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Scott Lemieux
is teaching professor of political science at the University of Washington.
New York State
Opinion
U.S. Supreme Court likely to overturn NY gun law
Trump appointees threaten strict licensing requirements for carrying firearms.
- By Scott Lemieux
New York State
Opinion
The Supreme Court’s illogical overturning of COVID-19 restrictions
New York’s limits on religious gatherings weren’t discriminatory.
- By Scott Lemieux
Opinion
Opinion
Trump or Cuomo could quarantine New York
The president and governor have the authority to order a lockdown. They just might not get reelected if they do.
- By Scott Lemieux
New York City
Opinion
Could New York City’s Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning rule be overturned?
If a lawsuit against Marin County, California succeeds in the Supreme Court, the New York policy could be vulnerable.
- By Scott Lemieux
New York State
Opinion
The landlords' improbable lawsuit against rent regulations should fail
The lawsuit against New York City and New York state, filed by a collection of real estate interests, to overturn the new rent regulations should be laughed out of court, but it might find a sympathetic audience among conservative jurists, writes the University of Washington’s Scott Lemieux.
- By Scott Lemieux
New York State
Opinion
New York will get Trump’s tax returns
Last week, the state Senate passed a bill that would allow Congress to access President Donald Trump’s state tax returns, and New York state is much more likely than congressional Democrats to beat Trump in court, writes law professor Scott Lemieux.
- By Scott Lemieux
Gun Control
Opinion
The high stakes of NYC’s U.S. Supreme Court gun control case
The decision could signal how a more conservative court will interpret the Second Amendment.
- By Scott Lemieux
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
New York won’t beat the federal tax law in court, and it shouldn’t
New York is taking the federal government to court over the SALT deduction cap. But New York’s legal reasoning would, if accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, cripple the federal government’s powers of taxation in ways that would restrict future Democratic congresses as well.
- By Scott Lemieux
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