AlLBANY – Three elections after the court system established independent commissions to review the qualifications of judicial candidates, the record of the screening panels is spotty, at best.
Even proponents of the system question whether most voters—ultimately, the intended beneficiary of the commissions’ work—are even aware that state-sanctioned appraisals of candidates’ qualifications are available.
See the Rules of the Chief Administrative Judge, Part 150, which established review commissions.
See the Feerick commission report that recommended the establishment of these review commissions.
See the questionnaire used by screening panels.
In any case, many candidates do not bother to submit their judicial bona fides.
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