2007 Issue 1 - New York City Bar Association

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J U D I C I A L S E L E C T I O N T A S K F O R C E II. AN INTERIM PROPOSAL TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS IMPLEMENTED: A REFORM OF THE CURRENT JUDICIAL CONVENTION SYSTEM A. The Task Force’s Strong Opposition to Primary Elections B. Proposed Reform of the Convention and Primary Judicial Selection Systems III.DIVERSITY CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING BOTH APPOINTIVE AND ELECTIVE JUDICIAL SELECTION SYSTEMS 107 107 111 115 T H E R E C O R D 90
Recommendations on the Selection of Judges and the Improvement of the Judicial Selection System in New York State The Judicial Selection Task Force This report of the Judicial Selection Task Force was issued in December 2006. In February 2007, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Lopez Torres v. New York State Board of Elections, in which the lower courts held that New York’s judicial convention method of nominating Supreme Court Judges is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case in the fall of 2007. INTRODUCTION The Judicial Selection Task Force (or “Task Force”) was convened by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (the “Association”) in March 2006. Its mandate was to issue recommendations on improving the judicial selection system in New York State, particularly in light of the recent reform proposals by the “Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections” (the “Feerick Commission”) and Judge John Gleeson’s January 2006 decision in Lopez Torres. 1 The question of how judges are generally to be selected has been the subject of debate throughout our nation’s history. See infra Section IA. In recent years this debate has been particularly prominent. In April 2003, 1. Lopez Torres v. N.Y. State Bd. of Elections, 411 F. Supp. 2d 212, 246 (E.D.N.Y. 2006), aff’d, 462 F.3d 161 (2d Cir. 2006). 2 0 0 7 V O L. 6 2 , N O. 1 91
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