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Thousands gather in Florida to protest law targeted at undocumented immigrants

JURIST

Floridians gathered across the state Thursday to protest a recently enacted law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. In what protesters dubbed, “a day without immigrants,” thousands walked off the job to voice their disapproval of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s approval of Senate Bill (SB) 1718.

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Morning Docket: 06.10.22

Above The Law

Massachusetts just made it easier for immigrants to drive to work. [ A congressional candidate from South Carolina is calling for treason executions and imprisoning the parents of LGBTQ children. . * A congressional candidate from South Carolina is calling for treason executions and imprisoning the parents of LGBTQ children.

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Lawyer Tech Tips: Ways to (Really) Get Away This Summer

Attorney at Work

Reid Trautz (@RTrautz) is founding Director of the Practice & Professionalism Center at the American Immigration Lawyers Association , where he provides practice advisory services to members. Courtney Troutman (@SCBar_PMAP) is Director of the South Carolina Bar Practice Management Assistance Program , which she founded in 2002.

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Kentucky’s big bet and Monsanto’s Roundup warnings

SCOTUSBlog

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Kentucky can recover $870 million from an online poker platform to recoup Kentuckians’ losses and whether federal approval of Roundup can protect Monsanto from violations under California law. Both the district court and the U.S.

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The court must consider the national security and public safety threats posed by concealable weapons

SCOTUSBlog

Owens is senior counsel at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center. gun laws to plan attacks in the United States. Mass shooters motivated by white supremacist and anti-immigrant ideologies have also used concealable firearms in successful attacks. soil since Sept.

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The morning read for Friday, March 29

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court abortion case brings 19th century chastity law to the forefront (Tierney Sneed, CNN) Supreme Court delay prompts federal judges to act in South Carolina redistricting dispute (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) South Carolina to use ‘unconstitutional’ congressional map after Supreme Court silence (Christine Zhu, (..)

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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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