The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Oct. 31 kicked the judge who declared New York City’s “stop-and-frisk” policy unconstitutional off the case. The court said U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin had given the “appearance of partiality.” It stayed her plan to appoint a monitor to reform practices she held in violation of the fourth and 14th amendments.
ABORTION INJUNCTION TOSSED
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Oct. 31 overruled a federal trial judge who blocked a Texas law restricting abortion rights. The court said the state has made a “strong showing” that its appeal had merit. The legislation requires physicians performing abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles and limits the use of abortion-inducing drugs. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel had ruled that the admitting privileges language was “without a rational basis and places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion of a nonviable fetus.”
JUDGE STEERED PLEA DEAL
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