New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo | October 26, 2022
The failure to update the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes, or to otherwise address climate change and a host of other problems can be traced in large part to the filibuster.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | October 21, 2022
Isn't it high time that we start rethinking a system that, time and again, has been shown to be so deeply flawed?
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | October 20, 2022
The two big hats worn by the next Chief Judge demand almost Biblical-like wisdom and the Herculean strength. While the superior fulfillment of both Chief functions won't be easy, the good news is that it can be done by the exceedingly qualified person selected to perform both functions. History has proven it so.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Carlos J. Cuevas | October 12, 2022
The fundamental flaw of the Insular Cases is that the doctrine is predicated upon racist concepts that predominated 19th century America.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Alan Feigenbaum | October 6, 2022
There is what seems to be a borderline deafening silence amongst matrimonial lawyers about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization'.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rolando T. Acosta | October 5, 2022
The Appellate Division, First Department, is initiating a sustained program—the Representation of Justice Initiative—to add to, and contextualize, its existing art.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Bennett L. Gershman | October 4, 2022
This is a new Court, a radical Court, a Court dominated by Justices doing radical things with the Constitution.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Richard L. Ottinger | October 4, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has transformed itself from an arbiter of the rule of law into a partisan legislative body enacting laws that endanger our democracy and defy its own constitutional review standards.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Robert M. Simels | September 29, 2022
Lack of knowledge may cause federal judges to impose sentences far more onerous than they intend without sufficient pushback from the defendants' lawyers.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Florina Altshiler | September 19, 2022
In the wake of 'Bruen', defense attorneys have a second weapon in the fight against possession charges: the U.S. Constitution.
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