A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit arguing New York’s requirement that judges retire at the age of 70 violates the state’s constitution and anti-discrimination law.
Three judges who brought the lawsuit can’t prove the state’s Equal Rights Amendment banning age-based discrimination makes all age restriction laws unconstitutional, said New York Supreme Court Justice Lyle E. Frank. Such a finding could render void the legal ages for drinking, driving, and working, he added.
Age “encompasses the young as well as the elderly, with obvious ramifications. Such a result cannot have been the intended result of the legislature or the voters in ...