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12 Dec 2014, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
  “This new museum of legal history will show that justice systems existed in traditional societies before the arrival of the colonialists; both the positive and repressive aspects of our inherited British legal system; and the attempts after Independence to introduce a more progressive legal system culminating in the new constitution,” the Star editorialized.Congratulations to legal historian Susan Murnane, author of the recently published Bankruptcy in an Industrial Society: A… [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 3:29 pm
Regardless of which party you support, and regardless of who you are going to vote for, and regardless of the reasons for your decisions, please VOTE.The nonpartisan League of Women voters has developed some great tools to help voters. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 9:20 am by Associated Press
(AP) – A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new law requiring photo identification be shown at the polls will be filed in the next week or two, the head of the state chapter of the League of Women Voters told the election oversight board Monday. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 12:26 pm by Deborah Heller
Vote411.org was launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund in 2006. [read post]
Brian Stewart responded to outcry over the increase in votes to pass an amendment by drawing light to the League of Women Voters’ articles which can only be amended by 66 percent of the vote. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 12:55 pm by Matthew Fischer
Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and one of the plaintiffs in the complaint, rebutted in a prepared statement that: Under the General Assembly’s undemocratic election scheme, thousands, if not millions, of Ohioans will not get to vote through no fault of their own. [read post]
12 Sep 2020, 1:43 pm by Matt Cooper
Last week, a federal district judge in another Ohio case, League of Women Voters of Ohio v. [read post]
21 May 2008, 7:59 am
For instance, Bashman writes:The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania today contains an article headlined "Chief justice warns League, attorney of repercussions" that begins, "The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the League of Women Voters 'slanders' the court and its former chief justice in a federal lawsuit, and he warned the group and its attorney could face repercussions. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 12:29 pm by Amy Howe
” The dispute now before the justices began last month, when – which include the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and liberal groups such as the League of Women Voters – asked a federal judge to postpone the state’s April 7 primary because of the COVID-19 crisis. [read post]
2 May 2012, 8:44 am
The league also complains, quite rightly, that the plan that the City Council plans to pass is so lacking in detail that it fails to satisfy the requirements for an urban renewal plan as specified in state law. [read post]
27 Feb 2011, 4:52 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
On Wednesday, I was on a panel with a hospice manager and a nursing home administrator, for the League of Women Voters for Kent County, Delaware. [read post]
20 May 2008, 6:40 am
"Pa. justices won raise for upholding slots law, lawsuit claims": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "The League of Women Voters sued Pennsylvania's former chief justice yesterday, alleging that the Supreme Court upheld the state's slot machine gambling law in exchange for approval of a judicial pay raise. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 9:04 pm
That same year, Park became the 1st President of the League of Women Voters, serving till 1924, and in that time successfully lobbying for legislation that benefited women and children. [read post]
However, recent state law changes and an agreement between New York and the League of Women Voters will give voters the opportunity to correct technical errors or o [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 1:27 pm by NCC Staff
In 1919 she journeyed to Zurich to attend the Women’s International Conference for Permanent Peace and became a loyal member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, its direct outgrowth. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 1:22 pm by Todd Ito
If you prefer to vote in your home state, Vote411.org, published by the League of Women Voters Education Fund, provides voting information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. [read post]
23 Oct 2010, 7:28 am
I have now linked to another copy.]There is now more on this story at this link: League of Women Voters official accuses audience of "phony patriotism". [read post]