A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week, leaving its future, as well as the prospect of increasing the number of justices in the state, uncertain.
Read MoreWell over a dozen candidates are running in November’s general election with the hopes of winning a spot inside Queens’ courts. Learn about the candidates here.
Read More“If you put aside emotion and partisan politics, and calmly and dispassionately view Trump v. United States through the prism of that wondrous document, the Constitution, you will see that it is neither horrible nor wonderful; but it is, in fact, good for American liberty.”
Read MoreLegislators are taking another shot at a constitutional amendment that they hope could lighten caseloads in the state’s busy courts by adding more Supreme Court judges.
Read MoreWith persistent backlogs clogging up the state’s court system, Governor Kathy Hochul as part of her State of the State address proposed bringing in as many Supreme Court justices as needed to cut through the stalled cases.
Read MoreThe largely pro forma judicial convention to nominate Supreme Court justice candidates to the Queens County Democratic Party’s line in November was met with dissent this week by a group of New Reformer delegates.
Read MoreThe Queens Democratic Party will meet Tuesday to nominate four judicial candidates to its party line in the November race for Queens Supreme Court justice. Find out who is expected to get the nomination and more about the process here.
Read MoreIn New York and in many other states, governors typically grant clemencies, whether they are sentence commutations or pardons, around the holidays. For Robert Webster, Christmas came and went without news from Governor Kathy Hochul’s office.
Read MoreJohn Swett Rock was a teacher, dentist, medical doctor and abolitionist, in addition to being Massachusetts’ fourth Black lawyer, and the first Black person admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Read MoreDespite unanimous support from lawmakers in the State Senate and Assembly, Governor Kathy Hochul pocket vetoed a bill that would have made the judge recertification process in New York nearly automatic.
Read MoreThough four Appellate Division justices had their lawsuit against the Office of Court Administration and its leaders dismissed last month, the legal battle over the controversial decision not to recertify a group of older judges in 2020 continued this week.
Read More“Climate change moves slowly but it's moving a lot faster than the department is moving to protect our clients on high heat days.”
Read MoreThe Queens County Democratic Party’s judicial convention will convene Thursday evening to officially nominate judges to run on the party’s line in the 2021 election.
Read More“Attorneys need to get back to work and cases have to start moving.”
Read More“We’re locked in a cycle I think we need assistance from the court to get out of.”
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