JURIST
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Chief US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found New York City in contempt Wednesday for failing to reduce violence and brutality in the Rikers Island complex. A monitoring team stipulated in the agreement has repeatedly observed failures to comply with court orders and excessive force throughout the jail system.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The New York Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the state’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government on Tuesday in an action brought by former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, whom the commission is investigating. ” A lower court previously sided with Cuomo in 2023.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Which billionaire and former finance chair of the RNC is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its actual malice standard, in an attempt to revive his defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press and one of its journalists over a 2018 article? The post The Billionaire Who Wants The Supreme Court To Overturn <em>New York Times v.
JURIST
JULY 28, 2022
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday reinstated a New York law that limits protest near courthouses. The reinstated law, New York Penal Law § 215.50 (7) , prohibits people from engaging in conduct “concerning the conduct of a trial being held” within 200 feet of a courthouse.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Despite the current state of the Supreme Court’s ethical quagmire , the mere appearance of impropriety or lack of impartiality is a real problem for the judiciary. So maybe Petersburgh, New York Town Court Justice Richard T. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
A New York appeals court ruled that a New York City law granting non-citizens the power to vote was unconstitutional. It was estimated that the law would allow more than 800,000 non-citizens the ability to vote in New York City local elections, prior to the court’s Wednesday ruling.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed a civil suit on Monday challenging New York City’s rifle permit law. In late 2022, the trial court granted summary judgment to Srour and prohibited the enforcement of the challenged subsections. The court further highlighted that according to N.Y.C. .”
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