Although a federal judge in Brooklyn has upheld the change in the law, that ruling is being appealed.
In 2003, an appellate court upheld the change in the law, finding that "the fact that the term-limit provisions of the City Charter were enacted through a referendum did not preclude the City Council from amending those provisions".
A federal judge disagreed with those claims and upheld the voting changes in their entirety.
The appellate decision upheld the Council's changes, which allow the six council members to run for re-election in November.
A judge had upheld the term-limits change, and people were angry.
In theory, Mr Sterling could face decades in prison, though the judge is likely to impose a more lenient sentence and his lawyer promises an appeal.If upheld, the verdict will dramatically change the unwritten rules of the cat-and-mouse game played by reporters, sources and prosecutors.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional legality of that change but ruled that it could not be applied retroactively to Maduro's current term.
Ofcom upheld the complaints.
The court upheld the conviction.
