Victor A Kovner

December 21, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In the midst of a pandemic and preexisting budgetary and staffing shortfalls, this drastic action is a dagger in the heart of the New York Unified Court System and threatens its ability to effectuate justice for all New Yorkers.

By Victor A. Kovner

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March 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Victor A. Kovner, the chair of the Fund and Committee for Modern Courts, writes: It is not enough only to provide for a commission-based appointive system for the selection of judges of our highest court. We need to end judicial elections now for all our courts, get the money and politics out of judicial selection in all courts, or at a bare minimum provide for public financing of judicial elections.

By Victor A. Kovner

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