New York&#39;s Lobbying Law Is Ruled Unconstitutional
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LBANY, Aug. 18 - A state court ruled on Wednesday that parts of New York&#39;s lobbying law are unconstitutional because they allow the state to fine lobbyists without giving them proper hearings.
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November 29, 2004 -- ALBANYâ State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today will call for banning lobbyists&#39; gifts to lawmakers and an end to lobbying for government contracts, in a platform aimed at the heart of power politics in Albany.
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Voting 9 to 0, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York that found the system for choosing nominees to the stateâs trial court unconstitutional.
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A State Supreme Court judge ruled today that New York City can ban protesters from using the Great Lawn in Central Park.
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New York, Oct. 1 (NNN): A US court here has struck down as &#39;unconstitutional&#39; a provision of the US Patriot Act empowering Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to seek confidential financial records from companies as part of terrorism investigations.
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A federal judge yesterday declared unconstitutional and blocked a law that allows the FBI to force companies to turn over Internet and telephone records to fight terrorism and bars the companies from disclosing the searches.
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A Pennsylvania law allowing the  state to force Internet service providers to block access to  child pornography sites is unconstitutional, a federal judge  ruled on Friday.
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Surveillance powers granted to the FBI under the Patriot Act, a cornerstone of the Bush Administration&#39;s war on terror, were ruled unconstitutional by a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to US security policies.
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It is unconstitutional for Sen. Lindsey Graham to serve as a member of Congress and a military judge at the same time, a military court has ruled.
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A Montgomery County judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law -- one of the first attempts to control junk e-mail advertising -- is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders.
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A federal judge on Wednesday ruled a portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional, the first time one of the antiterrorism law&#39;s controversial police surveillance provisions has been struck down.
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Part of the Patriot Act, a central  plank of the Bush Administration's war on terror, was ruled  unconstitutional by a federal judge on Wednesday.
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State District Judge John Dietz ruled Wednesday that the stateâs so-called Robin Hood school finance system is unconstitutional.
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A federal judge has ruled that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow secret wiretapping and searches without a showing of probable cause
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A federal judge in New York struck down one of the Bush administration&#39;s new surveillance powers yesterday, ruling that a USA Patriot Act provision
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The law that pushed Michigan's presidential primary to Jan. 15 was ruled unconstitutional by a court Wednesday, at least temporarily jeopardizing the state's plan to leap to the front of the 2008 nomination contests.
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Two provisions of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge rules Wednesday.