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New Jersey Puts ‘Fair Chance Housing’ on the National Agenda

The Crime Report

On June 18, New Jersey Gov. During a ceremony to commemorate Juneteenth, he described the new law as a step to “level what has been for too long an uneven playing field when it comes to access to housing,” explaining that it will bar landlords from asking about criminal history in most instances. New Jersey.

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High Court Gun Ruling Fuels Licensing Debate in States

The Crime Report

A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. It’s not what New Yorkers want,” Hochul said. ““We

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In major Second Amendment case, court will review limits on carrying a concealed gun in public

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3, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on how that guarantee applies to carrying guns in public. The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Unlike most other areas of the law, the court has few recent cases to guide its ruling. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld the dismissal.

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The Lawrence O’Donnell Factor: Will the Trump Jury Exercise Blind Justice or Willful Blindness?

JonathanTurley

Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere to the rule of law regardless of the identity of the defendant. It is akin to New Jersey Democrat Sen. It is the ultimate jury instruction not from the court but from the community.

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A Criminologist Assesses the ‘Racketeer-in-Chief’

The Crime Report

From his winter residence in Palm Beach, FL and his Mar-a-Lago golf club and catering facility, the Donald still holds court and has absolute power over the Republican party. These techniques of deviance were made possible by systemic white-collar and corporate crime, abuses of power, and legal impunity. Should the U.S.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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