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Liberals Have the Chance to Reshape a Conservative High Court (Not That One)
nymag.com ^ | 7/11/22 | Ross Barkan

Posted on 07/14/2022 3:37:28 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

With the repeal of Roe v. Wade, more and more Democrats have begun to view the Supreme Court as illegitimate. Many liberal New Yorkers hope President Biden and the Senate can somehow expand the Court or radically reimagine it in other ways. Such a plan is years from being realized, though, and the 6-3 conservative majority is going nowhere anytime soon. For now, furious activists would be better off directing their energy elsewhere. The good news is that a rare opportunity to shape a different high court emerged on Monday with the news that New York’s most powerful judge is stepping down.

Janet DiFiore announced today that she would be cutting short her term and retiring at the end of August. DiFiore, the chief judge of the Court of Appeals, the confusingly named highest court in the state, has held her powerful post since 2016, quietly presiding over a conservative majority.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: conservative; court; nys; scotus; supreme
Demonrats such as Hakeem Jeffries and that other idiot from the Bronx are launching their smear campaign against Judge DiFiore AND demanding that Hochul immediately appoint a "progressive" judge.
1 posted on 07/14/2022 3:37:28 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
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