All Articles tagged appointment

• State Constitutional Commentary
  June 13, 2024 EDT
  IDEOLOGICAL COMPETITION OVER STATE SUPREME COURT SELECTION METHODS
  Stephen J. Ware

  This Article shows that ideological competition over selection methods continues in several states, which ostensibly provide supreme court elections, but in practice nearly always appoint their justices.

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• New York Appeals
  February 13, 2015 EDT
  WHAT “TOUGH ON CRIME” LOOKS LIKE: HOW GEORGE PATAKI TRANSFORMED THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This article considers Governor Pataki's appointments for the New York Court of Appeals and how the selections related to Pataki's vision of being tough on crime.

• New York Appeals
  January 01, 2014 EDT
  WHEN DAD REACHED ACROSS THE AISLE: HOW MARIO CUOMO CREATED A BIPARTISAN COURT OF APPEALS
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This article examines the parallels between former Governor Mario Coumo and his son, Governor Andrew Cuomo, having the opportunity to appoint a majority of Court of Appeals Judges.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 23, 2013 EDT
  AUTOMATIC LIEUTENANT GUBERNATORIAL SUCCESSION: PREVENTING LEGISLATIVE GRIDLOCK WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE ELECTIVE PRINCIPLE
  Patrick A. Woods

  This article is an attempt to find a solution to the problem of lieutenant gubernatorial succession in New York.

• General
  January 01, 2013 EDT
  POWER OF APPOINTMENT LEGISLATION IN NEW YORK: IT‘S TIME FOR MODERNIZATION
  Ira Mark Bloom

  The purpose for this article is to recommend updated power of appointment legislation for New York.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  JUDGE BERNARD S. MEYER: FIRST MERIT APPOINTEE TO THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS
  Vincent R. Johnson

  This is the story of Judge Meyer‘s journey to and experience on the New York Court of Appeals.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2010 EDT
  SKELOS V. PATERSON: THE SURPRISINGLY STRONG CASE FOR THE GOVERNOR’S SURPRISING POWER TO APPOINT A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
  Richard Briffault

  This article explains why the Court of Appeals in Skelos v. Paterson was right to conclude that the governor had statutory and constitutional authority for his action.

• General
  May 08, 2009 EDT
  LÓPEZ TORRES AND JUDICIAL SELECTION IN NEW YORK: AN ARGUMENT FOR MERIT-BASED APPOINTMENT TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT
  Justin S. Teff

  This article argues in favor of a constitutional amendment in New York instituting a local merit-based appointment system for state supreme court justices.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2009 EDT
  ADVANCING THE RULE OF LAW THROUGH JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM: IS THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS THE LEAST OF OUR CONCERNS IN NEW YORK?
  Norman L. Greene

  This article concludes that judicial selection systems within New York State need major reform.

• General
  January 01, 2006 EDT
  TRUSTEE-BENEFICIARIES, CREDITORS, AND NEW YORK’S EPTL: THE SURPRISES THAT RESULT AND HOW THE UTC SOLVES THEM
  Victoria Hasseler

  This note proposes adopting a slightly amended version of the Uinform Trust Code and the accompanying standard provisions relating to the rights of creditors under the NY EPTL.