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John Leventhal
Coverage of John Leventhal in the Nexus archive.
- Giving up the gavel: New York upholds mandatory retirement age for judges
New York’s mandatory judicial retirement age at 70 remains in effect after the state’s highest court ruled that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) does not nullify the longstanding law. The court dismissed claims by three judges that the ERA’s age protections implicitly repealed the age limit, emphasizing that implied repeal is disfavored and the provisions can coexist.