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4 Feb 2012, 2:41 pm by Don Maurice
Most statutes of limitations are state (or if you happen to reside in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, or Virginia, then Commonwealth) procedural rules – which are not substantive law, let alone “legal rights. [read post]
23 Feb 2020, 4:17 am by Chris Castle
Act. 6993, Delaware Chancery Court (Mar. 30, 2012) at 12; Brief of Amici Curiae Attorneys General for the Commonwealths of Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, the States of Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,… [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 10:39 pm by Eugene Volokh
” From Massachusetts in 1780 (closely followed by New Hampshire in 1784): “The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state it ought not, therefore, to be restricted in this commonwealth. [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 7:35 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
A handful of states (Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Virginia) participated in the multistate lottery in 1996. [read post]
16 Sep 2012, 8:08 pm by The Charge
  But, history she made and the doors she opened cannot be shut.Clara Barton grew up in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts where public education has been paramount since its earliest days. [read post]
19 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Connecticut – Sullivan Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Lavish 2015 Kentucky Derby, Golf Trips Yahoo News – Claire Bessette (New London Day) | Published: 5/17/2023 James Sullivan, a former chairperson of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, was sentenced to six months in prison for using the utilities’ money to pay for lavish trips in 2015 to the Kentucky Derby and a West Virginia golf resort. [read post]
26 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Chief Justice John Roberts Defends Supreme Court’s ‘Highest Standards of Conduct,’ Offers No New Rules ABC News – Devin Dwyer | Published: 5/24/2023 Chief Justice John Roberts defended the integrity of the Supreme Court in the face of slumping public approval and growing political pressure after a recent barrage of misconduct allegations. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 1:15 pm by John Mikhail
Historians and other scholars often assume that the phrase “necessary and proper” was novel or constructed out of thin air at the constitutional convention. [read post]
26 May 2020, 11:35 am by Nkechi Taifa
Professor Ray Winbush’s book, “Belinda’s Petition,” describes a petition she presented to the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1783, requesting a pension from the proceeds of her enslaver’s estate — an estate partly the product of her own uncompensated labor. [read post]
4 Jul 2015, 7:10 am
This was the version drafted by George Mason for the Virginia Declaration of Rights—not the version actually approved by the Virginia convention in Williamsburg on June 11th, 1776, the very day that the Committee of Five was formed in Philadelphia to draft the Declaration for the nation. [read post]
4 Jul 2023, 6:57 am by Randy E. Barnett
" To "dissolve the political bands" revokes the "social compact" that existed between the Americans and the rest of "the People" of the British commonwealth, reinstates the "state of nature" between Americans and the government of Great Britain, and makes "the Laws of Nature" the standard by which this dissolution and whatever government is to follow are judged. [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 8:00 am by Randy E. Barnett
" To "dissolve the political bands" revokes the "social compact" that existed between the Americans and the rest of "the People" of the British commonwealth, reinstates the "state of nature" between Americans and the government of Great Britain, and makes "the Laws of Nature" the standard by which this dissolution and whatever government is to follow are judged. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 7:18 am by Randy E. Barnett
" To "dissolve the political bands" revokes the "social compact" that existed between the Americans and the rest of "the People" of the British commonwealth, reinstates the "state of nature" between Americans and the government of Great Britain, and makes "the Laws of Nature" the standard by which this dissolution and whatever government is to follow are judged. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 5:26 am by Randy E. Barnett
" To "dissolve the political bands" revokes the "social compact" that existed between the Americans and the rest of "the People" of the British commonwealth, reinstates the "state of nature" between Americans and the government of Great Britain, and makes "the Laws of Nature" the standard by which this dissolution and whatever government is to follow are judged. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 11:52 am by Bexis
  Well, now they’ll be able to argue in those few states that allow cross-jurisdictional class action tolling (Ohio, New Jersey, West Virginia, Montana) that every plaintiff who sat around and did nothing until belatedly responding to lawyer solicitation should have their statute of limitations tolled for the lengthy period (over three years) these class actions were pending in the glacial MDL proceedings. [read post]
22 Dec 2022, 1:55 am by Kyle Hulehan
One state, Massachusetts, has an income tax rate increase taking effect. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 2:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Two states (Connecticut and Virginia) will see notable changes to their sales tax base. [read post]