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2007 Issue 1 - New York City Bar Association

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Recommendations on the<br />

Selection of Judges and<br />

the Improvement of the<br />

Judicial Selection System<br />

in <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> State<br />

The Judicial Selection Task Force<br />

CONTENTS<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

I. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN FAVOR OF A<br />

COMMISSION-BASED APPOINTIVE SYSTEM<br />

A. Historical Background<br />

B. The Case for Commission-Based Appointment:<br />

The Opportunity At Hand<br />

C. Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Favor of<br />

a Commission-Based Appointive System<br />

1. Affected Courts<br />

2. Establishing Judicial Qualification Commissions (“JQC”)<br />

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