New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Daniel J. Kornstein | December 10, 2018
But is our Democracy so ideal? Is it worth exporting? Is it even real? Is it endangered? What do we even mean by Democracy?.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rolando Acosta | December 7, 2018
In our experience to focus on an appeal waiver when the sentence is not excessive is like allowing the home baseball team to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning when the home team is already ahead; they have already won, so what's the point?
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Lew Tesser | December 6, 2018
The fees are modest and operate on a sliding scale, ensuring that resolving the dispute will not be disproportionate to the amount in controversy.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Michael J. Broyde | December 5, 2018
The law gives everyone just enough rights to hurt schoolchildren in underperforming private religious schools, but not enough rights to actually help them. In cases where religious parents want less education than the state mandates—or even simply refuse to teach that which conflicts with their religious faith that the state labels a minimum—a compromise is needed.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jeffrey Winn | December 4, 2018
The best part of the book deals with this portion of Ginsburg's career, in the 1970s, when she was in a state of “becoming,” making her first huge mark on the legal profession.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Edwina G. Mendelson | December 3, 2018
I believe this interdisciplinary, data-driven decision-making approach has the best chance of improving outcomes for youth.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Elliott B. Jacobson | November 30, 2018
If Mueller is fired, what, if anything, can be done to investigate whether the President colluded with the Russians in connection with his 2016 election bid and, assuming arguendo he committed crimes in connection with any such collusion, to insure that he is ousted from office and appropriately sanctioned? A review of the available options shows that there are few and that none of them is really good
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Shira A. Scheindlin | November 29, 2018
The media bears some share of responsibility for attaching political tags to judges. Many articles describe a judge who issues a controversial ruling by the name of the appointing president.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Michael Miller | November 28, 2018
The number of exonerations in New York undermines the assumption that we sufficiently protect the innocent. It is of paramount importance to all New Yorkers and all Americans that the entire criminal justice system work together to ensure only the guilty are convicted.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | November 27, 2018
Lawsuits typically end with “three little words”: Ordered, Decreed, Adjudged. These potent words almost always result in quiet compliance.
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