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1 Feb 2018, 9:32 am by Kelley Kaufman
  Many other initiatives have sprung up in response to workplace sexual harassment issues – including those in our federal and state legislatures. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 1:40 pm by Benjamin Herbst
  The letter basically stated that as direct result of the legislature failing to pass his Violent Firearms Offenders Act a number of other criminal law bills were being vetoed. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 8:40 pm
"A state Senate committee voted on Jindal's sex offender bills last week and unanimously passed them on to the Senate floor, without much debate. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 7:07 am by Todd Zywicki
 As I read The Federalist and other debates of the time, what jumps out at me is that the Framers believed that appointment of Senators by state legislatures would be both a necessary and sufficient condition for the preservation of federalism. [read post]
2 Aug 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Senator Hayne asserted that the Constitution rested on a compact of sovereign states. [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 10:32 am by Roger Parloff
  Potential Blanket Legal Barriers Here is the text of Section 3: 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 S [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 12:47 pm by Ilya Somin
But the Supreme Court saw through this subterfuge and struck down PASPA, because it violated the anti-commandeering rule by putting state legislatures "under the direct control of Congress" and issuing "direct orders to state legislatures. [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 5:44 am
The New Year will bring several new laws to Georgia including more changes to the state's rules for divorcing parents. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 9:41 am
It was then referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee for study.McGinn told the Globe Sunday that she introduced the bill primarily because the Legislature is looking for ways to plug a multimillion-dollar hole in the state's budget. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 8:59 am by WIMS
 Uppercase is Senate action; lowercase is House action. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 12:18 pm by Dave Maass
  Take Action  Tell your state senator to vote yes on S.B. 712 [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 8:19 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The Department of Justice recently rejected Texas' congressional and senate redistricting plans because the legislature acted deliberately to ignore the dramatic growth in the Hispanic population. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 9:29 am by Santia Nance
So I’ve been talking to people, explaining the legislative process, explaining how the state House of Delegates and Senate works, and trying to make it simple. [read post]
6 May 2022, 5:57 am by Neil H. Buchanan
" Not "to the states," but "to the people's representatives. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 8:07 am by Garrett Kern
  In August, the Illinois State legislature enacted an amendment to the Public Construction Bond Act (the "Act"), the substance of which amounts to nothing more than an additional burden for the unwary or unsophisticated subcontractor that provides labor and/or materials under a contract with the State (or one of its political subdivisions). [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 3:35 pm by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
An excerpt: Senate Bill 747, 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, directed HHSC to establish a five-year demonstration program, called the “Women’s Health Program” (WHP), to expand access to family planning services for women through Medicaid. [read post]
While Ellis did not sign onto the majority of Trump’s 2020 election challenges as an attorney, she did speak at multiple press conferences and to multiple state legislatures, including the Georgia legislature. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 1:17 pm by Steve Hall
A push to ask voters to abolish the death penalty cleared its first legislative hearing Thursday, but its political viability – among lawmakers and the electorate – remains questionable.If Senate Bill 490 garners the majority votes needed to pass the Legislature, voters in November 2012 would for the first time since the 1970s decide whether capital punishment should exist in California. [read post]
17 May 2012, 11:15 am by boston
After that, he should visit the legislature and start twisting a few arms.If that fails, there has been talk of a lawsuit. [read post]