JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

The Bill specifically targets Alabamians who pay for assistance in the absentee ballot process, which could result in a felony punishable by up to 20 years. The suit’s plaintiffs include several civil rights organizations, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Alabama-based advocacy groups.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2024

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it will review the legality of state efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors — a contentious issue in a nation deeply divided over transgender rights and the role of medical intervention in youth gender identity. The case, US v.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Wade, o pponents of abortion are pushing for stricter bans at state levels—even criminalizing women who travel outside their states where abortion remains legal. Alabama’s Attorney General was granted an emergency motion to dissolve an injunction against the law on Friday afternoon. Law : Alabama HB314 2019.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches. Statistics on her roughly 100-attorney staff shared with The Imprint show that in 2017, 43 percent were women. Photo by Ashleigh Reddy. That image lives in me,” Becton said.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 21, 2023

Trump could be charged with misdemeanor falsification of records charges or felony charges related to campaign finance violations for the role the payout, falsely classified as an expense of the Trump Organization, may have played in the 2016 election. Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has testified that Trump had him arrange the payout.

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