All Articles tagged judicial appointments

• 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.