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Tag Archives: Courts

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John Klar: Progressive Vermont prosecutor frees criminals in name of public safety

Proponents of “decarceration” want to eliminate the “inhumanity of incarceration” in favor of the inhumanity of unleashing dangerous predators to reoffend.

1 week ago January 15, 2021 in Commentary.
Steve Bellows

US Attorney Nolan would prosecute Capitol riot planning if any committed in Vermont

In a situation where a part of the illegal activity occurred in Vermont or otherwise had a connection to Vermont — such as an individual conspiring in Vermont to commit a federal crime in Washington, D.C., and then traveling to D.C. and committing that crime — then there would be venue in federal court in Vermont.

2 weeks ago January 10, 2021 in Press Release.
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Vermont parents sue state over unequal access to education, demand town tuitioning for all students

A group of Vermont parents are suing the state and local school districts over unequal access to education under the state’s 150-year-old Town Tuitioning system.

January 5, 2021 in Press Release.
Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas’ election lawsuit, says state lacks standing to sue

“The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution,” the nation’s highest court wrote in an unsigned ruling released Friday evening.

December 11, 2020 in U.S..
Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Von Spakovsky: What Texas case at Supreme Court could mean for the presidency

What Texas says is all of those changes in the rules and all of the ballots that were cast according to those changes in the rules were all invalid votes, and that therefore the Electoral College votes of those four states should not be allowed to be counted.

December 11, 2020 in Commentary.
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Facebook sued by 48 states, Federal Trade Commission over allegations of monopolistic practices

New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with the attorneys general of 47 other states and the Federal Trade Commission, accuse Facebook of using its dominant market position to acquire and otherwise crush competitors, tactics that amount to monopolistic abuse that harm users.

December 9, 2020 in U.S..
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Election law at center stage as legal battles continue in several states

Lawsuits remain ongoing in several states alleging election irregularities and fraud, and improperly followed state and federal procedures, which could impact how and when Electoral College votes are cast on Dec. 14.

December 8, 2020 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Daniel Nesbitt

U.S. Supreme Court sides with California churches in challenge to Gov. Newsom’s ban on indoor services

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with two California church groups that are challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on indoor religious services during the latest COVID-19 surge.

December 4, 2020 in U.S..
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Vermont impacted by Supreme Court religion ruling?

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roman Catholic Diocese v. Cuomo shut down New York Covid restrictions on religious attendance, Vermonters began asking: how does the ruling affect Vermont’s emergency order regulation of church attendance?

December 2, 2020 in TNR News.
Dan McCaleb/Watchdog.org

Ballotpedia has tracked 132 lawsuits regarding public-sector union policy since Janus decision

At least 58 of these lawsuits involve attempts to obtain refunds for fees that employees had to pay to unions prior to Janus. At least 57 involve challenges to membership withdrawal procedures (namely, laws or policies that allow union members to resign their membership only during specified periods of times).

December 1, 2020 in U.S..
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Supreme Court calls New York’s COVID-19 restrictions ‘discriminatory,’ sides with religious leaders

The Supreme Court has sided with religious organizations challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions and called the New York Democrat’s measures “discriminatory” in its injunction for emergency relief.

November 27, 2020 in U.S..

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