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ACLU appeals Nebraska court’s decision to allow restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming healthcare

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The ACLU and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced Friday that they intend to appeal a Lancaster County district court ruling in favor of a Nebraska law restricting both abortions and gender-affirming healthcare to the Nebraska Supreme Court.

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Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

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The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. According to the AP , the White House dismissed the lawsuit as baseless.

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Tarasoff Revisited: Nebraska Court Rejects Liability Of Psychiatrist After Patient Murders Girlfriend

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Her parents, Angela Rodriguez and Adan Rodriguez, sued Lasting Hope and Benton’s employer, University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians, but the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of the action due to a lack of any legal duty to warn or protect the girlfriend. We have discussed decisions extending Tarasoff.

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DOJ Says Trans Bias Injunction Targets Nonexistent Policy

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Department of Justice told the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday that a recent Nebraska federal court ruling doesn't help Catholic organizations looking to uphold an injunction exempting religious employers from covering gender transition surgery because the trial court barred hypothetical enforcement actions and not actual policy.

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More Information on the ‘Quiet’ Launch of a New Legal Research Service by LexisNexis Parent RELX

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He also confirmed that, to date, two bars have signed on with Decisis, the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), which began offering it to members last October, and the Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA), which started with the service on May 2. Pfeifer said there was no intent to hide the product’s relationship to RELX and LexisNexis.

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

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As with other sex offense laws life the public registry, these laws only serve to extend punishment beyond a court sentence. Logue is a Nebraska registrant and activist for the rights of returning citizens, and founder of the sex offense education and reform website OnceFallen.com.

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US appeals court temporarily enjoins Biden’s student loan debt relief plan

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Friday temporarily stayed the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. Last Thursday, a lower court ruled that the states lacked standing because their future harm was too speculative, and the case was dismissed.

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