MOLINEUX MEETS #METOO:EVALUATING THE MEDIA’S COVERAGE OF PEOPLE V. WEINSTEIN AND THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALSby Sarah Midani (Albany Law School, Class of 2025; Editor-in-Chief, Albany LawReview)As Ms. Midani writes, the New York high court’s decision to overturn Harvey Weinstein’s conviction garnered mixed reactions from advocates against sexual violence, including those behind the #MeToo
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Splinters in the 6-3 Supreme Court (Part 2: Amy Coney Barrett cont’d)
Justice Barrett with liberal Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson.Credit: Supreme Court CollectionOn January 9, shortly after this series began (see Part 1), the Supreme Court rejected then-President-Elect Donald Trump’s request to halt the New York State criminal proceedings against him. Specifically, he sought to have the Court stay the sentencing proceedings incident to his multiple
Splinters in the 6-3 Supreme Court (Part 1: Amy Coney Barrett)
In the last few months, I’ve been busy with lectures (CLEs and other presentations) on the Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals. I thought I’d share here on New York Court Watcher some of what my research in preparation for the presentations revealed–or simply confirmed–about the Supreme Court. [I’ve previously shared much…
Part 6, Who’s Dissenting?–NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
Dissents, both opinions and votes, are particularly revealing. As I’ve explained numerous times on New York Court Watcher [See e.g., NYCOA: Criminal Appeals (Part 3)–Voting & Decisional Patterns (Mar. 13, 2019)] and elsewhere [See e.g., Great Dissents: ‘Matters of High Principle’ at the Court of Appeals, 94 N.Y. ST. B.J. at 23 (Nov./Dec. 2022)]–and as judicial scholars…
Part 5, More on Caseload and on Criminal Appeals–NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
The Court of Appeals remains the focus for now. Yes, dramatic developments at the Supreme Court should and will be addressed. Meanwhile, remember that for New Yorkers, our lives under the law are much more directly and regularly affected by the rulings of our highest court–just as they are for residents of other states and…
Part 4, Update and More on Criminal Appeals–NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the first 4 months of Rowan Wilson’s tenure as New York’s Chief Judge and saw a 45% increase in total appeals calendared over the corresponding period the previous year. In Part 2, we saw that the number of criminal appeals calendared had actually doubled. In Part 3, we saw…
Being Chief Judge with Rowan Wilson and Jonathan Lippman
The Eminence and Experience–and Exhaustion–of Being New York’s Chief JudgeThe 14th Annual Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke SymposiumAlbany Law School, April 25, 2024
Part 3, More on Criminal Appeals–NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
In Part 1 of this series, we saw that the number of cases calendared for a hearing at the Court of Appeals in the first 4 months since Rowan Wilson became New York’s Chief Judge increased significantly. A 45% increase over the same 4 months the previous year. In Part 2, we saw that the…
Being Chief Judge with Rowan Wilson and Jonathan Lippman, April 25
Albany Law School’s Annual Cooke SymposiumOpen to the Community
NYCOA: Takeaways from the New Redistricting Decision
This past week, New York’s highest court, in a 4-3 decision in Matter of Hoffman v. NYS Independent Redistricting Commission, ordered the state’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to reconvene and to redraw the state’s congressional districts. There’s much to be said about that decision, both legally and politically.(click to enlarge for a better view)Presumably,…