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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

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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?

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However, in 2007, the Court upheld, in District of Columbia v Heller , statutes limiting the possession of firearms from being carried in “sensitive places,” such as schools. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Idaho with a B.A. Tyler Smotherman will graduate from Texas Law Tech in May 2023.

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

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The statute includes a list of information the government must include – most notably, the time and place of the removal hearing. A noncitizen who does not attend a removal proceeding can be ordered removed as long as written notice has been provided to him under the statute. Smith was charged with five felony counts.

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Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors

JURIST

The court did not find either situation to be the case because “[t]he statute does not prevent medical providers from treating children with gender dysphoria with [alternative treatments], nor does it prohibit them from providing those medical procedures to adults.”

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

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There are some differences in the case – in the Idaho case, the district court’s decision to grant relief beyond the plaintiffs – a so-called “universal injunction” – was more prominent. Avenetti argues that under the 2nd Circuit’s rule, what would normally be handled by bar discipline is converted into a 20-year felony.

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