Appeals Judge Beauchamp Ciparick, have extended the deadline from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15.

Judicial nominations are important to Conservative and Independence parties because they allow minor parties to rake in a lot of money from fundraisers in the legal community.

Teachout suggested a commission be set up with a two - step nomination process, similar to judicial nominations, where a representative panel provides candidates from which the governor then selects members.

The laws that govern judicial campaigns and the behavior of candidates stipulate that a candidate may withdraw from a race for only three reasons: death, departure (moving out of the district) or nomination for another judicial office.

Tuesday marked Cuomo's legal deadline to name his pick from the list of seven names given to him in October by the state Commission on Judicial Nomination.

«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.

Past a certain point, there are only three ways to remove a candidate from the ballot: Death, relocation out of state and judicial nomination.