Retired justice's back Hector LaSalle for chief judge, bash 'woke' critics
the state’s next chief judge, after complaining he’s been the victim of a smear campaign by “woke members of the legal academy” and knee-jerk lawmakers.
Retired associate judges are backing Hector La Salle’s nomination for chief chief judge and slamming “woke” opponents’ smear campaign against him.“Some members of the Democratic majority in the State Senate that will vote on whether to confirm Justice LaSalle have unfortunately followed suit. The plain fact is that a fair and reasoned examination of Justice LaSalle’s judicial record will demonstrate that he is faithful to the rule of law.
The judges said critics have unfairly cited a few memorandum decisions that LaSalle signed to unfairly tar his overall record and judicial philosophy as a jurist. “To read into these memorandum decisions broad philosophical viewpoints on subject areas such as abortion rights and labor union rights is as unfair as it is uninformed. They simply do not support conclusions about an individual judge’s philosophical bent.”
“I will not stand in silence as a historic nomination of someone who is highly qualified is being thrown under the bus to make some sort of a political point,” Mark-Viverito said on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show.
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