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New Hampshire governor signs controversial bail reform bill into law

JURIST

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 592 on Tuesday “to end the failed reform social experiment in New Hampshire.” Additionally, this bill no longer permits commissioners or magistrates to set bails and requires that only the state’s circuit court or superior courts to set bails.

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Can I Record My Spouse or Co-Parent for Court?

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Can I Record My Spouse or Co-Parent for Court? That leads many people to believe that a recording may help their parenting or divorce case in court. However, in New Hampshire it is illegal to record someone without their consent when they had a reasonable expectation that the conversation would be private.

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

JonathanTurley

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. New Hampshire , 315 U.S. Winston , 199 S.E.2d 2d 724, 726 (Va.

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New US gun laws take effect January 1

JURIST

While new laws taking effect Wednesday in California, Colorado, New York, Delaware, and Minnesota have focused on increasing gun control in various ways, laws in New Hampshire and Kentucky have expanded in favor of strengthening the right to own and use firearms.

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