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7 Apr 2009, 5:56 am
The first state to legalize gay marriage by legislative action, Vermont overrode governor Jim Douglas' veto with the minimum votes needed, about 40 minutes ago. [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 4:52 am
[JURIST] The Vermont Legislature [official website] on Tuesday voted to override Governor Jim Douglas' veto of a bill [text, PDF] legalizing same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] in the state. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 1:45 pm
Nevertheless, Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont promises to veto a recent bill that legalizes same-sex marriage.Lacking any good reason for justifying state-sanctioned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, Douglas says that he -- like Obama -- believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 8:18 am
NW, $161,293,000 Lafayette Building (phase I), 811 Vermont Ave. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 7:15 am
Dealers who lease a building from someone other than the automaker would be entitled to the lesser of the amount of rent for the unexpired lease term, or two years' rent.Dealers owning the facility would be entitled to an amount equal to the reasonable rental value of the dealership facilities for two years.Manufacturers, predictably, are less than enthusiastic about such legislation, which also has been introduced in other states, such as Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire,… [read post]
4 Apr 2009, 8:30 am
James Douglas' desk after the measure passed by 42 votes [in the state House], just a few voices shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override the governor's expected veto. [read post]
4 Apr 2009, 1:07 am
In this respect, the Iowa Supreme Court has departed from state Supreme Court rulings in Vermont [Baker v. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 2:12 pm
Missouri is among only three states (Vermont and New Hampshire) that have yet to adopt the UCCJEA. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 9:35 am
In a heightened scrutiny case, the state must show that the statute substantially advances an important state interest. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 7:39 am
As Vermont moves closer to becoming, possibly, the first state to create gay marriage by legislative enactment, now that its House has joined the Senate in passing a bill that would permit gay and lesbian couples to marry there, Iowa today has become the next state to do it judicially, as have Massachusetts and Connecticut before it (and also, for a time, California, although that was short-lived): Iowa gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional - msnbc.com. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 6:49 am
Voters in Hawaii (1998) and California (2008) reversed their state courts' rulings by constitutional amendment.This week, the Vermont House of Representatives joined the state Senate and passed a measure legalizing same-sex marriage. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 5:42 am
There are lots of other materials at Lambda Legal, so it's worth exploring.Here is a link to Saturday, April 4, Boston Globe article from the Associated Press on the Iowa court decision, that is essentially the same as the above, EXCEPT that it includes an update on the Vermont legislation: The Vermont House yesterday gave final approval to a bill that would legalize gay marriage. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 7:13 am
The House Committee's work also includes a proposal to require the Public Service Board to issue a standard contract for SPEED projects to facilitate Vermont's goal of generating 20% of the power consumed in the state from renewable projects by 2017. [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 5:23 pm
Meanwhile in the United States, the Vermont Legislature is set... [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 3:19 pm
The five states with the lowest uninsured driver estimates were Massachusetts (1 percent), Maine (4 percent), North Dakota (5 percent), New York (5 percent), and Vermont (6 percent). [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 1:28 am
Levine that state law consumer safety tortclaims are not preempted by the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of awarning label for the drug and regulations prohibiting changing the label toconform with state law.In Wyeth, a Vermont jury found that the petitioner, Wyeth, the manufacturer ofthe drug Phenergan, had failed to provide an adequate warning of the riskinjecting the drug via “I.V. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 1:28 am
Levine that state law consumer safety tortclaims are not preempted by the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of awarning label for the drug and regulations prohibiting changing the label toconform with state law.In Wyeth, a Vermont jury found that the petitioner, Wyeth, the manufacturer ofthe drug Phenergan, had failed to provide an adequate warning of the riskinjecting the drug via “I.V. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 1:28 am
Levine that state law consumer safety tortclaims are not preempted by the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of awarning label for the drug and regulations prohibiting changing the label toconform with state law.In Wyeth, a Vermont jury found that the petitioner, Wyeth, the manufacturer ofthe drug Phenergan, had failed to provide an adequate warning of the riskinjecting the drug via “I.V. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 10:59 am
Vermont. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 10:21 am
My family and I routinely buy wine from California and Oregon, oranges and lemons from Florida, computer software from Washington state, maple syrup from Vermont, peaches from South Carolina, television newscasts from New York and Atlanta, lumber from Alabama, spicy sauces from Louisiana, crabs from Maryland. [read post]
