A Latina judge leads the way. New York

“Ruling in a lawsuit filed by Puerto Rican Judge Margarita Lopez Torres and others, a federal judge has struck down the method by which political bosses choose the candidates for judgeships in the state.

The ruling is a resounding rebuke of a system that for decades has allowed political bosses to hand out judgeships as political patronage, with party bosses regularly designating candidates who had given them campaign contributions and shutting out candidates who refused to go along with their wishes. Such was the case with Margarita Lopez Torres….”

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