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30 Dec 2011, 12:15 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Just look at how he beat the odds and won a seat in the State Legislature, then made history when he was elected State Auditor, becoming the youngest Hispanic statewide elected official in the entire country. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 6:00 am by Bill Raftery
Montana’s HB 245 took a different tack; rather than expanding the state’s supreme court to achieve certain decisions this proposal would have shrunk the court from 7 to  5 (under Montana’s constitition the legislature may make such a reduction with a simple statute; no constitutional amendment required as in Florida). [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 9:29 pm by Lyle Denniston
There is an object lesson, the group said, that bears upon the direct tie between the insurance-purchase mandate and the insurance market reforms dictated by Congress: “Each of the eight states that had enacted market reforms without a mandate experienced severe market disruptions in the form of higher premiums, lower enrollment, and a general failure to achieve the goals articulated by the state legislatures.” Those who will be providing the insurance,… [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 6:00 am by Bill Raftery
Judicial selection in general has been a bone of contention both for the Federal and state legislatures recently and no particular method of selection has been the subject of more scrutiny than merit selection. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 3:49 pm by Lyle Denniston
  The government does not object to the state’s map for election to the state senate, although it noted that minority groups do oppose that plan, too. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 6:00 am by Bill Raftery
Thank (or blame) New York… (10/28/11) An examination of 2011 sharia law & international law bans before state legislatures (1/27/11) Bans on court use of sharia/international law advance in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma (4/11/11) Bans on court use of sharia/international law: ABA House of Delegates opposes “blanket prohibitions”, state legislatures out of session (8/8/11) Bans on court use of… [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 5:17 pm
Tell the state legislature to leave our Consumer Law alone. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 12:29 pm by Paul A. Prados
Code § 24.2-521.Now what this means is that you have to have a certain number of signatures of qualified voters, and they must be witnessed by a qualified voter who then signs an oath that s/he witnessed the signatures on the petition.Seems pretty straight forward, the statute then goes on to list the various offices for which the number of signatures are needed:  United States Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, United States House of… [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 7:09 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
An excerpt: The purpose of the adoption is to implement portions of Senate Bill (SB) 1, 82nd Legislature, First Called Session, 2011. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 7:07 am by Bill Raftery
In all but two instances (Bass-LeSure in Oklahoma & Berry in Pennsylvania), the sole accusation was that the judge(s) in question issued opinions that displeased members of the legislature. [read post]
24 Dec 2011, 11:58 am by Jeff Marshall
However, the failure of the Legislature to approve additional increases in the 21 year old reimbursement levels is disappointing. [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]
23 Dec 2011, 9:04 pm by Rick Hasen
I wonder if these implications will (1) affect how the State Supreme Court decides this case; and (2) motivate the Indiana legislature to change these laws. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 4:06 am by admin
Parts of the bills, if passed by the full legislature, would provide federal grants to states that ban behavior such as texting while driving and the use of cell phones by teenagers. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 5:25 pm by lsammis
On May 7, 2011, the Florida legislaturesSenate Bill 1790 (SB 1790) died in the judiciary committee. [read post]