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10 Sep 2007, 2:29 am
When the Texas Legislature passed a law in 2005 allowing law abiding Texans to carry a handgun in their car, the Harris DA was the first to defy them, announcing he'd continue to prosecute gun owners under the old standard. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 9:41 am
    The Drew case  began in Missouri where the state legislature was quick to pass their own online harassment law. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm by Lynn McDonough
” In anticipation of Wisconsin’s upcoming primary election in April, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers called on the state’s legislature to send absentee ballots to registered voters in Wisconsin. [read post]
20 May 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Delaware – State Auditor Loses Bid to Have Procurement Charge Dropped MSN – Randall Chase (Associated Press) | Published: 5/17/2022 A judge refused to dismiss a criminal charge accusing Delaware’s embattled state auditor of deliberately breaking up payments for a contract she entered into with a former campaign consultant in order to avoid compliance with state procurement law. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 6:21 am by Nate Persily
Several state legislatures are considering bills that would require alteration of of census data in this manner for purposes of redistricting. [read post]
5 May 2023, 1:48 pm by Ilya Somin
Our earliest cases in particular embodied a strong theme of federalism, emphasizing the "great respect" that we owe to state legislatures and state courts in discerning local public needs. [read post]
6 Dec 2018, 9:10 pm by Jonathan Spontarelli
The concerns were much the same back then, Griffin said, and they remain today: The Legislature is hard to follow, even for those who get paid to do so. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
In Texas, the Republican-controlled legislature is in hot pursuit of SB6, a law that would require all public schools to adopt and follow a policy under which multi-user bathrooms and changing facilities be used based on biological sex, as defined on one’s birth certificate. [read post]
23 May 2017, 3:15 am by Edith Roberts
Briefly: At the National Conference of State Legislatures blog, Lisa Soronen discusses Kindred Nursing Centers v. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 8:27 pm by SO Issues
The rape crisis centers in Cleveland and Texas intervened in support of the Ohio sex offenders. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 6:39 am by Marcia Coyle
In 2020, a Texas state court imposed a two-year restraining order against him after he physically assaulted his former girlfriend. [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 4:53 am by SHG
First, the ruling issued against the Texas penal code making it a crime to “procure an abortion. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 7:51 am by Steve Hall
The appeal contests the jury's finding of Powell's "future dangerousness" – a necessary requirement of the death penalty in Texas. [read post]
23 May 2024, 10:05 pm by Josh Blackman
Justice Alito's majority opinion afforded a presumption of good faith to the legislature. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Why Democrats See 3 Governor’s Races as a Sea Wall for Fair Elections New York Times – Reid Epstein and Nick Corasaniti | Published: 10/6/2021 In three critical battleground states, Democratic governors have blocked efforts by Republican-controlled Legislatures to restrict voting rights and undermine the 2020 election. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 6:05 am by Eugene Volokh
(In most states, that's so even for private-concern cases, but some states may allow strict liability for libels on matters of purely private concern.) [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities: California: L.A. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 2:01 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her public policy and regulatory affairs experience encompasses advising and representing domestic and multinational private sector health, insurance, employee benefit, employer, staffing and other outsourced service providers, and other clients in dealings with Congress, state legislatures, and federal, state and local regulators and government entities, as well as providing advice and input to U.S. and foreign government leaders on these and other policy concerns. [read post]