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New Jersey Governor signs bill allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections

JURIST

However, the law does not take effect until January 2026, so 17-year-olds in New Jersey cannot vote in the 2024 primaries. In anticipation of the 2024 elections, many states are litigating and changing voting rules.

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US federal judge stays Trump’s 2020 election interference case pending appeal

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In her order to stay the case, Chutkan wrote, “[T]he court agrees with both parties that [Trump’s] appeal automatically stays any further proceedings that would move this case towards trial or impose additional burdens of litigation.”

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NAACP sues Mississippi over new judicial bill extending chief justice’s power of appointment

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While HB 1020 calls the appointed judges “temporary,” their term will last until December 2026. Ann Saunders, a plaintiff in the litigation, spoke out about the legislation: State lawmakers have said that this takeover of our judicial system is for our own good, for our own safety, and that is deeply offensive to me.

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No Cost of Living Change in Webcasting Royalties for 2019 – Rate Proceeding for 2021-2026 about to Begin

Broadcast Law Blog

While the rates stay the same for 2019, and will stay substantially the same for 2020 (subject only to a cost of living increase, if any), 2019 will begin the CRB proceeding for the setting of webcaster’s SoundExchange royalty rates for 2021-2026. The CRB sets rates in 5 year increments.

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February oral argument scheduled for stay applications in “good neighbor” pollution rule challenges

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in February on whether to freeze a plan created by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce ozone levels across the United States while litigation over the plan continues in a federal appeals court. Many aspects of the plan will not affect the challengers until 2026, the EPA contends.

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Court to hear argument in appeals to halt “Good Neighbor” ozone regulation

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It also requires them, beginning in 2026, to install controls that are commonly used by other power generators, and it requires other sources of ozone pollution, such as cement kilns and industrial boilers, to install controls to reduce ozone pollution. A divided panel of the D.C.

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Gun Violence Reduction Law Further Extends Moratorium on Trump-Era Rebate Rule

FDA Law Blog

The original effective date of January 29, 2021 was first extended until January 1, 2023 due to litigation. For example, in the service of highway and other infrastructure enhancements, a moratorium on the rule was imposed until January 1, 2026 under the 2021 Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act.

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