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Nebraska Supreme Court orders orders restoration of voting rights for felons who have completed sentences

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The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state’s Secretary of State to implement Legislative Bill (LB) 20 on Wednesday, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for felons in Nebraska upon completion of their sentence.

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Eighth Circuit rejects challenge to Nebraska ballot initiative signature requirement

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Wednesday rejected a request from a group of medical marijuana supporters to block a provision in Nebraska’s constitution that establishes a signature requirement for ballot initiatives. A district court granted a preliminary injunction, but the Eighth Circuit reversed.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Biden student loan forgiveness

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Nebraska and Department of Education v. Nebraska today with the statement, “The problem here is the states aren’t the proper plaintiff to bring this suit.” no [congressional] statute authorizes this sweeping action.” The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Biden v. In Biden v.

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US Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness plan

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Nebraska bring to an end a nearly year-long saga in which Biden attempted to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for current and former US college students. Nebraska , Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority. The court’s decisions in Department of Education v. Brown and Biden v. In a 6-3 decision in Biden v.

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Tarasoff Revisited: Nebraska Court Rejects Liability Of Psychiatrist After Patient Murders Girlfriend

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Her parents, Angela Rodriguez and Adan Rodriguez, sued Lasting Hope and Benton’s employer, University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians, but the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of the action due to a lack of any legal duty to warn or protect the girlfriend. We have discussed decisions extending Tarasoff. ” Id.

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New York AG issues consumer alert ahead of Super Bowl

JURIST

In Ohio, Nebraska, and Florida, legislation has passed and legalization is pending as state governments plan how to roll out their systems. Current statutes are simply inadequate to address online betting at this scale and has forced officials like James to address the problem themselves.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 23, 2023 to January 30, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

While the FCC also found Fox responsible for transmitting the segment to its affiliates nationwide in violation of the rule, the FCC did not fine Fox as a programming network because the one-year statute of limitations period applicable to non-broadcasters had expired.

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