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A federal appeals court panel is hearing oral arguments today in Montgomery on whether Florida can enact a new law prohibiting social media companies from banning political candidates’ accounts. It’s a case that is attracting attention from Republicans and conservative figures who say Big Tech censorship is squeezing out their viewpoints on social media. Alabama is one of nine states that fil...

A law change has impacted the retirement plans for dozens of Navy lieutenant commanders. (Navy) After two decades in the enlisted and then commissioned ranks, the Navy aviation officer accepted his promotion to the O-4 rank of lieutenant commander in summer 2020, thinking he understood his new obligations. The promotion paperwork he signed — and the relevant Navy instruction — indicated he wo...

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) You’ve undoubtedly heard about Ron DeSantis’s attempted power play vis-à-vis Disney. The Florida governor has signed into law Senate Bill 4C which dissolves Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. But while most have contextualized the matter as the latest salvo in our nation’s culture wars, there’s another problem with the political machination. And it h...

A recent challenge to strike down Marsy’s Law in Kentucky is being tossed out of court.(Source: WKYT) FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A recent challenge to strike down Marsy’s Law in Kentucky is being tossed out of court. Voters approved the constitutional amendment in 2019 and 2020. The law itself gives rights to the victims of crimes, such as being notified of any hearings for a suspect and the abi...

A recent challenge to strike down Marsy’s Law in Kentucky is being tossed out of court.(Source: WKYT) FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - A recent challenge to strike down Marsy’s Law in Kentucky is being tossed out of court. Voters approved the constitutional amendment in 2019 and 2020. The law itself gives rights to the victims of crimes, such as being notified of any hearings for a suspect and the abi...

MADISON – Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin, along with 10 other victim advocacy and law enforcement organizations recently filed an amicus curiae brief with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the ongoing litigation over the crime victims’ rights constitutional amendment commonly known as Marsy’s Law. Marsy’s Law was ratified by voters during the April 7, 2020 spring election with an overwhelming 75 perc...

Iowans who are doing some spring cleaning this weekend can plunk all of their bottles of unused prescription medications into a bag and drop it off on Saturday for safe, anonymous disposal. Dale Woolery, director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, says it’s an easy process, plus, it may save a life. “This will be the 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day,” Woolery says. ...

A person holds flags during the Bans Off Oklahoma Rally on the steps on Oklahoma state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, April, 5, 2022. (CNN)Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a bill modeled after the controversial Texas abortion law, which allows private citizens to take civil action against abortion providers to enforce the law. It's the latest bill passed this month ...

Credit: Lorin Granger Jesselina Rana LL.M. ’22 Four years ago, Jesselina Rana LL.M. ’22 was studying for the bar in Nepal and looking for a job after earning a law degree from National Law University, Delhi, in India, where she concentrated in women’s rights and human rights. Her then acquaintance Shubhangi Rana, a civil engineer, was also job-hunting, and as they sat over coffee in Katmandu,...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Law enforcement with the Shawnee County Drug Enforcement Task Force have raided multiple CBD shops in Topeka throughout Thursday in an effort to seize illegal products being offered to the general public. The owner of two CBD American Shaman locations tells 27 News that Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office deputies raided the shops and seized around $20,000 worth of product. Deputi...