TULSA, Okla. – The owners of an Oklahoma medical marijuana clinic have filed a lawsuit to stop part of a new law from going into effect. It primarily focuses on zoning rules, however, there is a provision over traffic stops and what happens if a medical marijuana patient does not have their card on them. Now, a petition has been filed to block information regarding patient licenses from being …
ALBANY, NY – JUNE 16: The New York State Senate debates legislation in the Senate chamber on June 16, 2011 in Albany, New York. The Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would legalize gay marriage as soon as tomorrow. (Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Rensselaer County Clerk and the County Executive are taking steps to file a lawsuit. At this point, we are …
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners filed a lawsuit Thursday over the “red flag” gun law, arguing that the House Democrats violated the legislative process. Head of the gun rights group Dudley Brown and several House Republicans say Democrats who control the House did not fulfill a Republican request to read the bill out loud in full in an intelligible way.“In this case, Democrats didn’t see that they were violating the Constitution to pass a bill to violate the Constitution. And now they’re going to see it,” Brown said. Other lawsuits could be aimed at the substance of the law and efforts to recall legislators who supported it are in the works, he said.
In the upper chamber, Democrats used computers to speed-read the bill in question, which ultimately prompted a lawsuit against Senate President Leroy Garcia. A similar scene played out as the House considered House Bill 1177, the red-flag legislation, on March 4. After Representative Steven Humphrey, a Republican from Severance, requested that the bill be read at length, several House clerks …
USC hired a lobbying firm to oppose legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for cases involving sexual assault incidents that take place at campus health centers. With the firm, the University is working to lobby against Assembly Bill 1510, which was introduced by Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes of Grand Terrace Feb. 22. If passed, AB 1510 would allow victims of Tyndall’s …
On the heels of the Las Vegas massacre, two Democratic lawmakers have revived a bill that would strip the immunity from lawsuits enjoyed by the gun industry. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday that would allow victims of gun violence and their families to sue gun makers, sellers and advocacy groups, like the National Rifle Association. …
A day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the controversial anti-sanctuary law, El Paso County Commissioners Court met in closed session to discuss possibly challenging the law in court. County Judge Veronica Escobar declined to provide details on the discussion, but did not rule out a possible lawsuit challenging the law that allows local police officers and sheriff deputies to question people on their immigration status. The law …
Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights author Douglas Bruce celebrates the measure’s adoption by Colorado voters in 1992. (thetaborfoundation.org) string(4) “2023” NULL Federal judge dismisses marathon lawsuit against Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights A federal judge has lowered the boom on a long-running lawsuit that had sought to use the courts to do what a succession of politicians wasn’t able to do in elected …
Judicial Watch today announced a court hearing will be held Wednesday, May 3, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records relating to the meeting held between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in June 2016 (Judicial Watch …
The Minnesota Pork Producers Association has been supporting the Ag Nuisance Lawsuit provision in the omnibus Ag Policy bill at the Minnesota Legislature. In a nutshell, the Ag Nuisance provision would protect a pork producer from lawsuits if it had been in operation for two years and was in compliance with all its permits. If the operation was expanded by more than 25 percent, the two-year …