A U.S. District Court judge is standing by her decision to block portions of a public health order from New Mexico's governor that would suspend the right to carry firearms in many public parks in the Albuquerque area, with appeals pending before a higher court. The Monday order from Albuquerque-based Judge Kea Riggs denied a request from the governor to leave in place a temporary ban on firearms in some public places in greater Albuquerque, including most public parks. Riggs earlier concluded that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has not yet demonstrated a historical tradition of banning firearms in public parks or similar areas in the past, in response to a lawsuit by Torrance County resident James Springer — a plaintiff in one of several lawsuits filed against the governor by gun rights advocates.
According to a three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, New York’s ban on lawful concealed carry in public parks likely comports with the Constitution and the Second Amendment..
A new North Carolina Supreme Court justice was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) on Monday. Allison Riggs, an appellate judge, became the youngest woman in state history to serve on the highest court.
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Allison Riggs was appointed Monday to the state’s Supreme Court by Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper to fill the seat vacated by N.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan