[BunnySlippers]

Conservatism is a philosophy that trumpets the power of individual choice and the acceptance of responsibility of those choices. It encourages government to stay out of the way.

YES!!

[PhiKapMom]

Look what I found on appointment of judges in NYC:

Since 1978, merit selection has been used to select judges of New York City’s criminal and family courts and to fill mid-term vacancies on the city’s civil court. Established by executive order, the mayor’s advisory committee on the judiciary evaluates applicants and nominates highly qualified candidates. The mayor may not appoint a judge who has not been nominated by the committee. http://www.ajs.org/js/NY_methods.htm All based on merit selection and all come from an advisory committee which means in liberal NY the chances of finding a conservative judge based on merit would be nil to non-existent.