By JIM ECKSTROM [email protected]
ALLEGANY — A New York City attorney is appealing rulings allowing the state to arbitrarily invoke quarantine rules as well as place an amendment on the November ballot that is tied to the right to abortion, but she doesn’t believe lawsuits are “feasible” as a primary tool in upholding the U.S. Constitution.
Bobbie Anne Cox was a panelist during Monday evening’s Right Thinkers discussion, which focused on constitutional issues. She noted she has seen success at the trial court level before elected judges in lawsuits over the enforced quarantine issue and the so-called “equal rights” amendment, but those wins have been overturned at the appellate level in New York — where higher-court judges are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature.
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