A federal judge appointed by then-President Joe Biden ruled Tuesday that New York can proceed with implementing a law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.

U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci determined that the Trump administration, which sued over New York’s “Green Light Law” in February, failed to prove that the law preceded federal authority and that it either illegally discriminates or regulates against the federal government, according to ABC News.

New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated Tuesday’s ruling, arguing that the state law promotes safety.

“As I said from the start, our laws protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe. I will always stand up for New Yorkers and the rule of law,” James said of the ruling.

The “Green Light Law” allows illegal immigrants to use foreign passports or driver’s licenses issued in other countries to obtain New York driver’s licenses, according to ABC.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit in February, slamming Empire State officials for choosing “to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens.”

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The first Trump administration tried to pressure New York to change the law, which was introduced in 2020, by preventing New Yorkers from enrolling in the trusted traveler programs that allow for quicker processing at airports, ABC reported.

At the time, then-Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo offered to give the feds limited access to state driving records, but still kept Immigration and Customs Enforcement from seeing records of illegal immigrants who applied for the licenses.

The governor at the time, Andrew Cuomo, offered to restore federal access to driving records on a limited basis, but said he wouldn’t let immigration agents see lists of people who had applied for the special licenses available to immigrants who couldn’t prove legal residency in the U.S. The administration ultimately restored New Yorkers’ access to the trusted traveler program after a brief legal fight.

Actor Chevy Chase said he felt “hurt” after being “left aside” during “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” which aired in February. 

“Well, it was kind of upsetting actually,” Chase said in an upcoming documentary, “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not,” per People. 

He went on, “This is probably the first time I’m saying it. But I expected that I would’ve been on the stage too with all the other actors. When Garrett [Morris] and Laraine [Newman] went on the stage there, I was curious as to why I didn’t. No one asked me to. Why was I left aside?”

“Why was Bill Murray there and why was I not? I don’t have an answer for that,” Chase said.

The 82-year-old comedian was part of the “SNL” cast from the very beginning, and launched a successful movie career after becoming a breakout star on the show. He earned two Emmy Awards out of four nominations for both acting and writing on the show.

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Chase exited halfway through season two to launch his film career, but returned frequently for guest appearances.

“I did bring it up once in a text to [“SNL” creator Lorne Michaels] and then took it back,” Chase continued. “I said, ‘Okay, I take it back, silly.’ But it’s not that silly. Somebody’s made a bad mistake there. I don’t know who it was, but somebody made a mistake. They should’ve had me on that stage. It hurt.”

Chase was present at the “SNL50” special but was not featured. In the upcoming documentary, his wife Jayni Chase said the organizers “told Chevy up until that day that there were two bits, they were going back and forth.”

“And then, all of the sudden, ‘No, there’s no bit,'” she said.

“There were a couple versions of [the ‘Weekend Update’ segment] and we went back and forth on that,” Michaels said in the documentary. “There was also a caution from somebody that I don’t want to name that Chevy, you know, wasn’t as focused.”