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California Launches Nation’s First-Ever Anti-Gun-Violence Office

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A new Office of Gun Violence Prevention in California will reduce gun violence by keeping guns away from “dangerous individuals” and promoting research and data collection, the Washington Post reports. People with felony or violent misdemeanor convictions, restraining orders, or serious mental illness are all included on the list.

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Petitions of the week: Three Second Amendment petitions and a Wiretap Act claim against Facebook

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The decision further indicated that longstanding firearms bans for felons were “presumptively lawful.” Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. Yakima County, Washington. Under 18 U.S.C. § Holloway v. Rosen and Folajtar v.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced.

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Policing Pronouns: How “Misgendering” is Becoming the New Battleground Over Discrimination

JonathanTurley

Cities, too, are enforcing misgendering rules; for example, the New York City Human Rights Law allows for fines if employers, landlords or professionals fail to use a preferred name, pronoun or title. Recently, a California court ruled that misgendering patients is protected despite a landmark LGBTQ+ rights bill.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent. .” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, Winston , 199 S.E.2d

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Can More Jury Trials Save the Justice System?

The Crime Report

justice system and reduce mass incarceration, argues a Washington and Lee University law professor. King in a paper published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Morefield Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law. justice system. Juries decided 8.2

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. applied federal common law. Third, the court said the well-pleaded complaint rule did not bar removal. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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