Bar Associations Push for Constitutional Convention With Some Dissent (New York Law Journal)
New York Law Journal, October 30, 2017
Bar Associations Push for Constitutional Convention With Some Dissent
“Frustrated by what they regard as the long-standing failure of the Legislature to address critical shortcomings in the state Constitution, organized bar groups are urging voters to seize on Nov. 7 the rare opportunity to call a constitutional convention (a ‘ConCon’) to propose amendments of their own….The New York City Bar Association also is backing a convention, based on a task force report that concluded, despite concerns it shares with the state bar about the delegate selection process, ‘without a convention there is little hope’ of needed reforms…. City bar president John Kiernan said that the constitutional provisions opponents fear could be on the chopping block are very popular. ‘New York is as progressive as it’s ever been,’ said Kiernan, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton.”
