SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – David K. Thomson is New Mexico's 43rd chief justice since statehood. Justice Thomson was sworn in on Wednesday, April 17. Thomson was chosen by his colleagues and will serve a two-year term, according to the Administrative Office of the Courts. As chief justice, he will act as the administrative head of budgetary []
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement. The lawsuits help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in
Lawsuits under New York's new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement. The lawsuits help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island’s Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. Why then, he wondered, did he not see anyone who looked like him on the county’s local governing body, the 19-member Nassau County Legislature? […]
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island’s Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. Why then, he wondered, did he not see anyone who looked like him on the county’s local governing body, the 19-member Nassau County Legislature? Last year, he decided to do something about it and ran for one of the seats. Continue reading at The Republic News.
(OSV News) — A New York state appeals court has found that an insurer for the Archdiocese of New York is not required to cover costs for settling hundreds of sex abuse claims — a ruling the archdiocese has called “extremely disappointing” and “wrongly decided.” On April 23, five justices of the First Judicial Department […] The post New York appeals court rules insurer doesn’t have to pay out for Archdiocese of New York abuse claims first appeared on OSV News.
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman claimed that Donald Trump appeared to "doze off" during his hush money criminal trial.
Two of former President Trump’s legal cases collided Thursday, as the Supreme Court held a hearing on his broad claims of immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial continued in New York over a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The Supreme Court case has the capacity to derail Trump’s other three
By JEFF AMY Associated Press HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow is trying to harness a voter backlash to abortion restrictions to unseat Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson. The May 21 election is nonpartisan, but Pinson was appointed in 2022 by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Barrow is telling voters he
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state []