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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

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.

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Drop in Youth Crime Punctures ‘Myth’ of Failed Reforms

The Crime Report

And in July, Louisiana Gov. Casey Foundation analyzed litigation and media exposés of youth prisons from 1970 to 2015, uncovering evidence of systemic maltreatment in almost all states. Connecticut’s House of Representatives passed legislation in April cracking down on youth accused of car theft. We have seen this movie before.

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First Amendment questions and California arbitration battles

SCOTUSBlog

Rollins challenges a Massachusetts law that makes it a felony to secretly record the speech of anyone other than a law enforcement officer, irrespective of motive. In Louisiana v. Louisiana v. Two petitions ask the justices to take up novel First Amendment issues. Project Veritas Action Fund v. Project Veritas Action Fund v.

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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

SCOTUSBlog

All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. Ordinarily, under the so-called “American Rule,” each litigant pays its own attorney’s fees, whether it wins or loses. relisted after the Apr. 12 conference) Guzman v.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S.

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