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A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction
President Donald Trump’s quest to erase his criminal conviction heads to a federal appeals court Wednesday. It’s one way he’s ...
Governor Hochul appoints 24 judges across New York courts
Governor Kathy Hochul announced the appointment of 24 judges to various courts across New York State, including the New York ...
Why New York Judges are fighting a major plan to fix court backlogs
This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/ newsletter. New York’s justice system has a ...
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NY lawmakers want more judges on the bench to expedite cases. Why are judges opposed?
The Association of Justices of the Supreme Court feared the measure could result in fewer judges in less-populous areas.
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Allocating NY judges based on politics, not population, is the wrong thing to do (Your Letters)
State legislature is poised to put this change to the state Constitution before voters in 2026, writes president of state Supreme Court justice group.
Supreme Court leaves in place state bans on some semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity gun magazines
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear arguments in a pair of significant Second Amendment challenges involving certain ...
A portrait now hangs in a Staten Island courtroom to honor a late Supreme Court justice
The portrait will hang in New York State Supreme Court Justice Orlando (Lindy) Marrazzo Jr’s courtroom in St. George. A ...
There’s a better way to fairly add state Supreme Court justices (opinion)
It is concerning that the proposal to simply remove the population metric was developed without discussion with the affected ...
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Supreme Court declines to hear gun-control challenges
After considering them at 15 consecutive conferences, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to ...