Cynthia Nixon is appointed to a four-year term on a New York State judicial-screening panel responsible for helping select candidates for the state’s top courts, according to reporting cited by multiple outlets. Fox News describes Nixon as being given a role on the panel that evaluates and screens applicants for the position of chief judge and other top-judge posts in New York. The same reporting notes that Nixon does not have a law degree. The Post similarly reports that Chief Judge Rowan Wilson has tapped Nixon to assist in selecting future members of the top court, and it emphasizes that Nixon is an actress rather than a practicing legal professional.

Both sources frame the appointment around Nixon’s background outside the legal profession and her political profile, but they also agree on the core facts: her appointment is tied to participation on the screening panel, it lasts four years, and it follows selection by New York’s chief judge. The reporting does not indicate that Nixon will serve as a judge; instead, it describes her as participating in the candidate-screening process.