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Justices appear inclined to allow Kentucky attorney general to intervene in abortion dispute

SCOTUSBlog

In Cameron , the justices are considering whether the Kentucky attorney general can intervene to defend a state law restricting abortion after another state official declined to do so. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Matthew Kuhn, the principal deputy solicitor general of Kentucky, represented Cameron.

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SCOTUS Rules Kentucky AG Can Defend Abortion Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in denying the Kentucky attorney general’s motion to intervene on the commonwealth’s behalf in litigation concerning Kentucky House Bill 454, the state’s controversial abortion law. EMW agreed to dismiss claims against the attorney general without prejudice.

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Previewing the US Supreme Court’s October Sitting

Constitutional Law Reporter

.: Through more than two years of litigation, the Secretary of Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services led the state’s legal defense of its law prohibiting abortions in which an unborn child is dismembered while still alive. Over a dissent, the Sixth Circuit refused to allow the Attorney General to defend Kentucky law.

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

SCOTUSBlog

The justices did not act on two sets of high-profile petitions that they considered last week: a group of challenges to bans imposed by Illinois and several municipalities in that state on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as challenges to bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

SCOTUSBlog

Kentucky ex rel. Last year, Tennessee and Kentucky were among a group of more than 20 states that enacted laws that prohibit giving transgender youths under the age of 18 medical treatment to align their appearance with their gender identity. Kentucky and Tennessee then asked the U.S. Skrmetti , L. Skrmetti , and Jane Doe 1 v.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Griffen then appealed and the attorney for the Haunted Hotel quoted Hunter S. The other employees were reportedly shaken up and Logan County Prosecuting Attorney John Bennett later suspended White. Kentucky v. Thompson: “Buy the ticket, take the ride.”

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Possible Change in Arizona Homestead Law & Refinancing

Diane Drain

. “The policy of this (long-standing) consumer protection law is that no family should lose its shelter, which is necessary for their survival and ability to work,” said Phoenix bankruptcy attorney Diane Drain. ” Tucson attorney David Hameroff agrees. Arizona bankruptcy attorneys are among those who oppose.

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