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Abortion Weighs Heavily On the Race for Wisconsin Attorney General

An 1849 state law bans abortion in nearly all cases. The candidates disagree over whether it should be enforced.

Reason

In wake of Highland Park massacre, law on firearms restraining orders in Illinois seen as confusing and underused

CHICAGO — A group of law enforcement officials and experts from around Illinois and across the country gathered in mid-June to begin crafting a plan to increase awareness among the general public and fellow cops of a 3-year-old state law aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of potentially…

Chicago Tribune

A Kansas police officer victimized ‘countless’ women, lawyers say. The state hinders them from suing

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two women who say they were sexually abused by longtime Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski have expressed interest in suing — if only state law would let them.

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Texas sues Biden administration over guidance requiring abortions in medical emergencies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration July 14 after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released guidance July 11 requiring doctors to provide abortions in medical emergencies when “abortion is the stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve [the emergency] condition.” The guidance went…

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EXPLAINER: Does health care law protect emergency abortion?

The Biden administration has filed its first legal challenge to a state abortion ban since the end of Roe v. Wade with a case that could allow hospitals to keep giving women abortion-related medical care in serious medical situations

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court

All voters in the key swing state can continue casting ballots by mail now that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a law that was challenged by some GOP state lawmakers who helped pass it.

WEKU

GOP theory aims to overturn democracy

Supreme Court may decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, not state law

Salon

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In Iowa, You No Longer Need a Permit To Sell Guns Across the Road from the Governor's Mansion

A new state law prohibits localities from prohibiting or licensing "no-impact" home-based businesses. That's allowing a Des Moines couple to sell guns from their house located just across the street from the governor's mansion.

Reason

The independent state legislature doctrine could reverse 200 years of progress and take power away from the people

In a case to be heard in the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court could decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, including the ability to draw voting districts for partisan political advantage, unconstrained by state law or state constitutions.

The Conversation

Philly Police Department will remain accredited. Its status had been challenged over a new city law

POCONO MANOR, Pa. — The Philadelphia Police Department will retain its statewide accreditation after a panel ruled Tuesday that a new city law barring officers from stopping motorists for minor violations does not prevent the department from enforcing state law, a key requirement of accreditation.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

UC and CSU campuses to provide cheap abortion pills amid California’s post-Roe push

LOS ANGELES — Abortion pills will soon be easily and cheaply available to students at the University of California and California State University under a state law aimed at expanding access to the medication to college students, a move that could become a flashpoint for anti-abortion groups vowing to challenge…

Los Angeles Times

Philadelphia DA’s office can’t change law, state Supreme Court says

PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Philadelphia prosecutors’ attempts to challenge state law governing how and when police officers are permitted to use deadly force, the latest development in the case against a former cop charged with murder in a 2017 killing.

Tribune News Service

Gun Owners Who Are Disqualified Under State Law Can Now Be Charged With 'Trafficking in Firearms'

That new crime, which is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison, includes receipt of firearms by "prohibited persons."

Reason

Report on Uvalde school shooting describes 'egregiously poor decision-making'

Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday.

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A Pa. woman was killed by a 6-time drunken driver. Now, a bill named for her has reformed DUI law

PHILADELPHIA — When Richard and Roseann DeRosa lost their daughter four years ago to a drunken driver on his sixth DUI, they swore they would fight to change state law so no other family would suffer at the hands of a repeat DUI offender.

WEKU

A state judge temporarily blocked Louisiana from enforcing its abortion ban

The judge's order halts enforcement temporarily while lawyers for a north Louisiana clinic and other supporters of abortion rights pursue a lawsuit challenging the legislation.

The Independent UK

State judge blocks Louisiana from enforcing abortion ban

Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing the state’s near total ban on abortion

Reason

New York v. United States and Nance v. Ward

Section 1983 should not be read to impose obligations on state legislatures to enact legislation.

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Biden administration: Doctors must offer abortion if mom's life is at risk

HHS told hospitals that they "must" provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency care preempts state laws that now ban abortion without exception.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott empowers state authorities to return migrants to border crossings

Immigration law enforcement is a federal responsibility. Abbott appears to be testing the limits of state authority by empowering state law enforcement to bring migrants to the ports of entry — stopping short of using state resources to expel migrants from the country.

Benzinga

Dems Are Using 'Under-The-Radar' Approach To Legalize Marijuana, Minnesota House Leader Says They Are Doing It On Purpose

A new state law allowing adult cannabis users in Minnesota to purchase edibles infused with hemp-derived cannabinoids, including small amounts of THC went into effect last Friday.

The Times of India

Bihar: 'Complete registration of all temples and mutts by July 15'

PATNA: The state law department has asked all the district magistrates (DMs) to ensure the registration of all temples and mutts by July 15 this year, failing which the state government would initiate necessary administrative steps.

Los Angeles Times

California repeals anti-loitering law that sparked debate over decriminalizing sex work

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a controversial bill to repeal a provision of state law that bans loitering for the intent to sell sex — a proposal that deeply divided Democrats in the Legislature and pitted transgender rights activists against advocates to stop human trafficking.

The Independent UK

Florida judge blocks state law banning abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy

The decision comes with a wave of state-level lawsuits to block ‘trigger’ bans and anti-abortion laws after Supreme Court guts constitutional right to abortion

The Texas Tribune

Texas abortion groups file last-ditch suit to hold off ban for a bit longer

Texas abortion providers and abortion funds ceased operations in the state on Friday for fear of being criminally charged under state laws that pre-date Roe v. Wade.

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