Sentences with phrase «of judgeship»

After the judicial reorganization of 1788, Wythe became sole Judge of the Chancery Court of Virginia but refused offers from President George Washington of a judgeship on the new federal courts.

State election law permits a candidate to be replaced in a race only if the candidate dies, moves out of state or opts to run for any type of judgeship in the state.

If the Barrons and Narcisse can successfully mount a coup against Persaud, the only seats left in Seddio's grasp will be Persaud's old Assembly post, Maisel's spot in the Council and a handful of judgeships and district leader positions.

Neither change has an analog in the nature of judgeships.

Not exact matches

José Alberto Cabranes, who later went on to become the first Puerto Rican to be appointed to a federal judgeship, published an exhaustive review of the legislative deliberations over the question of Puerto Rico's political fate following America's annexation of the island.

After a 17 - year judgeship with the Southern District of New York, she moved to private practice five years ago.

The only way to get a candidate off the ballot at this point is for that person to die, move out of state or be nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship.

Long said he has so far received no signal from Lazio that he would like to try to bow out of the race and get off Row D by being nominated for a judgeship in the wake of his stunning and decisive loss in the GOP primary to Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

(As you'll recall, there are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: A candidate must either run for a judgeship, move out of state or die).

Tonight on the Senate floor, during a debate on the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King that had been persuasive in his previous hearing as part of an unsuccessful nomination to a federal judgeship.

There are only three ways to get off the ballot at this late date: Move out of state, die or get nominated for a judgeship.

To reiterate for the umpteenth time: The only way to get off the ballot line at this point is to die, move out of state or be nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship anywhere in New York.

I'm told it's possible for a candidate to get off an independent line without being nominated to run for a judgeship, die or move out of state.

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.

Rep. Chris Collins, a Clarence Republican who has been one of Trump's most outspoken backers, expressed frustration about the new president's slow progress in appointing people to federal judgeships and jobs — including those in Western New York.

Of course, I believe all of these candidates are also attorneys, which means they can be nominated for judgeships to get them off the general election balloOf course, I believe all of these candidates are also attorneys, which means they can be nominated for judgeships to get them off the general election balloof these candidates are also attorneys, which means they can be nominated for judgeships to get them off the general election ballot.

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.»

Schaffer agreed to lie low in return for his goodies — including a split of Supreme Court judgeships by cross-endorsing each other's candidates — because the contest was important to Walsh for two reasons.

In between are the choices for both of New York's federal Senate seats, state comptroller and attorney general and state Supreme Court, County Court and Family Court judgeships.

The motion contains an affidavit by Town of Oyster Bay Republican Councilman Joseph Muscarella where he states that following the November, 2016 election, he and his brother, Thomas Muscarella, met at a Mineola restaurant with former Nassau Democratic Party official and now State Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald, to congratulate him on being elected to a judgeship.

«It's an honor to have been approached, but there are a lot of things to consider, including my judgeship in Clarence.»

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.

They've got to let as many voters as possible know Padernacht is no longer actively campaigning, despite the fact that his name will still appear on the primary ballot (unless, of course, someone manages to get him nominated for a judgeship or lands him a great job outside the state).

A variety of ways can remove Nixon as the WFP's nominee, including a nomination for a judgeship, moving out of the state or, in a more complicated way, a double - switch with another candidate for office.

All three of its placeholders can be nominated for a judgeship after the September primary to get them off of the general election ballot.

Adler critics also note he lost his race for a civil court judgeship partially as a result of a reform ticket pushed by the Working Families Party.

Lopez succeeded former Assemblyman Clarence Norman as the boss of Brooklyn in 2005, after Mr. Norman was arrested for selling judgeships and receiving illegal campaign contributions.

«Whatever Gilbert Taylor's qualifications may be, the appearance of using a Family Court judgeship as a soft landing for someone who botched the city's response to the homeless crisis is concerning,» said City Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Queens), chair of the Committee on Courts & Legal Services.

Wouldn't Kenneth Schaeffer's dropping out of the governor's race in return for a judgeship violate some law?

In fact, in the face of steadily increasing caseloads we have operated under strict hiring limitations for several years, and with virtually no new judgeships for much longer.»

After months of speculation, Grisanti has been nominated by Cuomo for a Court of Claims judgeship.

Sources tell the NY Post that Democratic City Councilman Vincent Gentile of Bay Ridge has begun pestering NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for a judgeship or job within the administration.

A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.

Then, regardless of the strength of a Democratic majority in the Senate, use 51 votes to fill EVERY Federal judgeship qwith the most liberal judge immaginable.

Lorigo's run turned out to be moot when Paladino defeated Lazio in the GOP primary and Lazio dropped out of the race and got his name off the Conservative Party line by «running» (not really) for a judgeship.

Two of the coveted judgeships will be on November's ballot as Justices Thomas Breslin of Albany County and Raymond Elliott of Rensselaer County hit the mandatory retirement age of 70.

QUEENSBURY — This year's election results in Warren County offered plenty of intrigue as several political novices prevailed, the county attorney was elevated to a judgeship, several town officials spurned earlier this year in the primary scored rebounds, and races in Thurman and Chester were far too close to call.

Warren County Attorney Martin Auffredou is cheered by fellow Republicans Nov. 3 as the votes rolled in, indicating he'd won one of two judgeships in the state's expansive Fourth Judicial District.

Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.

Lazio was hastily nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship, one of the get - off - the - ballot mechanisms that allowed the party to replace him with Paladino.

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I asked Cuomo campaign spokesman Josh Vlasto about that, and was met with a «no comment» in response to all my questions — whether the AG is having second thoughts about running on Row C and might try to somehow bow out (a near impossibility, since he would have to die, move out of state or run for a judgeship — none of which seems likely to happen any time soon), and whether this changes his reluctance to accept the WFP line.

Democrats in the county transferred Dennenberg's name to a judgeship race he has little chance of winning.

Gary Tilzer, a rep for five of the 11 candidates vying for six Brooklyn civil court judgeships, sent a letter to the state and city boards of elections, as well as to the Judicial Campaign Ethics Center with the Office of Court Administration, saying the borough Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is hosting an «illegal» fund - raiser.

The judgeship switcheroo is only possible if the candidate in question is an attorney and has been a member of the bar for at least 10 years.

After his loss, Meyer bowed out of the race, getting his name off the ballot by agreeing to run for a judgeship after Grafton Town Justice Pierce Hoyt, a county employee, resigned from his job.

Dohney could either die, move out of state or be nominated for a judgeship (as an attorney with at least 10 years of membership to the bar, he is eligible to run for a seat on the bench).

Allegations that Sessions spoke positively about the Ku Klux Klan, referred to a black prosecutor as «boy» and called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as «un-American» derailed his nomination for a federal judgeship in 1986 under then - President Ronald Reagan.

We are treated to an unopposed election of two State Supreme Court Justices in the Third Judicial District, where such judgeships are brokered like poker chips, and thus, like it or not (or even if you have no idea who they are) you will elect Andrew G. Ceresia and Michael Mackey to 14 year terms.