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Possible Change in Arizona Homestead Law & Refinancing

Diane Drain

At the other end of the spectrum, New Jersey and Pennsylvania provide no homestead exemptions, while Virginia and Kentucky allow just $5,000. That would undermine “the protection a debtor has under the current homestead• exemption statute,” Drain wrote in a commentary. Morris Institute of Justice, in a commentary.

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March Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: EAS and Next Gen TV Rulemaking Comments, Incentive Auction Reimbursements, TV Auction, GMR Licensing Deadline, and More

Broadcast Law Blog

Broadcasters already upload this information to their public file, and this update merely brings the FCC’s rules in line with the requirements of federal statute and thus has no practical effect on a station’s political file obligations. We wrote in more detail about these changes, here.

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Justices appear inclined to allow Kentucky attorney general to intervene in abortion dispute

SCOTUSBlog

In Cameron , the justices are considering whether the Kentucky attorney general can intervene to defend a state law restricting abortion after another state official declined to do so. Kentucky’s only abortion clinic went to federal district court in Kentucky, arguing that the law is unconstitutional, and both the district court and the U.S.

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SCOTUS Rules Kentucky AG Can Defend Abortion Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in denying the Kentucky attorney general’s motion to intervene on the commonwealth’s behalf in litigation concerning Kentucky House Bill 454, the state’s controversial abortion law. Although the litigation by that time had proceeded for years, that factor is not dispositive.

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North Carolina’s voter-ID lawsuit, racial bias in juries and a veteran’s disability claim

SCOTUSBlog

In his petition, George counters that a federal court’s interpretation of an unambiguous statute is not a mere change in interpretation but declares what the law has always meant. Kentucky when the evidence was not available to the petitioner during state court Batson proceedings. The case is George v. Broadnax v.

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Timber industry, federal government battle over preservation of southern Oregon forest

SCOTUSBlog

The bureau’s plan has been the subject of extensive litigation ever since it was first proposed, in 1995, to protect the habitat of the endangered northern spotted owl. A list of this week’s featured petitions is below: American Forest Resource Council v. 1159(b).

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Corpus Linguistics in the Sixth Circuit and Beyond

SquirePattonBoggs

Corpus linguistics is a tool used to identify the original public meaning of words – no small thing when the outcome of a case often hinges on the meaning of a single word in a statute or the Constitution. These examples underscore corpus linguistics’ utility in ascertaining the meaning of statutes. 20-56174, 2022 U.S. 6 (9th Cir.

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