{"id":142270,"date":"2026-01-20T18:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/20\/new-york-governor-wants-lawyers-to-fight-like-hell-for-the-rule-of-law\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:10:55","slug":"new-york-governor-wants-lawyers-to-fight-like-hell-for-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/20\/new-york-governor-wants-lawyers-to-fight-like-hell-for-the-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Governor Wants Lawyers To \u2018Fight Like Hell\u2019 For The Rule Of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen up, lawyers, because this could be a business lead for you. If you\u2019re an ICE agent and you violate someone\u2019s constitutional rights, I want to make sure that every New Yorker [has] a private right of action to stop them in court and [hold] them responsible\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0New York Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>, in comments given during a \u201cspirited\u201d speech made at the New York State Bar Association\u2019s Presidential Gala, where she encouraged lawyers to fight for the rule of law<\/a> while reaffirming her support for legislation that would allow individuals to sue ICE agents for civil rights violations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post New York Governor Wants Lawyers To \u2018Fight Like Hell\u2019 For The Rule Of Law<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen up, lawyers, because this could be a business lead for you. If you\u2019re an ICE agent and you violate someone\u2019s constitutional rights, I want to make sure that every New Yorker [has] a private right of action to stop them in court and [hold] them responsible\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0New York Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>, in comments given during a \u201cspirited\u201d speech made at the New York State Bar Association\u2019s Presidential Gala, where she encouraged lawyers to fight for the rule of law<\/a> while reaffirming her support for legislation that would allow individuals to sue ICE agents for civil rights violations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post New York Governor Wants Lawyers To \u2018Fight Like Hell\u2019 For The Rule Of Law<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. Listen up, lawyers, because this could be a business lead for you. If you\u2019re an ICE agent and you violate someone\u2019s constitutional rights, I want to make sure that every New Yorker [has] a private right of action to stop them in court and [hold] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":142271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Staci-Zaretsky-pgtWYH.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}