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It is confusing because NY likes to be confusing. Almost every other state the State Supreme Court, is the top court of the state, just like the federal court
by phpisthebest 4y ago
It is confusing because NY likes to be confusing.
Almost every other state the State Supreme Court, is the top court of the state, just like the federal court
And the Court of Appeals is lower than the State Supreme Court.
Why NY needs to needless complicate everything is beyond me
- jrockway 4y agoI guess it's because it's old. From the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court): > The New York Supreme Court is the oldest Supreme Court with general original jurisdiction. It was established as the Supreme Court of Judicature by the Province of New York on May 6, 1691. That court was continued by the State of New York after independence was declared in 1776. It became the New York Supreme Court under the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846. The name predates the US Supreme Court (in fact, predates the US itself), and many other state courts. Basically, someone changed the naming convention out from under them.
- phpisthebest 4y agoit being old does not explain why it could not have been made into being the Top court.
- xeromal 4y agoThanks for digging this up. How cool!
- midoridensha 4y agoThere's nothing stopping the state from renaming the courts now to conform with established convention in the rest of the nation, in order to reduce confusion.
- nobody9999 4y ago>There's nothing stopping the state from renaming the courts now to conform with established convention in the rest of the nation, in order to reduce confusion. I imagine that the entire New York Legislature are hanging their heads in shame for confusing a few dozen folks on HN who don't even live in the state. I further imagine that it will immediately become important for the governor to call an emergency session of the Legislature (which normally meets from January to June) to change the name of the court after they read your comment.
- phpisthebest 4y agoI suspect the current Governor of NY would rather just abolish all the courts since she clearly does not believe in arresting or prosecuting any crime
- nwiswell 4y ago> It became the New York Supreme Court under the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846. Sounds like they blew their chance to name it properly. Oh well.