Justice Stephen K. Lindley Lawyer for Democratic Assembly Says GOP Lacks Standing to Sue Entirety of Political Maps
Fourth Department Justice Stephen Lindley, in arguments over New York's congressional redistricting, questioned whether a constitutional amendment calling for a bipartisan process amounted to "mere window dressing," in view of that fact that the measure didn't appear to take away the legislature's sole and exclusive authority to draw maps as they see fit.
April 20, 2022 at 06:43 PM
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Election and Political Law
The substantive intent of a 2014 constitutional amendment by New York voters to redraw legislative and congressional districts in a bipartisan manner was significant, a Rochester appellate judge said Wednesday.
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