New York appeals court upholds voting rights law
A New York appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling striking down a state law that prohibits local governments from ...
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Norma Jennings sworn in as New York State’s first Black LGBTQ+ Civil Court judge
The Honorable Judge Norma Jennings, New York State’s first Black and lesbian civil court judge, was sworn in on Jan. 30 in ...
New York's State Voting Rights Law Upheld by Appellate Court (1)
New York can enforce its law banning voter dilution, suppression, intimidation, and obstruction, a Brooklyn appellate court ...
Democracy in Focus: New York State Court of Appeals Year in Review
Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...
Midlevel Appellate Court Reinstates New York's Voting Rights Act
A state appellate court on Thursday unanimously reinstated New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2022, a law that prohibits "vote dilution" actions by municipalities. In a ruling penned by ...
Trump files formal notice of plan to appeal hush money conviction
U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers on Wednesday formally notified a New York state court of Trump's intent to appeal his ...
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Appeals court strikes down federal ban allowing handguns to be sold to teenagers
A federal appeals court struck down a longtime federal ban that forbade the sale of handguns to teenagers in the U.S. The ruling Thursday by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals shot down a regulatory ...
President Donald Trump appeals his New York hush money conviction
President Donald Trump has appealed his New York hush money conviction, seeking to erase the verdict that made him the first ...
Appeals court upholds New York voting rights law, reversing lower court
A New York appeals court has reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups.