By Jason Grant | New York Law Journal | October 10, 2017
The Bar Association called Trump's attention to the requirements of the U.S. Constitution, federal legislation and international law.
By Josefa Velasquez | October 2, 2017
A pilot program for centralized off-hours arraignments is scheduled to begin this month in four upstate New York counties, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks announced Monday.
By Anthony S. Guardino | September 26, 2017
In his Zoning and Land Use Planning column, Anthony S. Guardino discusses how, after more than two decades, litigation over New York City's efforts to use its zoning powers to regulate adult bookstores and adult eating or drinking establishments appears to be over.
By Marcia Coyle and Mike Scarcella | September 20, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court's fall term begins on Oct. 2. Noel Francisco, newly confirmed as U.S. solicitor general, has just days to prepare. Of course, it's likely Francisco, formerly a top appellate lawyer at Jones Day, hasn't been thinking about the cases and issues that the justices will confront—and he will argue—this term. Here's a snapshot of things to know about Francisco and matters on his plate as he prepares to step up to the lectern at the high court.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 15, 2017
Prosecutors Enjoyed 11th Amendment And Absolute Immunity Against §1983 Claims
By Barry Black and John B. Madden explore "Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos," where the court upheld the validity of a statutory exception to the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of religion contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and further discuss other examples of the law's special treatment of religious institutions and clergy members. | September 13, 2017
Thirty years ago, in Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos, 483 U.S. 327 (1987), the U.S. Supreme…
By William M. Pinzler | September 12, 2017
William M. Pinzler discusses "Masterpiece Cakeshop and Jack Phillips v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission and Craig and Mullins," a case the Supreme Court has granted certiorari which presents the question of whether applying Colorado's public accommodations law to compel a "cake artist" (a baker) to prepare a cake in honor of a customer's gay wedding violates his "sincerely held religious beliefs" about gay marriage and thus violates the Free Speech or Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment.
By Josefa Velasquez and B. Colby Hamilton | September 6, 2017
New York's AG and 15 other states and D.C. filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York alleging the Trump administration's undoing of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive action violates constitutional protections.
By Andrew Denney | August 31, 2017
The settlement was reached as attorneys from the ACLU and other groups representing those affected by both travel bans prepare to clash with government attorneys before the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments over a revised travel ban released in March.
By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | August 29, 2017
In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp analyze a recent case where the court wrestled with the modern world's reliance on foreign governments to help investigate and develop cases but declined to allow the government's investigatory needs to outweigh defendants' constitutional rights.
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