Constitution of New York

Can't get anything done in San Diego.

And he said to me, you know, in New York State, If something like that, a project like that is not declared unconstitutional to the New York State Constitution, it gets built.

You can't challenge it.

That's it.

And he really shined there.

Also, incidentally, you know, argued against slavery there, played a huge role in drafting the New York State Constitution.

and in particular, impressed people with his knowledge of fiscal and financial matters.

Based on that, he was elected by his colleagues in the Provincial Congress to serve in the Continental Congress.

They tried to solve that problem.

You know, I think maybe the, you know, like, like a place like New York in the first half of the 20th century was probably like a good example of how this could operate in a, in a more or less healthy way, you know, sort of a, where you, people maintain, they have their identities and their separateness, and yet they still have their, enough of a collective identity with their neighbors that they can operate cooperatively in a, in a city government, you know, and you had a situation where, It was kind of like it wasn't written into the New York Constitution or whatever they have or whatever, but it's kind of like Lebanon where in Lebanon, like you have Christians fill certain government positions, Sunnis fill others, etc.

And they do that because, you know, in a diverse society.

you know, in a healthy, diverse society, you know, such as it is, um, people are very open about the fact that it is diverse and that the people there have separate identities and separate interests.

That's really what local crop- local cops, local crimes is.

And another piece of that, um, package was also a bill that protects United States citizens and other people under the New York State Constitution from the overreaches that we see from the federal government.

We just had another shooting in New York City by an ICE agent, and these are the types of behaviors that are historically unpre- unprecedented on the interior of the United States and things that, that states can really do in the immigration space to protect their citizens.

Now, on your website, I noticed that cost of living, uh, is a, is a key issue, as it is for many, uh, voters, uh, at this point.

Don King Productions, Incorporated versus Douglas, seven forty-two f.supp. seven seventy-eight seven eighty SDNY nineteen ninety, quoting Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, four seventy-seven U.S. three seventeen, three twenty-three and twenty-four, nineteen eighty-six, and Mary versus Daikon, seven fifty-nine F.2d nine eighty-nine nine ninety-eight, Second Circuit, nineteen eighty-five.

Where summary judgment is sought under Article One, Section Eight of the New York Constitution, the New York Court of Appeals has declared, "We reaffirm our regard for the particular value of summary judgment where appropriate in libel cases," Amuno AG versus Maura Jankowski, five sixty-seven N.E.2d twelve seventy, twelve eighty-two, NY nineteen ninety-one, particularly when, as here, a defendant is challenging a defamation claim under the independent state law approach articulated in Amuno AG that might make summary disposition more likely than under a federal approach.

Summary judgment is appropriate where there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.

Fed.R.Civ.P. fifty-six C.

There's some exceptions for, uh, absentee balloting.

For example, the Constitution of New York prohibits mail balloting other than with regard to absentee balloting.

Mail has been around for centuries, [laughs] okay? It's not a new thing.

Uh, uh, but people moved to this with the wrong intent.

And for the purposes of redistricting, a Supreme Court decision from earlier this year out of Louisiana has pretty much nullified the ability to use the Federal Voting Rights Act to protect minority voting rights.

But the New York State Constitution prevents minority vote dilution for the state Senate and the state assembly.

And the 2022 enacted John Lewis State Voting Rights Act provides protections for counties, towns, cities, and school boards.

So New York has separate protections that the courts have not attacked yet.

And that's, correct me if I'm wrong, your job.

My job under the New York State Constitution is to apply the penal law of New York State.

We are constrained by that law.

Whether you agree with it, whether you think someone's conduct is morally repugnant or vulgar or disgusting, I'm still constrained by the law.