Last year, the New York city council suspended term limits (for themselves and for Mayor) that the city voters had passed in 1993 and reaffirmed in 1996. Supporters of the term limits law filed a federal lawsuit on November 10, 2008. The case was argued on January 5, 2009. The case is Molinari v Bloomberg, federal court, Brooklyn, 08-cv-4539. Here is the 56-page transcript. From the judge’s comments about the audience, it sounds as though the courtroom was crowded to capacity. The judge let spectators sit in the jury box, to help let as many people as possible into the audience.