Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The post West Virginia Legislature Confirms Women Are Second Class Citizens appeared first on Above the Law. Just in case there was any confusion on the subject.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

“The Supreme Court’s Chance to Restore Political Accountability: In West Virginia v. Wallison and law professor John Yoo have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal. EPA, the justices could revive the nondelegation doctrine.” ” Peter J.

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MARCH 22, 2023

In West Virginia v. ” Jack Fitzhenry has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog. In West Virginia v. “Can State Sovereignty Be Bought? US Department of the Treasury , the Eleventh Circuit ruled against the American Rescue Plan Act in favor of state sovereignty.”

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AUGUST 2, 2022

“Reclaiming Legislative Power from the Administrative State; The Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Wallison has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog. EPA can be seen as a restoration of the Framers’ original constitutional vision”: Peter J.

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JULY 26, 2022

“The Supreme Court Is Making America Ungovernable; The West Virginia v. EPA ruling signals a future in which no one in power has the ability to tackle the biggest issues society faces”: Law professor Lisa Heinzerling has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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JULY 19, 2022

“The Supreme Court’s Extreme Power Grab; In West Virginia v. EPA , the conservative justices acted like they were handing power to the people, but in reality they were giving it to themselves”: Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In the state of West Virginia, all drivers, regardless of age, are banned from using electronic devices that are hand-held while driving.

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The Crime Report

MAY 26, 2022

Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and pharmaceutical manufacturers Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., Under the deal, West Virginia would receive more than $134.5 The board members will have expertise in mental health, substance misuse and law enforcement. million settlement, reports the Associated Press.

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ABA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

A federal judge has ruled for three major drug distributors in a bench trial contending that their conduct created an opioid epidemic in Huntington, West…

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Law 360

MARCH 20, 2024

Chamber of Commerce about third-party litigation funding, including from potentially hostile foreign entities, state legislatures in Indiana and West Virginia have recently passed bills imposing restrictions on the practice. Amid concerns from the U.S.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2023

Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) LLC asked Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday to vacate a stay imposed by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit halting the construction of one of the last portions of a 303-mile natural gas pipeline running from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2023

West Virginia , Missouri and Florida Monday announced they will no longer participate as member states in the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC). West Virginia, Missouri and Florida’s exits ERIC come after Louisiana withdrew its membership in 2022 and Alabama withdrew in January.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“In latest Loughry twist, full panel of appeals judges will hear justice’s social media bias case”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has this report. ’ ” My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s partially divided ruling can be accessed here.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 7, 2023

Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reinstate a West Virginia law that bans transgender athletes from playing on female sports teams. The high…

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Mondaq

AUGUST 5, 2021

San Francisco – August 4, 2021 – A federal judge blocked West Virginia's new law banning girls and women who are transgender from participating in school sports on teams consistent with their gender identity.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 14, 2022

District Judge Joseph Goodwin in Charleston, West Virginia, has ruled that a federal ban on possessing a gun with its serial number removed is unconstitutional, reports Brendan Pierson for Reuters.

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Gravel2Gavel

JULY 7, 2022

by Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team. In “ Supreme Court Issues Opinion in West Virginia v. EPA” Anne Idsal Austin , Shelby L.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

We urge the court to block this law, and defend our right to free speech as soon as possible.” Alaska, Louisiana and West Virginia even consider a victim’s wishes when evaluating the journalist’s request. Some states also ban face-to-face interviews without the department director’s approval.

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JURIST

JULY 21, 2022

A bipartisan group of 16 US senators Wednesday introduced two bills to reform election laws in a bid to avoid a repeat of the January 6 US Capitol attack. This group includes Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

WV passes special needs legislation following classroom abuse cases.

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Above The Law

JULY 18, 2022

Except maybe in West Virginia. The post It Was My Understanding There Would Be No Math — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Actual Critical Race Theory : There are a lot of people complaining about "critical race theory," so Chris talked to Kimberlé Crenshaw to clear up some things.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court Is Asked to Hear a New Admissions Case on Race (Stephanie Saul & Adam Liptak, The New York Times) The Supreme Court and the Federal Officer Removal Statute (Steve Vladeck, One First) Supreme Court Blocks West Virginia Bid to Challenge CFPB Funding (Evan Weinberger, Bloomberg Law) The Supreme Court (..)

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The Crime Report

MARCH 11, 2022

A new report by the Vera Institute of Justice has found that New Jersey’s prison population fell by one-third last year, making it among the leaders of decarceration efforts during the pandemic in the United States, second only to West Virginia, reports Gothamist.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 10, 2023

Here’s the Friday morning read: A Louisiana man whose conviction was overturned in a Supreme Court ruling against split juries is found not guilty at new trial (Corky Siemaszko, NBC News) Outside groups take a first stab at a Supreme Court ethics code (Nina Totenberg, NPR) West Virginia to ask US Supreme Court to allow transgender athlete ban (Andrew (..)

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Another ‘Monster’ US Supreme Court Term (Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal). The Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t get around the Supreme Court’s climate ruling in West Virginia v. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

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JURIST

MARCH 12, 2024

In its filing, the DRA asserted that the emergency rule is necessary for the Office of Driver Services (Office) to meet its responsibilities under state law. As per Arkansas Code § 27-16-1104(3) , the Office is required to include a person’s gender on their driver’s license or identification card.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 30, 2021

law enforcement agencies and often play a central role in high-profile police killings. As of 2016, about 47 percent of the country’s 15,328 general-purpose law enforcement agencies had bought the cameras, according to a 2018 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the most recent study measuring nationwide usage.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Yesterday, law professor Eric J. Additional videos that The Federalist Society has posted on YouTube from its 2022 National Lawyers Convention: I previously linked to the video of Eleventh Circuit Chief Judge William H. ‘s opening remarks and the news coverage thereof. EPA “; “ Regulatory Elephants in Statutory Mouse Holes?

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APRIL 26, 2022

Anthony Perkins in a still photo from Orson Well’s 1962 film version of “The Trial” In Franz Kafka’s sinister 1925 novel, The Trial, the hero finds himself the defendant in a court case where he is unaware of what law he has broken. In 17 states, judges with no law degree are permitted to adjudicate eviction cases.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The appeal was filed by Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy, who in 2015 was convicted of conspiring to violate federal safety standards before a 2010 explosion at a West Virginia mine that killed 29 people. After his release from prison, Blankenship announced that he intended to run for the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

When Allen Loughry II, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, was convicted of wire and mail fraud in 2018, discussion about the case, predictably, spread on Twitter. The court clarified one provision of the law last term in Terry v. United States. The new petitions, Watford v. United States.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

West Virginia would update references to the Internal Revenue Code within the state's corporate income tax law under a bill that now awaits Gov. Jim Justice's signature.

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Mondaq

JUNE 7, 2022

In addition to incorporating almost all of the Model Act, SB 1580 eliminates Arizona's unique identification requirements for transactions of $1,000 or more.

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2024

West Virginia's state treasurer announced Monday that Citigroup Inc., are ineligible for state banking contracts, finding they boycott fossil fuel companies under a Mountain State law, while two other banks escaped such a designation. HSBC Holdings PLC, TD Bank NA and The Northern Trust Co.

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Law 360

MARCH 4, 2022

Supreme Court in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency has shed light on how the court's decision could significantly limit the federal government's efforts to address climate change, and reshape administrative law and the separation of powers, say Matthew Sinkman and Andrew Alessandro at Gibbons.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Share A pair of challenges to controversial social media laws in Texas and Florida and a dispute over whether to freeze the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to reduce ozone levels across the United States headline the Supreme Court’s February 2024 argument calendar , which was released on Friday morning. NetChoice LLC , on Feb.

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CARET Legal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

50-Minute Hour: A 50-minute credit hour means that a 60-minute session will usually provide 1.2 credit hours.

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