On this local page, I will post unique content outside current events that will not air on YouTube.
Tonight begins the Jewish day of mourning called Tisha B'av. It memorializes the destruction of the Second Temple.
We fast from sunset til nightfall the next day and spend much of the evening/day prayer and contemplating our distanced relationship from G-d. Many have a custom to visit a cemetery. If I am feeling up to it, I may visit my Mom though her cemetery is over an hour away.
We are allowed to work if necessary. The day does not carry the work prohibitions of Sabbath, however, work is greatly discouraged unless really necessary. So I will not be streaming tonight.
If I stream tomorrow night, it will likely be thru Locals.
If it were not Tisha B'Av I would have been watching with you Elon's interview of Trump that is scheduled for 8 PM tonight. I'd suggest checking that out.
All the best and I will see you on Locals tomorrow night.
@JoeNierman
JOHN JAY COMMITTEE
POSITION PAPER #1
Judicial Selection Integrity in New York State
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I. Title
Structural Control of Judicial Selection in New York:
A Constitutional Analysis of the Judicial Nominating Convention System
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II. Executive Summary
This paper advances the following core conclusion:
New York’s judicial nominating convention system concentrates effective control over judicial selection in party-controlled delegate processes, thereby limiting meaningful electoral participation and raising constitutional concerns under modern First Amendment, Equal Protection, and ballot access jurisprudence.
While upheld facially in New York State Board of Elections v. Lopez Torres, the system’s real-world operation reveals a structural gatekeeping mechanism that warrants renewed scrutiny.
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III. Background: The Current System
A. Selection Process
• Supreme Court Justice candidates are not chosen via direct primary
• Instead:
1. Voters elect judicial convention delegates
2. Delegates attend judicial nominating conventions
3. Conventions select party nominees
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B. Practical Reality
In practice, delegate elections are often:
• Low ...
