Not exact matches
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.
County officials are pressuring Albany lawmakers to pass the bill after a
judicial pay
commission recommended pay hikes for state judges,
whose salaries are linked to that of district attorneys.
He cited as one potential model the State
Commission on
Judicial Conduct,
whose 11 commissioners are appointed by the governor, the four legislative leaders and the chief judge of the state's high court.
The chairperson [of the
judicial nominating
commission] shall make the name of each person
whose nomination is accepted available to the public whenever the
commission stops accepting nominations for such appointment, but not less than 10 days prior to submitting the names of nominees to the governor.
This person is chosen from a list of individuals
whose applications have been reviewed and who have been found qualified by the
Judicial Nominating
Commission.
Under R.I. Gen. Laws 8.16.1 - 6, any person
whose name was publicly submitted to the governor by the
judicial nominating
commission for a
judicial vacancy was deemed eligible for a subsequent nomination by the governor for a period of five years.
HB 6242 / SB 686 Makes any individual
whose name was publicly submitted to the governor by the
judicial nominating
commission, eligible for subsequent nomination by the governor until June 30, 2012.
HB 8006 / SB 3080 Extends until 2015 law allowing any individual
whose name was publicly submitted to the governor by the
judicial nominating
commission, eligible for subsequent nomination by the governor.