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10 Apr 2023, 12:25 pm by Lawrence Solum
This Commentary builds the historical record critical to debates over the criminalization of abortion in state courts and legislatures. [read post]
9 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
After all, last month the former president unabashedly proclaimed to an audience of admirers in Texas, “I am your warrior. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Arizona – Legislative Election Committees Catered to Conspiracy Theorists Arizona Mirror – Caitlin Sievers | Published: 4/5/2023 Republican-controlled committees in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature that were charged with vetting election-reform bills used their time this year to cater to fringe right-wing conspiracy theorists and to approve measures that would make big changes to how elections are run in this state. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 9:05 pm by Victoria Hawekotte
  The Kansas legislature voted to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that bars transgender scholastic athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
In September 2021, the Texas legislature directed its state agencies to divest from investment companies that allegedly promote ESG causes and “boycott” energy stocks. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 5:05 pm by Texas Legal News
Settling Texas Medical Malpractice Cases Although Texas does not require the use of a pretrial screening panel or arbitrator, the state legislature has authorized counties to utilize alternative dispute resolution methods and systems. [read post]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week criticized two immigration enforcement bills before the Texas state legislature that would expand the state’s ability to enforce immigration laws, a matter usually left to the US federal government. [read post]
2 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”And in 2021, Edwards refused to take a position when asked whether he would support abolition bills that had been introduced in the Louisiana state legislature. [read post]
Ten states have thus far introduced bills following California’s passage of legislation –  Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Texas. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 2:30 pm by Eugene Volokh
It is so rare that I would expect it to be stated clearly in the governing statutes if the Legislature indeed gave it to universities. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 8:38 am by Libbie Canter and Elizabeth Brim
  Virginia is not the only state interested in regulating these companies—numerous other states, including Minnesota, Texas, Tennessee, and Vermont, have introduced similar bills during this legislative session, following the enactment of similar genetic privacy laws in Arizona, California, and Utah in recent years. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 2:41 am by Seán Binder
Texas, Virginia, Ohio, and several other states have all sought to loosen gun restrictions. [read post]
29 Mar 2023, 7:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
Courts likewise occasionally afford a legislature a grace period to repeal an unconstitutional law. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 3:30 pm by Michael Lowe
  There are proposed statutes before Congress and the Texas Legislature that seek to make fatal fentanyl overdoses a formal homicide charge. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oklahoma are debating bills this session that would hike the filing fees, raise the number of signatures required to get on the ballot, restrict who can collect signatures, mandate broader geographic distribution of signatures, and raise the vote threshold to pass an amendment from a majority to a supermajority. [read post]
22 Mar 2023, 3:30 pm by Jose Medina
Now, legislation that follows some recommendations made during the review is being considered by the Texas Legislature. [read post]
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and Texas, in some form or another, restrict school curricula that could simply teach kids about the existence of trans people. [read post]
21 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
” by Emily Anderson Stern (Salt Lake Tribune) for MSN Legislative Issues Nebraska: “Filibuster Over Transgender Bill Jams Nebraska Legislature for Weeks” by Maham Javaid (Washington Post) for MSN Lobbying Ohio: “Cuyahoga County Gave No-Bid, $120,000 Lobbying Contract to Ronayne Campaign Donor” by Lucas Daprile (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN The post Tuesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup appeared first on State and Federal… [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 7:00 am by Tom Joscelyn
Thomas Ballard Status: Charged with assaulting law enforcement officers, among other crimes Ballard, of Fort Worth, Texas, has been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon, among other crimes. [read post]
19 Mar 2023, 9:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Food Deserts Food deserts are an issue that has emerged in state legislatures in the past decade. [read post]