Embattled chief judge nominee Hector LaSalle is standing by his judicial record while pushing back against progressive state senators aiming to scuttle his nomination to lead the state’s high…
ALBANY — In an unprecedented turn of events, Democrats on the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted down the nominee of their party’s governor to be New York’s top judge.
“Judges’ decision making is based on the facts and the law and how you feel personally about a party or issue before us is not germane,” the longtime jurist told members of state Senate Judiciary Committee. LaSalle noted that he also ran with the nominations of the Democratic, Republican, Independence and Working Families parties, a common practice in judicial elections statewide.“Judges make decisions on the law,” he said.
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