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Schumer v. Alito
Well, that didn’t take long. As I started to write an item on New York’s senior Senator and the new SCOTUS nominee, Judge Samuel Alito, the following popped up from Chuck: “It is sad that the President...
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The Halloween Nomination
It’s noon and Mike hasn’t gone after Bush’s SCOTUS nomination yet, which must mean that he’s feeling pretty confident, or that his pollsters are reassured that the Republican line of attack isn’t...
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Not Approved
It’s not exactly SCOTUS, but the New York City Bar Association is out with its judicial recommendations, and there’s another round of bad news for the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Three of their favored...
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Business Leaders Love Alito’s Judicial Activism
Assessing the philosophy, character and fitness of Samuel Alito to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court will require more than eliciting vague and unresponsive answers about whether he will remain faithful to...
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The Little Supremes
Beneath a photo of Judge Samuel Alito in Princeton University’s 1972 yearbook, one line prophesied a rich future for the 22-year-old public-policy major: “Sam intends to go to law school and eventually...
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Business Leaders Love Alito’s Judicial Activism
Assessing the philosophy, character and fitness of Samuel Alito to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court will require more than eliciting vague and unresponsive answers about whether he will remain faithful to...
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Feingold at Cardoza
Russ Feingold, heading into the Gore-space on Hillary’s left, is also making his way onto her New York turf this Sunday with an address on the Patriot Act. According to the release, the address will...
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Abortion Ban Will Test ‘Moderate’ Republicans
Whatever else may be said about the august legislators of South Dakota, who have arrogated unto themselves the decision of every woman in that state as to whether to continue a pregnancy, they have...
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Abortion Ban Will Test ‘Moderate’ Republicans
Whatever else may be said about the august legislators of South Dakota, who have arrogated unto themselves the decision of every woman in that state as to whether to continue a pregnancy, they have...
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Gleeson Ruling Upheld
A state federal court of appeals just upheld Judge Gleeson’s ruling that judicial conventions in New York are unconstitutional because they’re controlled by party bosses. Gleeson’s ruling came out...
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Judicial Convention Defense: Spitzer Has Nothing to Do With It
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it’s going to review the New York case about the constitutionality of the judicial selection process. (Judicial candidates currently get the endorsement of a...
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Before the New Justice Is Chosen
Choosing a Supreme Court justice has become a deplorably dishonest process that hides ideological disputes behind petty and often personal matters. Nominees pretend to have no opinion about...
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A Good No-Decision
The city’s archaic system of rent regulation may be in need of rethinking, but it is just as well that the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a legal challenge to the system. The issue is...
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Tears and Toasts at Stonewall: Riot-Site Revelers React to SCOTUS Decision
Rachel Howald, Kate Lummus, Virginia Sin and Gretchen Menter celebrate at the Stonewall Inn. (Getty) The rainbow flags, T-shirts and pins that have traditionally decorated the Stonewall Inn took on new...
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Antonin Scalia Has a Civil Liberties Debate in Brooklyn
Antonin Scalia. (Photo: Getty) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last night weighed in on some of the most heated civil liberties debates in the country, including the legality of mass...
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage ‘incoherent,’ Bell argues
"The Supreme Court's decision to refuse to take these appeals is completely incoherent,” Bell said in a statement.
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Lesniak, celebrating Supreme Court decision on marriage equality, calls...
MANTOLOKING - At the start of a classic 4th of July Jersey Shore weekend party on Thursday night, state Senator Ray Lesniak (D-20) and friends celebrated the recent historic U.S. Supreme Court decision...
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Gorsuch SCOTUS Nomination Is a Conservative ‘Monkey’s Paw’
With Gorsuch,Trump gets a Supreme Court pick, Democrats will try to block the nomination, and Republicans get someone like Scalia.
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The Supreme Court’s Gift to Creditors: An Additional Tool
Debt collectors can now enforce time-barred claims.
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear NJ Sports Betting Case
A Supreme Court ruling on the case could have national implications, potentially opening the door for other states to legalize sports betting.
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