power -- that they floated the wishes of their newly elected democratic governor in order to publicly doubt his appointment. some context, last summer, chief judge janet duffy airy unexpectedly announced she would be stepping down from new york's court of appeals. she had led a narrow conservative majority over the court, a majority that nearly rejected the new york democratic redistricting plans that many would argue cost the democrats a lot of seats in that state in the midterms. liberals were rather gobsmacked, who would not only preserve the conservative balance of power, but would take his history of anti union, anti-choice, anti-police reform with him to the highest court in the state. just look at his reaction -- first off, unions. there is the ruling in the 2015 case, communications work as of america, which would