By Jeffrey M. Winn | September 20, 2023
In the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. was a radical who was feared, hated, and considered dangerous. But in the years since King's 1968 assassination, he has become saintly and mythological. Pondering this dichotomy, a biographer set out to write a book about King, the man, focusing on his humanity, hopes, flaws, and anxieties.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Steven Goldman | September 19, 2023
The Second Amendment comes closest to defining the myth of what it means to be an American—fierce self-reliance combined with deep skepticism of government authority—in a way that no other provision of the constitution does. Behind this myth, however, is a less savory reality.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Bennett L. Gershman | September 18, 2023
Driven by the investigations and indictments of Donald Trump and his demagogic attacks against the judicial system as well as outrage against so-called "progressive prosecutors," a Law Journal columnist writes, GOP lawmakers have declared war on prosecutors to intimidate them and prevent them from exercising their professional duties.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Daniel M. Lehmann | September 15, 2023
In their article, "'Get Sheds Down': Reforming NYC's Shed Construction," Kenneth M. Block and Melissa T. Billig discuss New York City Department…
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Troy Rosasco | September 11, 2023
Under the new law, compensation may be available to those who worked or volunteered in construction, clean-up, and debris removal; as well as people who lived, worked, or went to school in the exposure zone in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph A. Zayas | September 11, 2023
New York's chief administrative judge recounts his clerkship for Rolando Acosta, who retired from the bench earlier this year.
By Steve Cohen | September 10, 2023
The Manhattan district attorney reflects on his journey to become one of the highest-profile local prosecutors in the United States and the advice that influential figures in his life gave him along the way.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Henry M. Greenberg | September 7, 2023
With Jimmy Carter's passing sadly imminent, it is worth pausing to reflect on those qualities of heart and mind that make him a singular figure in American life. Those qualities were on full display two years before becoming president, when he delivered a Law Day speech at the University of Georgia School of Law.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Philip Katz | September 6, 2023
No indigent adult in New York State should have their access to counsel limited by an inability to speak English.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Bennett L. Gershman | September 5, 2023
Although even big news stories tend to recede quickly from the public's consciousness, the account of this appalling police operation in August should not be forgotten, a Law Journal columnist writes.
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