The Latest Breaking News from Court of Appeals

Reminder: "New York Supreme Court" = N.Y. Trial Court; "New York Court of Appeals" = N.Y. High Court

I've been seeing some headlines referring to decisions of the New York Supreme Court (see, e.g., Fox and CNN), but that's likely to be confusing to most readers: In New York, "Supreme Court" refers to the trial court, though in most other states it's the name of the state highest…

Reason · Jun 28, 2022

What loss of Roe means for women who want abortions in Michigan

Abortions continue to be legal in Michigan after a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Friday that overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision enshrining abortion rights in the U.S. Constitution.

Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022

Sad ending to Happy the elephant’s human rights push

Happy the elephant, a 37-year resident of the Bronx Zoo, must remain in her one-acre enclosure after a New York court ruled she is not legally a person.

The New Daily · Jun 15, 2022

GOP candidate for Michigan governor denied spot on ballot in court ruling

DETROIT — The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected Wednesday a lawsuit from Republican businessman Perry Johnson, who asked the judges to revive his campaign for governor by giving him a spot on the August primary ballot.

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Supreme Court Reinstates Stay of Texas Social Media Law (Pending Appeal); Justices Alito Dissents

Justices Thomas and Gorsuch join Justice Alito's dissent, and Justice Kagan disagreed with the majority without opinion. This is not a decision on the merits of the law, but Justice Alito's dissent notes why the answer to the merits question is "quite unclear."

Reason · May 31, 2022

NY voters, lawyers make final arguments as ‘special master’ set to redraw state election maps

ALBANY, N.Y. — The independent expert in charge of drawing up New York’s congressional and state Senate district maps has his work cut out for him.

Tribune News Service · May 6, 2022

NC Supreme Court won't hear case of Rev. Barber's conviction

North Carolina’s highest court has refused to hear the appeal of a civil rights leader convicted of trespassing during a 2017 demonstration inside the Legislative Building

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

Judge slams Democratic-backed lawsuit to keep scrapped NY congressional maps as ‘Hail Mary’

ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a Democratic-backed injunction attempting to force the state of New York to move ahead with a June congressional primary using district maps scrapped last week by the state’s highest court.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

Judge to review additional legal challenge against New York’s Democratic-drawn Assembly maps

ALBANY, N.Y. — The upstate judge overseeing the redrawing of New York’s scrapped state Senate and congressional maps will weigh a legal challenge seeking to have Democrat-drafted Assembly district maps voided as well.

Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022

Editorial: Democracy wins: New York’s highest court invalidates an obnoxious hyperpartisan gerrymander

In a rousing win for New York’s voters, the state’s highest court invalidated the twisted district maps drawn by the Legislature’s Democratic supermajority to help their party for the next decade. Answering the calls of this page and the League of Women Voters, the Court of Appeals (where all seven…

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022