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

JURIST

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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Opponents of Bail Reform Rely on ‘Fear Tactics,’ Conference Told  

The Crime Report

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. percent of violent felony arrests were of suspects with open cases in 2019. percent of total arrests and 20.2 percent and 25.1 percent respectively.

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Texas governor signs law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is normally a federal matter. The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses.

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Civil rights groups sue Iowa officials to stop immigration law from going into effect

JURIST

They first argue that the federal government has exclusive power to regulate immigration and that Iowa’s law conflicts with federal immigration statutes. Forbidden reentry is an “aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by up to two years in state prison.” ” The complaint also stresses the law’s impact.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017.

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