It’s that time of year again in New York City: the Democratic primaries are in the rear-view mirror, and political parties are working through largely opaque processes to determine which candidates will appear on the general election ballot in November for open seats in the judiciary.
The nominees for state Supreme Court to appear on the ballot in November are chosen through a party convention process that has repeatedly come under fire from voters and good-government groups, but is one that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional.
