Appeals Court Upholds Injunction on Iowa’s State-Level Immigration Enforcement Law
A lower court had blocked the Republican-backed law that made it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied ...
Democracy in Focus: New York State Court of Appeals Year in Review
Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...
Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case
The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman ...
Opinion
NY governments should not retreat on allowing complaints via app
Cities, towns and villages across Long Island and around the state have used its platform for years. That’s why a lawsuit recently decided by the state’s highest court has caused a wave of ...
Amanda Knox slander conviction upheld by Italy’s top court
Amanda Knox’s notorious legal saga has finally come to an end after nearly 20 years, though not in the way she was hoping.
AT&T drops broadband service in NY as Affordable Broadband Act goes into effect. What to know
The Affordable Broadband Act (ABA), which was initially enacted in 2021, blocked before it could go into effect, and is now ...
NC Supreme Court race between Riggs, Griffin remains uncertified
GOP is trying to overturn a closely watched North Carolina Supreme Court election between Allison Riggs (D) and Jefferson ...
House conservative defies Johnson over remote voting for new moms in Congress
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he - as a pro-family champion - should back her push to allow new mothers to vote remotely for six weeks while they ...
JD Supra4d
Employer to Nonresident Employee: “You Cannot Work in New York”; New York to Employee: “We Will Tax You Anyway”
You are probably aware that many employers are discarding the fully flexible, remote work policies that were forced upon them – as ...
NY Appellate Flags Juror Discrimination Issues in Burglary Case
A New York appellate court on Tuesday suspended a burglary conviction after finding a trial court made the “critical” error of sidestepping protocols intended to prevent racial discrimination during ...
Iowa immigration law remains blocked, US appeals court says, but second lawsuit to be dismissed
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday sided with the Biden administration's Department of Justice and ...
Georgia asks federal appeals court to tighten Voting Rights Act
ATLANTA — The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act, asking a federal appeals court on Thursday to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make it ...