New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, has a particular niche among state courts: it’s liberal on many matters, as suits the state’s politics, but over the years has tended to take care that its commercial law is relatively predictable and efficient from a business perspective, since it would rather not risk tempting the state’s huge business sector to flee to other jurisdictions. With two vacancies on the court, Gov. Andrew Cuomo now has a chance to confirm the court’s historic path, or set it on a different one. [Lawrence Cunningham]
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Liberal pro-business judges? Do these exist?
Isn’t it a telling indictment of the American legal system that judges have to be appointed according to their political stance rather than their knowledge of the law?
The problem, Malcolm, is in determining who has knowledge of the law. In my opinion President Obama, who I gladly voted for, is a dunce with respect to the law. Mayor Koch’s views are interesting. He had a policy to choose judges from three people reviewed for competence by a expert panel.. The mayor claims to have appointed too many clunkers anyway.