Sentences with phrase «on judicial candidates»

Section 7A (1)(b) does not prohibit a judge or judicial candidate from privately expressing his or her views on judicial candidates or other candidates for public office.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, handed down on Monday, strikes down many of the restrictions the Kentucky Bar Association places on judicial candidates and could open up this year's judicial races to the types of campaigning seen in other races.

In 2008, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell also threw out the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission's rule against judicial candidates identifying themselves by party and raising money, but she upheld a ban on judicial candidates taking stands on specific issues.

Concerns related to attacks on judicial candidates and attempts by business and political interests to influence judicial elections are examined.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.

In addition, she has served as vice chair of the Probate Committee, vice chair and chairperson of the OCBA's Family Court Committee, subcommittee chair and representative for the Family Court Division for a number of bench / bar retreats, liaison to the Legislative Committee, and as a member of the OCBA's nominating committee and its Public Advisory Committee on Judicial Candidates.

The state Bar Association on Tuesday rated all the candidates as «well qualified» — the highest possible rating the group can bestow on judicial candidates.

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.

The process is, in theory, focused on a judicial candidate's merits.

Not exact matches

In 2007, he was convicted again — this time on charges that he shook down judicial candidates seeking party support.

On Thursday, May 8th VID members gathered to hear statements from four judicial candidates and to endorse seven State candidates for the Democratic Primary ballot.

FWIW, in decades of active political party involvement in Ohio, Michigan, New York and Colorado I've never seen a political party provide any support to a non-partisan candidate (not counting candidates nominated in partisan judicial race primaries whose affiliation doesn't appear on general election ballots which Ohio once did and may still do).

And Mr. Boyle will appear on the Independence Party line as a judicial candidate for State Supreme Court.

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.

Though both have the hands - on experience people like in judicial candidates, that's no guarantee of their being placed at the head of the line.

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.

Of the seven candidates presented to Cuomo by the Commission on Judicial Nomination, chaired by former Chief Judge Judith Kaye, the only Republican was Graffeo.

The following V.I.D. Judicial Delegates were chosen at the 2010 Judicial Candidates Forum held on Thurs., May 27th: Keen Berger Jonathan Geballe Frieda Bradlow The following are Alternative Delegates: Mary Ann Carlese Katherine Wolpe Patrick Mahon

The bar association traditionally rates candidates for the Court of Appeals chosen by the state's Commission on Judicial Nomination, which is headed by the state's first woman chief judge, former Judge Judith Kaye.

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 nameOn 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 nameon 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.

The legal fraud that party leaders will commit involves nominating Denenberg for a judicial post on a minor party line if an existing candidate declines a nomination.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Judicial Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for one (1) New York County Supreme Court vacancy, which will be filled in the... Continue reading →

2015 SUPREME COURT INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL SCREENING PANEL July 2, 2015 The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for one incumbent... Continue reading →

On April 5, 2016, the Independent Judicial Civil Court Screening Panel met and began the process of screening candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for two (2) New York County - wide Civil Court vacancies, one vacancy in the 4th... Continue reading →

In a decision handed down on Monday, the Appellate Division of the Second Judicial Department found that a lower court «erred in granting the petition to invalidate the certificate of nomination» to a number of candidates in Nassau.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for one incumbent and four vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District... Continue reading →

(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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday urged a state panel charged with the screening of judicial nominees to speed up the process of selecting potential candidates to replace the late Sheila Abdus - Salaam on the state Court of Appeals.

The situation has not been helped by the Commission on Judicial Nomination, which screens applicants and sends the governor up to seven candidates for each appointment.

Instead of having a purely political process, the Manhattan Democratic Party uses a unique Independent Judicial Screening Panel that reviews candidates based on application.

«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.

On July 8th, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for three (3) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general electioOn July 8th, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for three (3) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general electioon candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for three (3) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general electioon the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

State rules on judicial conduct explicitly bar judges or judicial candidates from endorsing any other candidates for public office.

The New York County Democratic Committee is pleased to announce the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for five vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court vacancies, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 8, 2017 general election.

On July 9th, 2014, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of a screening panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the two (2) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 2014 General ElectioOn July 9th, 2014, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of a screening panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the two (2) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 2014 General Electioon candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the two (2) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 2014 General Electioon the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November 2014 General Election.

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.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Judicial Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for one (1) New York County Supreme Court vacancy, which will be filled in the November 4, 2014 general election.

On September 21, 2015, an Independent Civil Court Screening Panel met and began the process of screening candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the 1st Judicial District Civil Court position to be filled in the November 3,... Continue reading →

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On July 14th, 2015, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of a screening panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the four (4) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District... Continue readingOn July 14th, 2015, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of a screening panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the four (4) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District... Continue readingon candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the four (4) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District... Continue readingon the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District... Continue reading →

The only people on the ballot in Silver's Lower East Side neighborhood were seven candidates for seven judicial positions, all Democrats, picked last month in a judicial nominating convention Silver has cast a shadow on for years.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for one incumbent and four vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court vacancies, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

Abinanti says the «matching contribution» structure not only would reduce pressure on judicial and district attorney campaigns to raise money but likely would expand the pool of candidates.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for one incumbent and four vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election.

Delegates to the Third Judicial District nominating convention will convene at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21 at the Albany County courthouse to nominate two candidates to run for state Supreme Court in November.

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the reconvening of the 2015 Civil Court Independent Judicial Screening Panel to report on candidates for a possible vacancy in the 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled at the November 2015 general election.

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.

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.

The Panel also reported the following candidates as most highly qualified for the six vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District: