罗得岛参议院审议卸任州长麦基的法官任命批
罗得岛州参议院11月5日起着手审议即将卸任的州长丹·麦基提出的一批法官任命，这是麦基在任期最后几个月里为州法院系统留下印记的机会。其中最重要的一项，是将高等法院法官路易斯·马托斯提拔为五人组成的罗得岛州最高法院法官。麦基8月宣布这项任命后暂缓推进，以免60天的立法审议期限在议员休会竞选期间耗尽。参议院司法委员会定于11月17日、18日和12月1日举行听证并审议相关任命，参议院全体会议预计12月2日表决。等待任命的空缺还包括地区法院首席法官一职，候选人包括前民主党州参议员斯蒂芬·阿尚博以及四名现任地区法院法官；另有两个高等法院法官空缺待填补，其中一个是接替升任高等法院主审法官的前参议院议长约瑟夫·蒙塔尔巴诺，另一个是接替退休法官杰弗里·兰菲尔。上述任命均须经参议院确认，获任者将终身任职。
（来源：普罗维登斯日报）
Rhode Island Senate Takes Up Outgoing Governor McKee's Slate of Judicial Nominations
The Rhode Island Senate began on November 5 to take up a slate of judicial nominations from outgoing Governor Dan McKee, his chance to leave a mark on the state court system in the final months of his term. The most significant is the elevation of Superior Court Judge Lewis Matos to the five-member Rhode Island Supreme Court. McKee announced the nomination in August, then held it back so the 60-day legislative review clock would not run out while lawmakers were away campaigning. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled hearings and deliberations on November 17, 18 and December 1, with a full Senate vote expected on December 2. Vacancies awaiting appointment also include chief judge of the District Court, with candidates including former Democratic state senator Stephen Archambault and four sitting district court judges, and two Superior Court vacancies, one succeeding former Senate president Joseph Montalbano, who became presiding justice of the Superior Court, and one succeeding retired Judge Jeffrey Lanphear. All the nominations require Senate confirmation, and those confirmed will serve for life.
(Source: The Providence Journal)
来源：普罗维登斯日报
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