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Supreme Court says state lawmakers can't just ignore state law when drawing voting districts or choosing presidential electors

For months, legislators, legal scholars and people simply interested in democracy and elections were fixated on a case before the Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper. Those following the case, which asked the justices to rule on the “independent state legislature doctrine,” have held their collective breath awaiting the outcome, which…

The Conversation

From Obama to state lawmakers, reaction pours in to Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina election case

WASHINGTON — Democrats took an immediate victory lap Tuesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an election theory from North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders that would have allowed them to give their party an upper hand in future elections.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

NCAA Shares New NIL Memo, Strongly Challenges State Laws

This letter comes after some states have or are planning to establish state laws that would contradict the NCAA’s rules.

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State courts can review election laws, top US court rules

Supreme Court rejects bid to grant state lawmakers unchecked powers over organising federal elections in their states.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling that congressional districts violated state law

The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law

The Independent UK

Attorney General Kobach contends that birth certificates, licenses of trans Kansans must use sex at birth

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said Monday that a new state law requires Kansas agencies over time to revert updated birth certificates and driver’s licenses issued to transgender residents back to their original forms ahead of its implementation this coming Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Pension stripped from former state lawmaker who called bribes he passed to another pol ‘the jackpot’

The state General Assembly Retirement System board voted to strip former state Rep. Luis Arroyo of his more than $4,500-a-month state pension, citing state law that allows retirement benefits to be taken from ex-lawmakers if they commit felonies arising from their time in office.

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Texas AG sues Biden administration over Title IX interpretation

State law that limits transgender student athletes’ participation in sports runs afoul of the updated federal civil rights law, which was expanded to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ students, potentially putting Texas schools at risk of losing federal funding.

The Texas Tribune

'A circus': Mississippi Supreme Court Justice decries efforts to keep him in lawsuit

Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph says efforts to attach him to a lawsuit challenging a new state law are a “circus” with “no legal precedent in U_S_ history.”

The Independent UK

Two-day KSLU Inter Zonal Youth Festival in Hubballi from tomorrow

Over 200 students from 30 law colleges from across the State will be taking part in a two-day Inter Zonal Youth Festival of Karnataka State Law University in Hubballi starting Friday.

The Hindu

Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally

The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue.

Reason

Slave cases are still cited as good law across the U.S. This team aims to change that

Michigan State law professor Justin Simard says 18% of all published American cases are within two steps of a slave case. His team has spent years documenting them, hoping to force a legal reckoning.

WEKU

Michigan commission asks attorney general if book bans violate civil rights law

LANSING, Michigan — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has asked Attorney General Dana Nessel's office for a formal opinion on whether the banning of books and LGBTQ pride flags within schools violates a state law against discrimination.

Tribune News Service

Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years, seeking to set precedent

A first-of-its kind trial in Montana will decide if the constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law

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CPS’ special-education leader steps down

The change comes a week after the Chicago Teachers Union took a vote of no confidence in department chief Stephanie Jones and demanded she resign for “dismal failures to protect the district’s most vulnerable students.”

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans ended a patchwork of local rules they say hurt business. They also eroded powers of city councils.

Lawmakers delivered Gov. Greg Abbott a long-sought bill to stop local governments from enacting local laws that exceed state law on a number of fronts.

The Independent UK

Mississippi harms free speech by requiring state permits before protests, lawsuit says

A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state law enforcement officials for any protest near state government buildings in the capital city of Jackson

The Independent UK

Arkansas librarians are suing to block state law that threatens them with jailtime

Booksellers and library workers face unconsitutional restrictions and ‘extreme punishments’, plaintiffs argue

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US judge condemns Mississippi city's 'crime cancer' as he removes state justice from lawsuit

The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over a state law that requires him to appoint some judges in the capital city of Jackson

Reason

The Source of Law in Tyler v. Hennepin County

a sub silentio invocation of the general law and positive law approaches

The Independent UK

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court struck down two abortion bans. But a 113-year-old law is severely restricting access

A state law from 1910 threatens abortion providers with a felony punishable up to five years in prison, writes Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin sends 100 National Guard soldiers to US-Mexican border

Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin is joining the list of Republican governors sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico

Sports Illustrated

Inside the NIL Battle That Is Splintering the SEC: ‘We’re All Money Laundering’

Within the 11-state footprint of the country’s most dominant league, some schools have worked with state lawmakers to rewrite statutes to give them an advantage over neighboring programs.

The Texas Tribune

An effort to ban faculty tenure in public universities has failed in the Texas Legislature

The state Senate originally passed a bill to ban tenure, but on Saturday it approved the House’s counterproposal, which enshrines tenure in state law.

The Texas Tribune

Attorney General Ken Paxton faces impeachment. Here’s how that works in Texas.

The Texas Legislature has never removed an attorney general. If the House votes to impeach, the Senate will hold a trial.

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