New York State is drawing mockery after the chief judge of its highest court appointed "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon to a commission that screens and recommends candidates for the state's top judicial posts.Nixon, who played attorney Miranda Hobbes on the 2000s hit series, will be one of four members of the 12-seat Commission on Judicial Nomination that are required to not be licensed members of the New York State Bar to practice law in the Empire State.She was appointed Thursday by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson."Only in Kathy Hochul’s New York could playing a lawyer on HBO qualify you to pick the judges on our state’s highest court," Rep.Michael Lawler, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital on Monday.DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST ACTRESS CYNTHIA NIXON HANDED POWERFUL ROLE IN HELPING CHOOSE NEW YORK TOP JUDGESActress Cynthia Nixon speaks to reporters.
(Adam Gray/Getty Images)"Selecting far-left activist actress Cynthia Nixon to help select New York’s top judges will not bring ‘Justice In The City,’" remarked the National Review’s John Fund in a tweet.George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley added on X that the move is the latest in a pattern wherein the "New York legal system continues to make a parody of itself."SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAMOther online critics mocked the fact Nixon’s character was a lawyer but that she is not one in real life.One posted an image of "ER" actor Noah Wyle – who played a doctor -- riffing that he could be the next Surgeon General."I played the part of an astronaut in a school play when I was maybe 10 years old.
Should I prepare my resume for NASA?" another wrote.Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican challenging state Attorney General Letitia James, said that appointing a "celebrity activist with zero legal background to help shape the future of our judiciary sends the wrong message entirely."SOCIALIST SURGE: MAMDANI FLEXES GROWING POLITICAL MUSCLE AS HE TAKES ON ...