Judge Orders New York Woman to Remove Confederate Flag or Risk Custody of Biracial Child

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2. This ruling has absolutely no impact on the case you're referencing, for several reasons

First, it was decided by a Fourth Circuit appellate court, which has no jurisdiction whatsoever on any cases in New York, which is in the Second Federal Circuit.

Second, this is a criminal case with a very narrow holding and, therefore, its holding is not applicable to a civil case deciding child custody.

Third, even if this ruling in a criminal case did apply to a civil child custody case in another state and circuit, the facts aren't anywhere close, so no court would apply this holding to the inapposite child custody case.

Fourth, the First Amendment is not a consideration in child custody cases.

For this and other reasons, this ruling by a federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals won't have any impact at all on a child custody case in New York state court.