In her second attempt at remaking the state Court of Appeals, Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to elevate Associate Judge Rowan Wilson to the vacant chief judge post and has tapped attorney Caitlin Halligan to join New York's top court.

We examine what these nominations mean for the judicial system and consider the possibility of changing how judges are chosen for the top jobs in New York, with Josh Solomon, reporter for the Times Union, and Vin Bonventre, a professor with Albany Law and author of the New York Court Watcher blog.