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December 04, 2021

Lawyers Risk Their Law Licenses Helping Smarmy Politicians - Washington Monthly

Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Lawyers on fictional TV dramas are often up to no good: burglarizing buildings, tampering with documents, telling clients to ...
December 04, 2021

Florida’s governor celebrated his anti-mandate Covid laws. Now Omicron is here - The Guardian

Ron DeSantis struck ‘a blow for freedom’ with his lax measures, but those could allow the new variant to circulate faster Barely one month ago, Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis was on a victory lap. The state’s average rate of new Covid-19 infections was the lowest in the nation, and a lapdog legislature was about to sign into law his sweeping new coronavirus measures, including the...
December 04, 2021

Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law - The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Members of the select congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol are pressing to overhaul the complex and little-known law that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies tried to use to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that the ambiguity of the statute puts democracy itself at risk. The push to rewrite the Electoral Count Act of 1887 — enacted...
December 04, 2021

Teen sues to overturn anti-trans sports law, states have similar laws - Valdosta Daily Times

Teen sues to overturn anti-trans sports law, states have similar laws  Valdosta Daily Times
December 04, 2021

Mallory's Army watches closely as anti-bullying bill gets pushed off by state lawmakers - Daily Record

Dianne Grossman is waiting with bated breath on the fate of a bill unofficially known as Mallory’s Law named after her daughter, a Rockaway Township middle school student who died by suicide after being bullied. The bill had been scheduled for a vote on Friday, but was pushed off with few chances left as the legislative session winds down. The bill, which passed the Senate unanimously in the...
December 04, 2021

New law aims to protect students from sexual abuse - khqa.com

Students wearing backpacks (WICS)<p>{/p} SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) —A new law is aiming to protect your student from sexual abuse. Governor JB Pritzker signed in Faith's Law on Dec. 4, 2021. The bill was named after Faith Colson, who was sexually assaulted while in high school in Schaumburg, Illinois. Faith's law requires all school districts have a code of conduct and a resource guide f...
December 04, 2021

In the Michigan Shooting, What Is the School’s Responsibility? - The New York Times

Law enforcement outside of Oxford High School a day after the shooting.Credit...Nick Hagen for The New York Times First, a teacher found Ethan Crumbley searching online for ammunition. The next day, there was an alarming note on his desk: “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.” School officials met with Mr. Crumbley, 15, and his parents, informing them that he needed to begin counseling within 48...
December 04, 2021

Judge blocks law that would allow more guns on campuses - Lewiston Morning Tribune

Judge blocks law that would allow more guns on campuses  Lewiston Morning Tribune
December 04, 2021

Official: Meeting violated state Open Door Law - Greenfield Daily Reporter

Luke Britt HANCOCK COUNTY — A state official says county leaders erred when they convened a plan commission meeting that incidentally also included a majority of the county commissioners. Luke Britt, Indiana’s public access counselor, issued an informal opinion earlier this month regarding an executive session held by the Hancock County Area Plan Commission in August. Keely Butrum, a Hancock ...
December 04, 2021

Law roundup: Woman declines to answer 'personal question' - Daily Inter Lake

A truck driver asked a woman to go outside with him so he could “ask her a personal question.” He apparently left and returned multiple times, according to a report to the Kalispell Police Department. A man was “cussing and yelling” in a food court area of a business. He was escorted by law enforcement back to his tent. A woman called the police because she heard a rumor a vehicle in the area...