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Arkansas Senate approves bill banning gender-affirming care for trans minors

JURIST

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill that would ban access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Titled the “Arkansas Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act,” the legislation specifically prohibits “gender transition procedures for minors.”

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In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater

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The court’s decision could fundamentally restructure interstate groundwater law in the United States for decades — or the case could be dismissed immediately on the grounds that Mississippi has failed to allege the proper cause of action. The key legal issue in Mississippi v. Equitable apportionment cases started with Kansas v.

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Arkansas House approves bill banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

JURIST

The Arkansas House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that prevents transgender women from competing in women’s sports at all levels of education. Having passed the Arkansas Senate earlier this month, the bill will now go to Governor Asa Hutchinson for approval. Hutchinson has not stated whether he supports the bill.

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Arkansas House approves bill banning schools from requiring teachers to use students’ preferred pronouns

JURIST

The Arkansas House of Representatives approved House Bill 1749 on Thursday, which will prevent schools from requiring teachers to refer to students by their preferred pronouns or name if they do not align with the student’s sex assigned at birth.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

She insists in the video that she knows all of the governing legal rules and shows the path in detail. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. On October 12, 1993, Randall Goodwin went to a Wal-Mart store located on 6th Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, there are still some notable additions that raise more legal frights. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. On October 12, 1993, Randall Goodwin went to a Wal-Mart store located on 6th Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. LEXIS 78. “On

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

” She even posted a walk-through video and insisted that she knows all of the governing legal rules. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn.

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