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12 Aug 2016, 6:08 am by Mark Rienzi
While everyone else in the state remained free to seek protection from their state and local legislatures, the targeted class could not seek protection on equal terms. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 1:16 pm by Gary Feinerman
Jubelirer, Justice Kennedy cast the vote decisive to the court’s rejection of a suit challenging as a partisan gerrymander a congressional map drawn by a state legislature. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 2:10 pm
The Hawaii legislature then passed a pair of bills, first placing a state constitutional amendment on the ballot reserving to the legislature the right to decide whether same-sex couples could marry, and the second creating for the first time in the United States a state-level legal status for same-sex couples, called reciprocal beneficiaries, that provided some of the rights accorded to married couples to those who registered as such. [read post]
The New York Department of Financial Services sought to tighten licensing regulations for online lenders this year via a provision in a budget bill submitted to the state Legislature (although the Legislature ultimately rejected the proposal). [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 11:05 am by Amy Bray
State of the State On Tuesday, Governor Nathan Deal delivered his second State of the State Address, in which he outlined his legislative agenda for the 2012 session. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 3:35 am by Randy Barnett
George Will had a column in yesterday’s Washington post on judicial restraint and the Constitution, and another round of the debate over the proper role of judges has ensued. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Arizona – The Arizona Legislature’s ‘Hell Week’: Money, mingling and moving fast MSN – Mary Jo Pitzl (Arizona Republic) | Published: 1/13/2024 A longstanding tradition, “Hell Week” is the brief period in which Arizona lawmakers and lobbyists move from event to event, all to enhance campaign accounts and establish connections before the start of the legislative session triggers a ban on… [read post]
25 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Senate and compare majority relegation in upper chambers globally.[2]  The Challenge of Malapportionment  Creation of an upper chamber in the legislature can be a key strategy for diversifying the avenues and actors involved in policymaking. [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
New voter suppression laws work through state legislatures; and for the first time in six decades, Congressional district lines are being redrawn without federal limits set by the Voting Rights Act because of a closely divided Supreme Court decision. [read post]
16 Oct 2023, 10:42 am by Eric Goldman
Substantial State Interest As usual, the court credits the state’s interest in protecting children’s privacy and physical/psychological well-being. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 9:55 am
It adds that, in Mexico's view, the fact that "[n]either the Texas executive, nor the Texas legislature, nor the federal executive, nor the federal legislature [of the United States] has taken any legal steps at this point that would stop th[e] execution [of Mr. [read post]
14 Jan 2022, 2:47 pm by gabrielagendreau
Forest Service (FS), etc. on Tribal affairs and other Native American issues; (7) Coordinating with the Assistant Directors, BLM States, the BIA, the Solicitor’s Office, Interior Department, Tribal governments and other state and federal agencies, to develop agency wide policies or guidance with addressi [read post]
8 May 2019, 12:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The push for enactment of federal paid leave legislation comes amid the enactment of a patchwork of state and local state paid leave laws over the past decade. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a noted Texas-based management lawyer and consultant, author, lecturer and policy advocate, recognized as among the “Top Rated Labor & Employment Lawy [read post]