JURIST
JUNE 27, 2023
Three Virginia citizens disqualified from voting due to felony convictions joined a nonprofit organization to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and several state elections officials. The action challenges the felony disenfranchisement provision of the Virginia Constitution.
HowAppealing
APRIL 6, 2023
“Idaho Passes Law To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion Care For Minors; Abortion trafficking is now a felony offense in the state, punishable by up to five years in prison”: Alanna Vagianos of HuffPost has this report.
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JURIST
JUNE 1, 2023
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Idaho Wednesday to prevent the enforcement of its law criminalizing doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. The lawsuit names Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the prosecuting attorney for a county in Idaho and members of the Idaho Code Commission as defendants.
The Crime Report
APRIL 14, 2022
Do state laws permitting individuals to carry concealed weapons undermine federal legislation banning weapons in the vicinity of schools? Resolving the contradiction will require an amendment, according to a paper in the Texas Tech Law Review. candidate at the Texas Tech University School of Law and author of the paper.
The Crime Report
MARCH 3, 2022
There have been more than 250 new laws passed in that 18-month period alone — amazing state efforts to roll back the malign effects of the 30-year crime war,” the CCRC details. On a more broad spectrum, a pardon may be necessary to enable anyone to run for elected office, or simply secure a professional or business license.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 9, 2023
In Virginia, the minimum age to charge someone with a felony is 14 years old. This remains unclear, and due to juvenile privacy laws, we may never know. In 2021 in Rigby, Idaho, a 12-year-old girl shot three people during a planned attack at Rigby Middle School. Do schools need to start searching first graders?
The Crime Report
MAY 30, 2023
One of the 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front who are facing charges related to an alleged conspiracy riot at a 2022 Idaho Pride event has now separately pleaded guilty in Utah to a number of felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Alberto Luperon reports for Law & Crime.
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