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22 Aug 2022, 5:07 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
The abstract: This year (2022), the Supreme Court agreed to review wide-ranging constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) brought by the State of Texas and three non-Indian foster families in the October 2022 Term. [read post]
18 Aug 2022, 6:16 am by Dan Bressler
” “Requesting anonymity to discuss the chilling effect of the ban, one Miami firm leader said he and his colleagues feared retribution from state government overall—particularly after the Texas legislature’s threats to Sidley Austin. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 1:38 pm by Ilya Somin
If they are smart and competent, anti-abortion state legislatures will carefully draft abortion laws in ways that protect IVF and various medical treatments. [read post]
15 Aug 2022, 8:55 am by Lawrence Solum
B. 8), and as to state legislatures’ claims of near-plenary powers over federal elections under the so-called independent state legislature doctrine (ISLD). [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 11:18 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Even the states (like my current home, Florida, as well as Texas and others) that do not impose income taxes do raise money through taxes. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 1:23 am by The Justice Firm
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and within the US, California hosts the second largest prison population behind Texas. [read post]
9 Aug 2022, 8:20 am by Eric Goldman
Both Florida and Texas included editorial transparency mandates in their social media censorship laws, and I’m baffled that the California legislature thinks those #MAGA laws are good sources of inspiration??? [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Guy Reffitt, a recruiter for the right-wing Three Percenters movement in Texas, was convicted of five felony offenses, including obstruction of Congress as it met to certify the 2020 election result, interfering with police, and carrying a firearm to a riot, and threatening his teenage son, who turned him in to the FBI. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 8:43 pm by Eugene Volokh
And this is in a state where the legislature is over 2/3 Republican in each house, and where Republican registered voters outnumber Democrats by a more than 60%-40% margin. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 6:52 am by Erik W. Weibust
According to our friend Russell Beck, in 2022 alone, there already have been no fewer than 98 noncompete bills proposed in at least 29 state legislatures across the country, with some 30 of them involving the healthcare industry. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
New York State, which is known for high state taxes, sparked the trend in 1997 as a way to discourage border shopping. [read post]
Legislative Special Sessions Two states have recently convened special sessions of their legislatures to implement new abortion laws as a result of the Dobbs decision. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
The Montana legislature established a program granting tax credits to those who donate to organizations awarding scholarships for private school tuition, and the state Department of Revenue promulgated a rule prohibiting families from u [read post]
30 Jul 2022, 6:01 am by Benjamin Pollard
Anderson sat down with Derek Muller to discuss the independent state legislature doctrine in light of the pending Supreme Court case Moore v. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
In both swing states and safe seats, Republicans say liberals hate them personally and may turn rioters or a police state on people who disobey them. [read post]