On April 28, the 2nd circuit released this 53-page decision, agreeing with the U.S. District Court that nothing in the U.S. Constitution prevented the New York city council from repealing the city term limits law. Here is the AP story about the decision. Thanks to Eric Garris for this link. The case is Molinari v Bloomberg, 09-331.
Sad, unsurprising, but sad.
take note of opinion footnote regarding NYS Const waiver:
4 Plaintiffs also asserted claims under the provision of the New York State Constitution
that is analogous to the First Amendment. The District Court held that these claims failed for the
same reasons that plaintiffs’ First Amendment claims were subject to summary judgment.
Although appellants do not appear to have made a direct statement that they have abandoned
their state constitutional claims on this appeal, we agree with the appellees that they have in fact
done so. The argument will therefore be treated by this Court as having been waived.
Attention any and all MORONS stuck in the 1990s about term limits (even the armies of MORON judges) —
The remedy is Proportional Representation.
Total Votes / Total Seats = EQUAL votes needed for each seat winner via pre-election candidate rank order lists = ALL voters get represented = REAL Democracy.