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Why is Connecticut Charging Inmates a Daily Fee for Their Imprisonment?

The Crime Report

Meanwhile, every state in the union except Hawaii allows for the collection of daily “pay-to-stay” fees, and all states make use of prison labor programs in which inmates are compelled to work public and private jobs for mere cents an hour, if they are paid at all.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. The court rejected DLNR’s argument that a 2017 Hawaii Supreme Court decision requiring environmental review for aquarium fishing only applied to fishing with fine-meshed nets. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash. A20-1513 (Minn.

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“The Spirit of Aloha”: The Hawaii Supreme Court Challenges the U.S. Supreme Court Over Gun Rights

JonathanTurley

It has been 65 years since Hawaii became a state, but the Hawaiian Supreme Court appears to be having second thoughts. Hawaii apparently is controlled not by the precedent of the Supreme Court but the “spirit of Aloha.” We hold that in Hawaii there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public.”

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Is it too late for Guam to sue the Navy to pay for the cleanup of its dumpsite?

SCOTUSBlog

Navy and the territory of Guam that turns on interpretation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or the Superfund statute. Guam is a 30-mile-long island located in the Pacific Ocean 3,800 miles west of Hawaii. Its 170,000 residents are citizens of the United States.

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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

They also seek punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, pre-judgment interest, attorneys’ and expert witness fees and other costs, and other equitable, declaratory, and/or injunctive relief “to assure … an effective remedy.”. In the case that has proceeded the furthest in state court, City & County of Honolulu v.

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Fourteen cases to watch from the Supreme Court’s end-of-summer “long conference”

SCOTUSBlog

After Hawaii charged Christopher Wilson with carrying a handgun without a license, lower state courts dismissed the charges under the Second Amendment. Hawaii , Wilson urges the justices to overturn what he calls the state court’s failure to conduct the appropriate analysis of his charges under Bruen. In Wilson v. 30 conference.)

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Policing Pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘Fetal Protection’ Law Forces Women Into Treatment or Jail

The Crime Report

Its legal proceedings take place out of public view, under seal, with a low standard of evidence and often a court-appointed attorney for the fetus — but none for the person gestating it. With abortion now largely inaccessible in Wisconsin, Act 292 could become more widely applied, worries Loertscher’s attorney Freya Bowen.

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