Matter of Miller v. State
New York’s highest court held that the state’s equal rights amendment, which added age as a class expressly protected from discrimination in the exercise of civil rights, did not impliedly repeal a mandatory judicial retirement age provision
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Equal Rights Amendments and Age-Based Discrimination
A majority of the New York high court upheld the state’s mandatory retirement rules for judges but avoided grappling with the complexities of the new ERA.
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in May
Issues on the dockets include mid-decade redistricting, defendants’ access to social media evidence, and mandatory judicial retirement.