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Federal judge rules Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses violated constitutional rights

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Judge David Bunning of the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled Friday that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses during the summer of 2015. Judge Bunning disagreed with Davis’s argument, writing: It is.

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US Supreme Court allows Kentucky AG to defend abortion law

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The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday in Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron can defend the state’s controversial law restriction abortion. The law was challenged by EMW Women’s Surgical Center—which is the sole abortion provider in Kentucky.

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Justices allow Kentucky’s attorney general to take over legal defense of state’s abortion law

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Share The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Kentucky’s attorney general should have been allowed to intervene to defend a state law restricting abortion after another state official declined to do so – even when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit had already struck down the law.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” Kentucky v. particularly those with ravenous monkeys. 3d 599 (6th Cir.2003)

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Kentucky Attorney Files Challenge To Kentucky Governor’s Closure OF Religious Schools

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There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. In Beshear v.

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

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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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Timber industry, federal government battle over preservation of southern Oregon forest

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Accordingly, both courts of appeals held that the two laws work in tandem, even if in tension, to guide the executive branch’s authority over the Oregon forest. Biden , the challengers ask the justices to grant review and reverse the lower courtsrulings. In American Forest Resource Council v. United States and Murphy Co.