The Latest Breaking News from the New York Court of Appeals

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein faces a retrial starting Tuesday, on rape and sex assault charges for which a previous verdict was overturned, forcing survivors who helped fire up the "MeToo" movement to testify against him once again.

New York state courts must rule quickly and separately, if they can under New York law, on the constitutionality under the First Amendment of President Trump's recent criminal convictions.

The ruling has nothing to do with #MeToo. It is about ensuring a fair trial—a principle that applies no matter how unsympathetic the defendant.

The verdict was momentous; so too is the overturning of it. The decision by the New York Court of Appeals to overturn Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for the rape of young actress Jessica Mann, in a hotel room in Manhattan 11 years ago, and a sexual assault on a British…

Welcome to the Tuesday, March 19, Brew. 

But how close is close enough? No one knows.

No, state legislatures do not have almost unchecked authority regarding federal elections; state courts are empowered to decide whether the district lines legislators draw and the voting laws they write are consistent with state constitutions and legally created independent commissions and other entities having legitimate roles as well. That was…

The New York Court of Appeals issued six opinions from April 24-30. As of April 30, the court issued 26 opinions in 2023 — 10 fewer than this point a year ago. Three of the six opinions are below:

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is relying on debatable facts and untested legal theories to transform minor misconduct into a felony.