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18 Mar 2015, 8:24 am
At issue in this case is whether the mandatory sex offender classifications created by Ohio’s version of the Adam Walsh Act in Senate Bill 10 constitute cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of the Ohio Constitution. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 7:00 am
In May, for instance, the State legislature raised the cap on the number of charter schools from 200 to 460. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 5:20 pm
The 2021 Session of the Utah Legislature started today. [read post]
13 Mar 2024, 12:57 pm
It simply requires that Trump and the Republicans mount a nonstop series of challenges -- before, during, and after Election Day -- that will create the noise necessary to allow Republicans in state legislatures and governors' mansions to refuse to appoint Biden's electors.If this requires that a Republican legislature override a Democratic governor, the Supreme Court's apparent rejection last year of the Independent State… [read post]
8 Feb 2024, 5:50 am
” So, members drafted a provision that declared that “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any… [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 9:32 am
Abbott, concerning redistricting for the Texas state legislature, and particularly its senate district 10, encompassing portions of Fort Worth. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 4:37 pm
A bill died last year on a tie vote in a Senate committee. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 9:12 pm
The lead sponsor of Natalie's Law, state Senator Patricia D. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 12:00 pm
The ACLU has actively opposed these state anti-boycott bills in state legislatures and in federal courts. [read post]
27 May 2015, 7:50 am
The plaintiffs argue that the districts drawn by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional under the Court’s one person, one vote rule because the state counted all residents, citizens and non-citizens alike, in drawing equally-populous districts. [read post]
15 Sep 2023, 4:30 am
" Section 3 says the following:No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the… [read post]
14 May 2023, 3:12 pm
In a proactive move toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has today released draft regulations to implement key aspects of Senate Bill 528 of 2022 – The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. [read post]
29 Jun 2023, 3:35 am
The fact is that the independent state legislature theory was based on a good-faith but clearly minority view of the meaning of one line from Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution, referring to the “Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives…prescribed…by the Legislature thereof. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 10:21 am
Our state legislature banned these dangerous practices in 2011 after the public overwhelmingly approved it, but the new law was vetoed by Governor Perry. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 7:15 am
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is charged by the SAFE Act with establishing and implementing a system for mortgage loan originators in States that do not meet the minimum requirementsState-licensed loan originators must • complete pre-licensure training,• pass written tests, • take annual continuing education courses,• be fingerprinted,• submitted to a national registry and to the FBI for a criminal background check;•… [read post]
30 Nov 2023, 9:41 am
Bruen, which struck down a New York gun permit law and established stricter standards for state legislatures to constitutionally regulate gun ownership. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 3:42 am
Paterson and leaders of the Legislature have reached a deal to temporarily raise taxes on New York's highest earners in order to close the state's ... [read post]
24 Dec 2011, 4:00 am
The law in the state requires that all jury awards involving a state entity be approved by the state legislature before funds are actually dispersed. [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 5:45 am
U’Ren, the Oregon state reformer who idealized Swiss direct democracy and tried to import the popular referendum and initiative as a way to bypass captured legislatures. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 10:40 am
Now we have the proposal—in front of the Oklahoma Senate now that the Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed it overwhelmingly—for the State of Oklahoma to abandon the issuance of marriage licenses to all, gay, straight, and sundry. [read post]
