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Democrats and activists who sought to enshrine abortion in the New York Constitution with the ratification of a deceptively worded amendment face a new obstacle after State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle ruled that the state legislature failed to adequately satisfy the constitutionally outlined procedure for passing a ballot measure.
“The constitution is the supreme will of the people,” he wrote. “Its amendment should be undertaken by strict adherence to the will of the people.”
New York requires the state attorney general’s office to issue a formal opinion about the amendment before the legislature fulfills its mandated two-time passage. State Assembly Member Marjorie Byrnes, a Republican, filed a lawsuit noting that New York Attorney General Letitia…
