I have served as a member of judicial screening panels in New York for more than a decade and have argued cases at the New York Court of Appeals. I have reviewed the appointments and candidacies of trial and appellate-level judges, including three candidates for the Supreme Court of the United States.
I have witnessed how highly-experienced and respected screening panel attorneys have, in a nonpartisan manner, been tasked with distinguishing unfair criticism of judicial candidates from legitimate criticism. I have also witnessed how they focused on relevant criteria only, and refused to apply criteria that have no proper place in an impartial judicial selection process. I am now sadly disappointed that the appointment process for a new chief judge for New York State has devolved into a seemingly ideological and political battle that involves inappropriate criteria and the kind of unfair and chaotic process that has, unfortunately, been indicative of certain events in Washington, D.C.
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