The test was used when Trump
nominated appellate Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Speaking to NY1 Political Anchor Errol Louis, Cuomo said he will
nominate appellate judge Paul Feinman to the state's Court of Appeals.
Not exact matches
There are two other federal appeals
judges on the new list; both were
nominated to their
appellate positions in May.
Notwithstanding Article VI, Section 4,
Judges of any intermediate appellate court shall be nominated, appointed and elected in the same manner as judges of the Supreme
Judges of any intermediate
appellate court shall be
nominated, appointed and elected in the same manner as
judges of the Supreme
judges of the Supreme Court.
At the same time, the judicial
nominating commission that currently assists the governor in choosing
appellate judges is set to expire on June 30, 2013, and unless the legislature renews it, the state will be left without a process for filling judicial vacancies.
President Obama on Tuesday
nominated federal
appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, 54, to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The bill would require recusal by any
judge or justice «when a party or party's attorney to the proceeding before the
judge was a member of the
appellate judicial commission or a circuit judicial commission who
nominated the
judge.»
Oklahoma Speaker puts forth judicial agenda: keep merit selection but change
nominating commission, term limits but only for Court of Civil Appeals, mandatory retirement age for all
appellate judges, several «placeholder» bills
Three
appellate judges announced last week that they will not stand for retention in August 2014, with the expectation that the commission could screen applicants and
nominate candidates to fill...
Oklahoma's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved five measures that would replace commission - based appointment of
appellate judges with contested elections, limit the role of the judicial
nominating commission in identifying the best qualified applicants, allow the governor to replace some lawyer members of the commission, and require
appellate judges to get 60 percent «yes» votes to be retained.