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US Justice Department to give $144.5M to victims of 2017 Texas mass shooting in settlement

JURIST

The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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US judge declares California assault weapon ban unconstitutional

JURIST

The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, keep for sale or lend assault weapons. There, the court held that the government must affirmatively demonstrate that a gun regulation is “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition” when the plain language of the Second Amendment covers an individual’s conduct.

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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The law creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. It avers that the law “unconstitutionally intrudes on the federal government’s exclusive authority to regulate the entry and removal of noncitizens and therefore is field preempted.”

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Paralegal Career Choice: Public Service or Private Practice

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Federal Government 5%. Local government, excluding education and hospitals 4%. State government, excluding education and hospitals 3%. What is a Government Paralegal? A government paralegal works to support the legal team of the designated government agency. How to Find a Government Job.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  March 19, 2022 to March 25, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

A felony conviction involving lying to another government agency will normally trigger such a review. The FCC’s Character Qualifications Policy Statement sets out criteria to determine if non-broadcast misconduct is serious enough to warrant a penalty including the possible loss of the broadcast license.

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Supreme Court will hear case about public entity liability for dangerous property conditions

At the Lectern

Jaimes , but it granted the Attorney General’s request to depublish the Fifth District’s divided, partially published opinion that held the superior court erroneously responded to a jury question about the meaning of a charged sentence enhancement for a person “convicted of a felony committed. ” (See also People v.

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In habeas case, the liberal justices try to untangle a complex statute

SCOTUSBlog

United States that Section 922(g) requires the government to prove that the defendant knew he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. Feigin explained that the government’s current reading comports best with the statute and with the Supreme Court’s precedents.

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