JURIST

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee sued the Biden Administration Wednesday in response to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued for federal contractors. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed the suit, calling the mandate “unlawful and unconstitutional.” 4 or otherwise be subject to weekly testing.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Kentucky lawmakers Wednesday enacted a law suspending all statewide legal abortion access. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed the bill last week, but his veto was quickly overturned by the Republican-led Kentucky General Assembly. Kentucky is now the first state in the US without any legal abortion access.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2021

Walker’s attorney, Tom Wine, argued that he was acting in self defense in accordance with Kentucky’s self-defense statute when he fired a single “warning shot,” striking Mattingly. This motion now permanently closes the case against Walker in the Kentucky judicial system.

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously Saturday that a temporary injunction blocking new laws limiting Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s emergency powers was improper, and it remanded the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction. The court found that a temporary injunction was not warranted under the circumstances.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2021

Kentucky legislators passed Saturday two anti-abortion bills. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kentucky released a statement denouncing the bills: The final passage of House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 9 serves only to shame and ostracize patients and their healthcare providers.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2024

The so-called “constitutional carry” bill allows individuals who are 18 and above and legally able to own a firearm to carry that firearm either openly or concealed. 16 other states currently allow legal carry through reciprocity agreements with South Carolina without any other restrictions. .”

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

The Attorneys Generals (AGs) of Tennessee and Kentucky filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. ” Kentucky claims to have a jobless rate of 33 percent and a $1 billion dollar revenue shortfall in 2020. Of that money, Kentucky and Tennessee will likely receive about $2.4

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2021

Kentucky enacted a new law Friday that restricts the use of no-knock warrants. Several of Breonna Taylor’s family members stood behind Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear during the bill signing ceremony , and watched as he signed the bill into law.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Kentucky lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly recently passed a bill this session to provide alternative sentences for those suffering from some mental health disorders, reports FOX65. Legal and law enforcement stakeholders say the program could help repeat offenders avoid going back in the system.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

On Thursday the Supreme Court denied a request to allow in-person classes to continue in the face of an order by Kentucky’s governor shuttering schools because of a surge in Covid-19 cases. Danville and Cameron requested that the Supreme Court restore the injunction, but in an unsigned decision the Court denied the request.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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’s only abortion clinic went to federal district court in Kentucky, arguing that the law is unconstitutional, and both the district court and the U.S.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Although this process can be confusing if you don’t have a legal background, your attorney can help you understand key terms and concepts.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

A wrongful death legal action can be filed by loved ones when a person dies because of the negligent, reckless, or deliberate act of another.

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JULY 9, 2021

A Kentucky State Police initiative will use $1.5 In Kentucky, when an adult reports sexual assault in an emergency room, healthcare personnel are required to complete a rape kit, which is a sexual assault forensic exam that gathers DNA evidence and documenting any injuries to preserve. Kentucky currently has no untested kits.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

US voters in California, Michigan, Kentucky and Vermont Tuesday voted in favor of abortion rights in four state ballot measures. Abortion is legal in California, and Governor Gavin Newsom, who won reelection on Tuesday, has passed several laws to further protect abortion access in the state. Wade with Dobbs v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 21, 2022

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. The post SCOTUS Rules Kentucky AG Can Defend Abortion Law appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Nearly two years ago, a panel of the Sixth Circuit declined to let the Kentucky Attorney General intervene in a Sixth Circuit case to defend a Kentucky law. The Kentucky Legislature adopted HB 454 in April 2018, and a district court in Kentucky permanently enjoined the law’s enforcement the next year.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

It reasoned that the parents lacked a legal right to sue, known as standing, because they had not alleged either that they had been, or were likely to be, denied information about their children under the county’s guidelines. A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., threw out the parents’ lawsuit.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Winners have been named for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology. Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico. Ben Carter , senior litigation and advocacy counsel, Kentucky Equal Justice Center. Priori Legal. Startup Legal Garage.

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Above The Law

MAY 6, 2024

* You can't litigate your way into the Kentucky Derby. Sure but can you get in with a sweet legal concept for a name ? [ ABA Journal ] * Steven Calabresi is back banging out bizarre legal theories faster than Kendrick posts diss tracks. Election Law Blog ] * Congress can't take bribes.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2021

A group of “concerned Kentucky citizens,” including three grand jurors from Breonna Taylor’s case, announced a petition to impeach special prosecutor and state Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday. Cameron’s impeachment is the third in the Kentucky state legislature this year.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 3, 2022

EMW Women’s Surgical Center addressed only the procedural question, without weighing in on the constitutionality of the Kentucky law, but the ruling revives litigation over the law, which the lower courts had blocked the state from enforcing. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. The 8-1 decision in Cameron v.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Despite Kentucky voters recently shooting down an attempt to make abortion restrictions a part of its state constitution, Kentucky’s abortion ban is back in the courts, Kim Bellware reports for the Washington Post. ”

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a newly filed action in Kentucky may be one of the most creative. Kentucky defines “an unborn child” as beginning when an egg is fertilized and abortion is prohibited once fetal cardiac activity is detected at roughly six weeks.

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APRIL 18, 2022

In February, Paxton issued a non-binding legal opinion stating that transgender therapy for minor children constitutes child abuse. One such family contacted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which took the case alongside Lambda Legal. The AG’s non-binding legal opinion was released on Feb.

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JUNE 28, 2022

A worker cannot be fired or mistreated because they have taken legal action against the employer or done anything to protect their rights in the past.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether words displayed on hats worn at a protest by legal observers – attorneys who document the treatment of demonstrators’ civil rights – can entitle them to sue police who suppressed the rally. Police ordered the protesters to disperse. Steelman v.

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2023

Several organizations, such as the ACLU and Lambda Legal, previously pledged to bring suit if the Youth Health Protection Act passed into law. Though, as of the time of this article, no legal action has been announced.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The parents of the students sued Griffin and Chandrasekhar separately in the Eastern District of Kentucky, alleging civil harassment, harassing communications, menacing, terroristic threats and common law invasion of privacy. The district court dismissed both complaints without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Winners have been named for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology. Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico. Ben Carter , senior litigation and advocacy counsel, Kentucky Equal Justice Center. Priori Legal. Startup Legal Garage.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

LegalCheek ] * Kentucky prosecutor convicted of trading legal favors for sex as the profession's resistance to alternative fee arrangements continues. It is possible. Law360 ] * ABA remains "ultimate resource" for lawyers declares ABA as it raises its dues. [ Now it's getting a spinoff. Law.com ] The post Morning Docket: 02.06.24

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American Legal Net

DECEMBER 1, 2021

USBC, Kentucky, Eastern District ( KYEB ). The post December 1, 2021 Court Rules Update appeared first on American Legal Net. New Court Rule Sets Available : California Superior Court, Colusa County, Probate Division ( CAPRCO ). Courts Removed.

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MARCH 19, 2022

.” And David Wells of Courthouse News Service reports that “ Judge finds Kim Davis violated the rights of same-sex couples; The refusal of Rowan County’s former clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has embroiled her in legal battles since 2015.”

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

.” Furthermore, he stated that even under heightened review, the plaintiff’s claims would fail due to the tradition of legal restrictions placed on minors and the law’s wording targeting medical procedures and not individuals. Federal courts allowed bans in Tennessee and Kentucky to proceed.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia joined Yost in the lawsuit. . ” The post Ohio AG sues for reinstatement of Trump-era abortion referral ban appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2024

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has challenged the proposed amendment in the Florida Supreme Court, alleging that the measure’s language is “misleading” and “conceals the amendment’s potentially sweeping legal effects.” This amendment does neither. It is ready for a popular vote.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The state of Tennessee is joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia.

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