Swearing In of NY’s New Chief Judge Has Obama/Roberts Moment

The Albany Times Union reports that when Justice Carmen Ciparick, the interim Chief Judge of New York’s Court of Appeals, began the process of swearing in Jonathan Lippman as Chief Judge, she may have let her disappointment at not getting the job herself show.  Apparently, when she instructed Mr. Lippman to raise his hand for the oath, she raised hers too by mistake.

The Times Union suggested that Justice Ciparick, the only Latina, and one of two females on the Court of Appeals’ prestigious bench, may have felt slighted by the selection process for the new chief judge, which failed to include any female candidates.