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Oklahoma House passes controversial immigration bill criminalizing ‘impermissible occupation’

JURIST

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States. Iowa also passed a similar law in March.

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Virginia restores civil rights to felons released from incarceration

JURIST

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that going forward any Virginian convicted of a felony will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from incarceration. ” Only two other states—Iowa and Kentucky—have constitutions that permanently disenfranchise citizens with past felony convictions.

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Legal Records Storage for Your Firm

MyCase

Legal record management is a vital aspect of any law firm. Though legal record keeping is part of daily practice for law firms, it is often disorganized. In this article, we’ll cover: Tips on organizing and accessing your legal records by category groupings . The Type of Legal Records You’re Storing.

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New York passes bill restoring voting rights of felons on parole

JURIST

.” The amended language if signed into law will now read that convicted felons serving a sentence of imprisonment shall not “have the right to register for or vote at any election in this state while he or she is incarcerated for such felony.”

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Animal Legal Defense Fund. In 2018, the Animal Legal Defense Fund sought a declaratory judgment and permanent injunction on the ground that the law violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upholding a similar Iowa law. Animal Legal Defense Fund , 21-760. Next up is Kelly v.

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High Court Gun Ruling Fuels Licensing Debate in States

The Crime Report

The licensing requirements in New York empower the NYPD to make the final call on who gets what licenses, leading to disproportionate and discriminatory outcomes for Black and Latino gunowners which some legal advocates in New York blame on misguided gun control measures like New York’s limited carry licensing.

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J. Craig Williams on New Podcast ‘In Dispute: 10 Trials That Changed History’ and Its Literary Origin

LegalTalkNetwork

Craig Williams is debuting In Dispute , a podcast produced by Legal Talk Network, alongside his highly anticipated book, How Would You Decide? I joined forces with Susan Barry, who was a publisher there at the time, to pick the ten trials that we thought would most interest legal readers together.