| In what is certain to be only the first of several rounds, State Supreme Court Justice William R. LaMarca has ruled that Governor Paterson's appointment of Richard Ravitch to be lieutenant-governor is unconstitutional, and has granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting Ravitch from acting as such.
The text of the judge's decision is available here.
I'm not a lawyer, but since the judge agreed not only with my conclusion by also with my reasoning I find the decision to be clear and well-written; others may disagree. |
