"A compooter? What be dat?"
Posted on 05/12/2024 7:02:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In February of this year, Nassau County in Long Island, New York banned males from participating in girls' and women's sports. While many supported the move, protests broke out on the left and lawsuits were filed. On Friday, a judge on the state Supreme Court struck down the rule. This led to celebrations among trans activists, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. But those celebrations may turn out to be a bit premature. A closer reading of the ruling reveals that Judge Francis Ricigliano did not rule that the ban couldn't be enacted. Instead, he determined that the County Executive had committed a procedural error when putting the rule in place. If that error is corrected, the ban could still move forward. (Washington Examiner)
The New York Supreme Court struck down a directive from Long Island’s Nassau County that banned transgender women from participating in girls’ and women’s athletics at county parks.
Judge Francis Ricigliano ruled Friday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R-NY) did not have the authority to issue the order.
“With the stated goal of protecting women’s and girls’ rights to compete athletically, the County Executive issued an Executive Order aimed at preventing transgender women from participating in girls’ and women’s athletics at Nassau County parks, despite there being no corresponding legislative enactment providing the County Executive with the authority to issue such an order,” Ricigliano said in the 13-page decision.
Blakeman will appeal the decision.
The ban only affected sporting events being held at county parks and athletic facilities, not across the entire state. That would never happen in New York with Kathy Hochul as the Governor and the Democrat-controlled state legislature. The problem that the judge found was based on the fact that the County Executive enacted the ban via an executive order. The court determined that Bruce Blakeman lacked the authority to issue such an order without the county legislature providing him with such authority.
Blakeman disagreed, claiming that the plaintiffs had already recognized his right to issue the order. He plans to appeal the ruling. That may or may not succeed, but there seems to be an easier way to address this. Why not have the county legislature consider the matter independently and hold a vote enacting the same ban? It's not as if the County Executive would turn around attempt to stop it.
Speaking of the plaintiffs, the suit was brought on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels. That's a roller derby league that uses county facilities to host their games. The league has transgender members who have been participating against the women. I'm not exactly a roller derby aficionado, but I've seen enough of it to know that the sport is very physical and aggressively competitive at times. Given the natural advantages that males have over females in physically combative sports, banning males from the women's division seems like it should be a no-brainer, no matter how they "identify."
Sadly, no matter how the situation in Long Island is resolved, this is yet another case of the courts ducking the fundamental, underlying questions. What is a woman? Does natural, biological gender still have any meaning in society or are we just going to collectively throw medical science and common sense out the window? We're still waiting to hear the vaunted "women's rights" movement weigh in on this, particularly when it comes to girls and women's sports. Nobody aside from Riley Gaines and a few others seems to be talking about it. If you are truly dedicated to women's rights, those concerns should extend to female athletes. It doesn't appear that you'll be getting any relief from the courts any time soon.
Stolen elections have consequences
Zeldin should have been the gov
Correct the procedural error, then resubmit. Simple.
This is a minor speed bump on the road to progress and making girl’s sports safe again.
“Stolen elections have consequences
Zeldin should have been the gov”
YES INDEED he should have been voted governor. Darn New York City does it again.
Who else thinks Lee Zeldin would make a great VP choice for DJT? I sure do.
"A compooter? What be dat?"
Zeldin would be good but Vance is a superstar.
Most in NY seem too uninformed to know any details about their politicians.
the state Supreme Court
There is no "the Supreme Court" in NY. There are many Supreme Courts in NY. They are trial courts, the lowest level state courts in New York. The New York State Court of Appeals in Albany is the highest court in the state.
Judge Francis Recigliano is at the New York Supreme Court for Nassau County in the Tenth Judicial District of New York. Nassau county is on Long Island just outside New York City.
The judge ruled in part, "However, the Court must first consider whether the County Executive had the authority to issue the Executive Order without any corresponding action by the County Legislature. Court of Appeals precedent clearly indicates that he did not."
The judge ruled that in Nassau county, the power to amend laws is vested in the legislature, not the executive.
Note that “New York Supreme Court” is the lowest court. The “Court of Appeals” is the highest court.
“preventing transgender women”
I think I see the problem here.
Like fairy dust and unicorns, there is no such thing.
Substitute “fake” for “trans”, it works every time.
RE: Note that “New York Supreme Court” is the lowest court. The “Court of Appeals” is the highest court.
That gives a different meaning to the word “Supreme” then.
I do too!
Vance has almost no experience.
I thought that we believed in meritocracy?
If Pres Trump really believed NY was in play, Zeldin would be the obvious choice.
“Judge Francis Ricigliano ruled Friday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R-NY) did not have the authority to issue the order.”
Blakeman is a good man and will appeal this insanity.
Like everything else in New York these days, the court system is upside down.
The NY Supreme Court is the lowest level state court.
Ignore the court . It’s not rocket science.
Five good men basketball players should get together and attend a small college. They should claim to be women and join the women’s basketball team. They would probably be good enough to win the Women’s Final Four tournament. Then we will see what will happen next.
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