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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

Three Virginia citizens disqualified from voting due to felony convictions joined a nonprofit organization to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and several state elections officials. The action challenges the felony disenfranchisement provision of the Virginia Constitution.

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Gun-Free School Zones and Concealed Carry: Which Takes Precedence?

The Crime Report

Do state laws permitting individuals to carry concealed weapons undermine federal legislation banning weapons in the vicinity of schools? Resolving the contradiction will require an amendment, according to a paper in the Texas Tech Law Review. candidate at the Texas Tech University School of Law and author of the paper.

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Reviving the ‘Power of a Pardon’

The Crime Report

There have been more than 250 new laws passed in that 18-month period alone — amazing state efforts to roll back the malign effects of the 30-year crime war,” the CCRC details. On a more broad spectrum, a pardon may be necessary to enable anyone to run for elected office, or simply secure a professional or business license.

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First Grader Who Shot Teacher In Virginia Is Among The Youngest School Shooters In US History

The Crime Report

In Virginia, the minimum age to charge someone with a felony is 14 years old. This remains unclear, and due to juvenile privacy laws, we may never know. In 2021 in Rigby, Idaho, a 12-year-old girl shot three people during a planned attack at Rigby Middle School. Do schools need to start searching first graders?

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

SCOTUSBlog

Tori Madden) In recent years, property rights disputes have made headlines at the court — notably last year’s dispute between Idaho homeowners Michael and Chantell Sackett and the EPA, in which the justices sided with the property owners and curtailed the Clean Water Act’s protections for wetlands. Smith was charged with five felony counts.

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New York Jury Finds Time Square Killer “Not Responsible” for Killing or Injuring 23 People

JonathanTurley

Four states—Kansas, Utah, Idaho, and Montana—have eliminated the defense entirely and only an estimated one percent of all felony cases involve an insanity plea. However, the defense argued that this was not indifference but insanity. It is fairly rare to win a case on the grounds of an insanity defense.

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ACLU sues Idaho over criminalization of gender-affirming care for minors

JURIST

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Idaho Wednesday to prevent the enforcement of its law criminalizing doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. The lawsuit names Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the prosecuting attorney for a county in Idaho and members of the Idaho Code Commission as defendants.