JURIST
APRIL 19, 2024
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States. Iowa also passed a similar law in March.
JURIST
MAY 21, 2022
The case traces back to 1993 when petitioner-appellant Daniel Doubek received a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence after he broke into his estranged wife’s home and proclaimed threats. The DOJ found that his “conviction constituted a disqualifying ‘misdemeanor crime of domestic violence’ under federal law.”
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Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 20, 2021
It held that, under the Fourth Amendment , the pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always (or categorically) qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying a warrantless entry into a home. A later blood test showed that Lange’s blood-alcohol content was three times the legal limit. California, 594 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S.
JURIST
JULY 30, 2023
Brooks blocked Arkansas on Saturday from enforcing Act 372 , a law that penalizes librarians for “furnishing harmful item[s] to minors.” Judge Brooks ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it is overbroad and vague. Section 1 of the bill makes it a misdemeanor to furnish harmful items to minors.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Violations of the law can be considered a misdemeanor offense, which potentially may result in civil sanctions for the employer. The judge found that the law was preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 51 (AB51), to limit workplace arbitration agreements.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 25, 2021
While California’s cannabis market is booming nearly five years after voters legalized recreational weed, the vast majority of pot sales are still underground, with the state’s illegal market approaching $8 billion annually, twice the volume of legal sales, reports Politico.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Patriot Front, a white nationalist group whose members are accused of a misdemeanor count of conspiring to riot at an LGBTQ gathering and in downtown Coeur d’Alene in June, has escalated its activities.
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