Throughout its history, a cornerstone of our Judiciary's constitutional mission has been the application of the rule of law in a fair and even-handed manner—a fundamental commitment to impartiality requiring that we prevent even the appearance of bias or outside influence in our courtrooms.

In New York, as in many states, this commitment has long coexisted with another fundamental feature of democratic government: the periodic election of nearly 1,000 of our state's judges, often in expensive contested campaigns.

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