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13 May 2011, 8:07 am by Amanda L. Brock
As promised, the Florida Legislature recently adopted House Bill 7207 which drastically changes the landscape of Florida's Growth Management procedures. [read post]
13 May 2011, 7:13 am
Alabama, however, is the only state in the country that doesn't have an ignition interlock device law on the books, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. [read post]
12 May 2011, 1:27 pm by Randy Barnett
(Randy Barnett) I just returned from a press conference announcing the introduction today in both the House and the Senate of the “Repeal Amendment,” a proposed amendment to the Constitution that reads:“Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall be effective when the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states approve resolutions for this purpose that… [read post]
12 May 2011, 11:23 am by Orin Kerr
The House and Senate love expanding the scope of federal law. [read post]
12 May 2011, 8:00 am by Mandelman
The article that follows below appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday. [read post]
12 May 2011, 3:39 am by Russ Bensing
Ice, the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to a legislature’s requiring judicial factfinding before imposition of consecutive sentences, but last December, in State v. [read post]
11 May 2011, 2:17 pm by Rebecca McCray, Center for Justice
Ohio: Poised To Reduce Criminal Sentences The Ohio House passed a bill last week that if passed in the Senate will save the state approximately $78 million dollars in corrections costs, as well as equalizing powder and crack-cocaine sentences. [read post]
11 May 2011, 2:00 pm by Calvin Massey
” Congress and state legislatures are debating proposals to amend the Fourteenth Amendment to eliminate birthright citizenship or to seek to do the same thing by state or federal statute. [read post]
11 May 2011, 12:29 pm by Nathan Koppel
In another measure, the Statesman reports, the Texas Senate this week gave legislators in the state the right to carry firearms anywhere they want, including schools, bars and hospitals. [read post]
11 May 2011, 9:22 am by Lawrence Solum
” Congress and state legislatures are debating proposals to amend the Fourteenth Amendment to eliminate birthright citizenship or to seek to do the same thing by state or federal statute. [read post]
11 May 2011, 9:10 am by PJ Blount
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. [read post]
11 May 2011, 9:08 am by Steve Hall
 House committees have until May 21 to take testimony on Senate bills. [read post]
11 May 2011, 8:01 am by Irene C. Olszewski, Esq.
As you may recall from an earlier post, there is a law before the Tennessee legislature to prohibit teachers from teaching or discussing gay issues in schools. [read post]
11 May 2011, 5:42 am by Ray Mullman
"First, they dismantle the ombudsman program, so it takes out the voice that represents the residents before the Legislature. [read post]
11 May 2011, 3:44 am by Russ Bensing
  And keep in mind this is just the House version; there’s no guarantee that they’ll all see the light of day when the Senate gets done with them. [read post]
11 May 2011, 2:59 am
Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature have sent legions of auditors over to KBA to go over its books. [read post]
10 May 2011, 4:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Glasheen are precisely contracts related to Sec. 1983 federal civil rights lawsuits filed on behalf of exonerees after they'd chosen to reject the then-lower levels of compensation from the state. [read post]
10 May 2011, 2:29 pm
This grassroots movement successfully pressured the state legislature into passing significant health care reform legislation in 2010 and 2011.In 2010, the Vermont Legislature passed Act 128, which set the stage for universal health care by establishing a commission charged with hiring an independent consultant to design three universal health care models. [read post]
10 May 2011, 10:30 am by Cristine Beckwith, Attorney at Law
Some state and municipal courts in WA willingly amended agreements to 364 day sentences, but this was not practiced uniformly.The WA State legislature overwhelming passed this law. [read post]