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7:45Now PlayingNew York Governor, Kathy Hochul, infuriates new yorkers and Democrats after making a devastating conservative Judge Hector D. LaSalle decision. Ben Gleib and Jackson White break it down on The Damage Report.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul Picks Conservative AntiAbortion Judge for New York's Highest Court
"New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday nominated Hector D. LaSalle—a conservative jurist who has sided with crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs)—to lead the state’s highest court for a 14-year term. LaSalle’s history as a right-wing judicial activist is in direct contrast with the governor’s previous pledges to support abortion rights in New York.
LaSalle was one of seven candidates submitted to the governor by the State Commission on Judicial Nomination, but in a Monday letter, nearly 50 law professors urged Hochul to not pick LaSalle to be chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals because of his “cavalier attitude towards reproductive rights, hostility to organized labor, and a worrying insensitivity to due process.”
While each of those is troubling, let’s focus on his “cavalier attitude” toward abortion rights. The New York law professors’ open letter explains the situation thusly:"
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