Source: New York Times

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice of Justice Hector LaSalle to become the state’s top judge caused an intraparty Democratic battle that divided a judicial hearing on Wednesday.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s embattled nominee to become New York State’s top judge was rejected on Wednesday, an unprecedented repudiation that underscored a deep division among Democrats on the direction of the state’s judicial system.

After a combative hourslong hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-9 against the nomination of Justice Hector D. LaSalle, whose nomination was strongly opposed by progressives who saw him as too conservative.

The committee’s rejection — the first time that New York lawmakers have voted against a governor’s choice for chief judge — laid bare how vulnerable Ms. Hochul, a Buffalo-area Democrat, may be to a challenge from her own party. All 10 senators who voted against the judge were Democrats; two Democrats voted in favor of Justice LaSalle, while one Democrat and all six Republicans on the committee voted in favor “without recommendation.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/nyregion/chief-judge-lasalle-hearing.html

We were at a Democrats Abroad meeting last night and one of the organizers was wearing the pin above. His mom in Louisiana gave it to him at Christmas, and he brought it back to France.

She bought it from DissentPins.com, who sell all sorts of great stuff.

I'm going in for an abdominal hernia operation today, the result of the laparoscopic prostatectomy five years ago (Not malpractice, just aging muscles giving way).
I've been told by my ophthalmologist that cataract surgery is on the horizon - "I can give you the most perfect glasses in the world, but if the windows are dirty, they aren't going to help. You're past 70. Things fall off and don't work as well". Just my luck to get an ironic French doctor.
The little 'taches' (actinic keratoses) on my forehead are going to have to come off.
And let's not even go on about the 'stress urination' when sneezing or laughing due to the lack of a second washer which came out when the prostate came out.
It would be great if we could get a tune up at 50 to keep this crap from happening.