Here’s a follow-up to the immediately preceding post on New York Court Watcher (The New List for the Court of Appeals–Seven names for the Governor to make her 1st pick for New York’s High Court):An interview with Capitol Pressroom host
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Vincent Martin Bonventre, the Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor at Albany Law School, inaugurated New York Court Watcher in May 2008. Court observer Bonventre offers research and commentary on the United States Supreme Court, the New York Court of Appeals, and other federal and state courts on a wide range of public law issues.
Since its inception, New York Court Watcher has published several hundred commentaries. Virtually all of them are based on original research. Voting patterns of Justices and judges, as well as decisional patterns of the courts on which they sit, are a staple of the commentaries. Courts, Justices and judges, and the politics surrounding them--as well as practiced by them--are examined from a realistic and practical perspective. That is, legal realism as opposed to formalism. From the perspective of a political scientist as well as a lawyer.
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The New List for the Court of Appeals
Seven names for the Governor to make her 1st pick for New York’s High CourtJudge Eugene Fahey is retiring from the Court of Appeals. Not because he chooses to. But because of the state’s infuriatingly moronic mandatory age retirement. Fahey…
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The New York Court of Appeals Latest List
For the second time in one month, the State Commission on Judicial Nomination released a list of nominees for New York’s highest court. Earlier last month, on April 8th, the Commission gave Governor Andrew Cuomo a list from which to…
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Supreme Shift (Part 4): Final on Barrett’s Past Record
As Nick raised his glass, Father Keller said out loud, “Finally.”—from WHERE HAVE YOU GONE WITHOUT ME, by Peter BonventreYes, “Finally,” Part 4.Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesLate last year, in the previous installments in this series, we saw a pretty clear pattern.…
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Grand Questions of the U.S. Constitution
The 2021 Albany Law Review Symposium VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/542787220PODCAST: https://soundcloud.com/user-952955809-873766748/albany-law-review-presents-grand-questions-of-the-us-constitution
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The NY Court of Appeals List
(Emerging from the pandemic-related delays and extra work preparing for remote teaching, etc.Anyway, back to Court Watcher.)Last week, the Commission on Judicial Conduct released its list of nominees to fill the vacancy on the state’s highest court which will arise…
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A Tale of Two Religious Liberty Decisions: SCOTUS Versus NY’s Court of Appeals
(This is a brief detour to address significant decisions just rendered by the Supreme Court and New York State’s Highest court.)One tribunal, the Supreme Court, took constitutionally protected free exercise of religion seriously. Perhaps, the Court even went overboard in…
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Supreme Shift (Part 3): More Barrett’s Record
In the last post, we looked at two opinions of then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett while on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. They were dissents. One involved immigration, the other gun rights. Patrick Semansky/APForget about originalism or strict construction or deference…
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Supreme Shift (Part 2): Barrett’s Record
(Since the previous post, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the Republican controlled Senate, without a single Democratic, and Republican President Trump who nominated her was defeated in the election by Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Back to now-Justice Barrett.)Yuri Gripas/Abaca…
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Supreme Shift: Ginsburg to Barrett (Part 1)
The magnitude of the shift was certainly not matched by a magnitude of serious deliberation.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18th. President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the resulting vacancy a mere eight days later. One…
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