New York Law Journal | Commentary
By William Josephson | May 20, 2022
The instruction to the President of the Senate to call for objections is what starts the Act down a slippery slope.
By Marcia Coyle | May 16, 2022
The 6-3 ruling, written by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., struck down Section 304 of the 2002 federal Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act that limited post-election contributions to repay a candidate's personal campaign loans.
By Brian Lee | May 11, 2022
Acting Steuben County Supreme Court Justice Patrick F. McAllister's ruling denied requests from both sides of the political aisle to intervene and invalidate the Assembly map.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jerry H. Goldfeder and Andrew Vazquez | May 10, 2022
A smart application of the 'Purcell' principle by the Court of Appeals would have preserved constitutional rights, saved taxpayer dollars, and not further damaged voters' confidence in our elections.
By Brian Lee | May 4, 2022
In speedy gerrymandering case, lawyer Jim Walden said his Democratic client's petition in a southwestern New York trial court hopes to invalidate Assembly districts and bring "full and complete" relief to state voters collectively aggrieved by partisan political maps.
By Brian Lee | April 29, 2022
The state's highest court invalidated the congressional and Senate maps as unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Democratic legislators. Now the Steuben County judge who made that decision is being asked to weigh the new lines for state Assembly districts.
By Brian Lee | April 29, 2022
As Gov. Kathy Hochul mulls whether to choose a new lieutenant governor calls for setting up a clear and transparent process are growing.
By Brian Lee | April 27, 2022
Attorney Peter Kiernan, senior counsel for Venable LLC and former top lawyer in the Paterson administration—who is set to take part in an upcoming NYSBA panel discussion—said Gov. Kathy Hochul should avoid any action that might be dismissed as "a second cynical political maneuver."
By Brian Lee | April 27, 2022
Republicans filed a complaint that asserted the legislature's and governor's enactment of the congressional and senate maps was procedurally unconstitutional, and the congressional map is also substantively unconstitutional as drawn with impermissible partisan purpose.
By Brian Lee | April 26, 2022
A lawyer for Republicans—who have so far successfully challenged the Congressional district map approved by the Legislature—said imbalances could be corrected without disrupting the 2022 elections.
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