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7 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Supreme Court Debates Alabama’s Refusal of Second Black Voting District MSN – Robert Barnes (Washington Post) | Published: 10/4/2022 The U.S. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 8:47 am by Marilyn Wesel
The special session of the Missouri Legislature adjourned sine die on October 4. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 4:30 am by Eric Segall
Additionally, the Court may rule that state legislatures engaged in voter suppression and partisan redistricting cannot be controlled by either state supreme courts or state governors. [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 5:50 am by Kyle Hulehan
Alaska is one of nine states without a wage income tax and one of five states without a state-level sales tax. [read post]
  At one level, this finger-pointing exchange illustrates why state legislatures are moving forward more swiftly than Congress on privacy. [read post]
3 Oct 2022, 1:27 pm by James W. Ward
First, AB 2188 adds cannabis protection to the state’s discrimination law. [read post]
2 Oct 2022, 11:01 am by Bryan Hawkins and Robert Sarkisian
  The first of many California laws enacted to address cannabis use was Senate Bill 95, known as the “Moscone Act. [read post]
2 Oct 2022, 7:00 am by Lawrence Solum
  For example, the Constitution specifies that each state has two Senators: in practice, this provision is fully determinate: issues concerning this provision are in the interpretation zone. [read post]
2 Oct 2022, 4:21 am by SHG
In the coming months, the court will decide cases on affirmative action, the Voting Rights Act (yet again) and the power of state legislatures to ignore their own constitutions and even their voters. [read post]
1 Oct 2022, 9:47 am by Cathy Moran
Kudos to California State Senator Bob Wieckowski for introducing the bill, to NACBA who promoted it in the legislature and to Governor Newsome for signing the bill. [read post]
1 Oct 2022, 6:00 am by Lawrence Solum
Specifically, the Electors Clause of Article II, Section 1 provides that, “Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress…” This text explicitly raises the question of who is the “state” on behalf of which the legislature deploys power? [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 9:45 am by Robbie Kenney
It was preventable, and it should never have happened, but the Legislature and the Attorney General dropped the ball,” said Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-26), noting that 15 months ago he introduced legislation (S-1206) with Senate colleague Bob Singer targeting pop-up mobs and those who incite them. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
A validation of the so-called Independent State Legislature theory underpinning the case could reshape American elections. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 12:02 am by Florian Mueller
A major problem for NFT startups is the inflexibility of the App Store with respect to setting prices: you have to predefine your IAP offerings in your app's App Store configuration (I've personally done so in the past, so I have hands-on experience with that process), which makes it impossible to conduct auctions or other types of transactions requiring greater flexibility.I'm cautiously optimistic that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may correct the… [read post]
29 Sep 2022, 8:55 am by Lawrence Solum
Specifically, the Electors Clause of Article II, Section 1 provides that, “Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress…” This text explicitly raises the question of who is the “state” on behalf of which the legislature deploys power? [read post]
29 Sep 2022, 4:15 am by Emma Snell
The U.S. has said it will impose sanctions on Russia because of the referendums and E.U. member states are considering an eighth round of measures. [read post]
28 Sep 2022, 12:15 am
  The California Constitution prohibits either the Senate or the Assembly from passing bills after September 1 of even numbered years. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 9:03 pm by Michael C. Dorf
A case from North Carolina asks the Court to endorse the so-called independent state legislature (ISL) theory, which figured prominently in Donald Trump’s scheme to override the 2020 presidential election and could produce similar mischief in upcoming elections. [read post]