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US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows

JURIST

While the case appeared before the court on a First Amendment challenge, the justices argued the central issue actually dealt with “the general question of whether a district court may enjoin a government from enforcing a law against non-parties to the litigation.” ” The case at issue , Griffen v.

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Court refuses Florida’s request to reinstate anti-drag law

SCOTUSBlog

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. Instead, Kavanaugh noted, the state was simply seeking to be able to enforce the law against entities that are not a party to the litigation. Florida Gov.

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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

Then, an opportunity came along to work for the County Public Defender’s Office, defending people in misdemeanor, felony, and now the only paralegal in the office on capital cases. One more thing I would say is key for the Criminal Law Paralegal (and all litigation paralegals!) Knowing the Rules of Evidence. Meet the Author.

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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The law creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. This is not the only litigation involving Texas and the federal government over immigration. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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Writ petition advances to require electronic recording of some court proceedings for indigent litigants

At the Lectern

.” The statute allows possible electronic recording only “in a limited civil case, or a misdemeanor or infraction case.” 5th 594 held that superior courts must make court reporters available to indigent litigants who, by having had their court fees waived, need not pay a fee for a court reporter to attend a proceeding.

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No Walk in the Park: JAMA Editorial Calls for More Park Prosecutions; We Disagree

FDA Law Blog

We note our prior writings on the subject, which extend to five pages of posts , We note further that the JAMA editorial cites our own John Fleder , which makes sense since John is one of the foremost experts on Park liability from his time at the Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Litigation as well as private practice with our firm.

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Study Calls for Abolishing Probation and Parole

The Crime Report

This was followed by California’s Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which reduced six felony offenses to misdemeanors and lowered the population eligible for prison and more extended felony probation terms. In a shorter span from 2010 to 2017, the report found a 37 percent decline in misdemeanor arrests in New York City.

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