New York leaders and advocates are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to withdraw her nomination for Justice Hector LaSalle to serve as the state's Chief Judge.
in Albany to call on the Governor to change her mind on nominating LaSalle, citing the judge’s judicial record, which ralliers say includes decisions that are anti-labor, anti-due process, and anti-abortion.for the top judge spot in December 2022, several months after Janet DiFiore stepped down from the position. The announcement was met with opposition from progressives, citing that he is too conservative for their standards, but on Jan.
So far, several union leaders declared their opposition to LaSalle’s nomination, claiming that he has been anti-union and permitted lawsuits meant to harass and intimidate union leaders, contradicting binding precedent and opening the door for more state-level anti-union state lawsuits that will come if the U.S. Supreme Court guts federal protections.
“Gov. Hochul has taken an approach to judicial nominations opposite that of President Biden on the federal level. President Biden’s nominations have emphasized not only racial and gender diversity, but also professional diversity, as more than half of his nominees so far have been public interest lawyers working in public defense, civil rights, consumer protection, labor, or similar areas,” said Deborah Wright, Political Director of United Auto Workers Region 9A. “Gov.
“Now more than ever, New York courts must serve as a bulwark against further erosion of pregnant people’s rights, liberty, and autonomy. Justice LaSalle’s record demonstrates he is the wrong choice to lead New York’s highest court. Justice LaSalle joined an opinion that curtailed the Attorney General’s investigation into a network of faux medical clinics that were using coercive practices to pressure pregnant people not to seek abortions,” said Emma Roth, staff attorney at Pregnancy Justice.
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