Decided Jan. 27, 2006
Before Gleeson, U.S. District Judge
The plaintiffs in this case claim that New York State’s electoral process for the office of Supreme Court Justice violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Specifically, they claim that the system both deprives voters of the right to choose their parties’ judicial candidates and imposes insurmountable burdens on challenger candidates who seek a major party nomination without the support of local Democratic or Republican Party leaders.
