51.   The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint judges with the advice and consent of the Senate.

52.   The court also appoints two judges to the commission.

53.   The governor also has appointed or reappointed more than two dozen people to various state boards and appointed two judges to vacancies on the bench.

54.   The interim constitution vests strong powers in central government, and gives the president important powers such as appointing judges.

55.   The New York constitution says that Appellate Division judges must be appointed by the governor from the trial bench.

56.   The president has the power to appoint judges, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

57.   The primary difference is that Justice Court judges are appointed by the county board of supervisors, Municipal Court judges by the governor.

58.   The Republican candidate said he would double federal spending on prisons, appoint tougher judges and strengthen penalties for drug crimes.

59.   There is no disagreement, for example, over efforts to toughen sentencing laws for incorrigible juveniles or appointing judges who will enforce the death penalty.

60.   They have to get him past the rhetoric into the White House so he can appoint anti-abortion judges.