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In 2023 she was selected as one of five judges running for New York Supreme Court on the Democratic party line. [3] On June 25, 2024, Johnson won the Democratic nomination for the Queens County Surrogate's Court judgeship with approximately 54% of the vote. She will be running against the GOP nominee, Stephen Weiner, in November 2024.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction spans five counties in New York State: the four Long Island counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Kings (Brooklyn), and Queens, as well as Richmond (Staten Island), the latter three being among New York City's five boroughs.
The Appellate Division primarily hears appeals from the state's superior courts (Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, Court of Claims, the county courts) in civil cases, the Supreme Court in criminal cases, and, in the Second, Third, and Fourth Judicial Departments, from the county courts in felony criminal cases. [5]
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In some counties, usually those with a small number of inhabitants, the judge of the County Court holds at the same time the office of surrogate. [4] There have been frequent efforts to abolish the Surrogate's Court and redistribute its powers to the New York Supreme Court (the general trial court) and the Family Court. The most recent efforts ...
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The court currently has 22 judicial seats. [1] As of 2021, the Second Department is the busiest appellate court in the United States and decides 65% of all cases in the Appellate Division. [2] The court issued more than 3,500 rulings in 2017. [3] In 1966, its caseload surpassed that of the First Department, based in Manhattan. [1]
While the ruling allows Missouri to enforce its ban on Down syndrome-related abortions, the provision was already in effect after the state banned nearly all abortions last month.