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March 05, 2022

Noah's Law continues to make its way through state legislature - News Channel 5 Nashville

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The family of a once missing 3-year-old is another step closer to changing state law. Noah Clare disappeared from Tennessee and was gone for a week and a half before he was tracked down in California with his father, Jake Clare, last year. It took authoritie...
March 05, 2022

Private scholarships, drug changes, and a ban becomes law - Iowa Public Radio

The gold on the dome of Iowa's capitol shines with the bright afternoon sun. Two of the governor’s priorities advance at the Capitol. First, a bill creating scholarships for private schools advances from a committee. It also requires teachers to publish online everything that will be used in the classroom. And, the Senate passes a bill banning transgender girls from playing on female sports...
March 05, 2022

NY's bail law: Politicized perception and complicated reality - Newsday

ALBANY — New York state lawmakers enacted sweeping changes to criminal justice laws in 2019 and 2020 with the aim of reducing the chances a person would sit in jail for months, or even years, on a low-level charge simply because he or she couldn’t post bail. Going forward, a judge could not set bail for most misdemeanors and some nonviolent felonies, such as low-level burglaries, assaults and...
March 05, 2022

'They will come to know the lives they didn't save': States forge ahead with permitless carry legislation despite law enforcement opposition - CNN

NRA members are seen examining handguns and other merchandise during an exhibition in Indianapolis, Indiana. (CNN)Pro-gun legislation that would allow citizens to legally carry concealed guns in public without firearm training or a license is advancing in several states, as law enforcement officials and advocacy groups nationwide continue to raise the alarm about the policy's safety risks. Th...
March 05, 2022

– Another View: Long-overdue federal anti-lynching law finally appears headed for passage - Press Herald

At last, Congress appears poised to designate lynching as a federal hate crime punishable with enhanced penalties. The House last month passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act with just three “no” votes. That’s three too many, but the potential for unanimous passage in the Senate could still send a strong message of zero tolerance for this form of domestic terrorism. Pallbearers carry Emmett ...
March 05, 2022

Law enforcement keeping a wary eye out for trucker convoy - Yahoo News

Mar. 5—Police in Frederick County and the rest of Maryland are keeping an eye out for a planned convoy of truckers protesting vaccination requirements that was gathering near Hagerstown on its way to Washington, officials said. Hundreds of trucks and other vehicles had gathered at the Hagerstown Speedway in Washington County on Thursday evening, including a procession of trucks from New Engla...
March 05, 2022

Dear Nadhim Zahawi, did you even glance at existing political impartiality law? - The Guardian

Your hastily bashed out document ignores what schools have been doing for years under your predecessors’ guidelines I see that you’ve waded into the area of impartiality in teaching, and your reason for this seems to be that some students are not fans of your boss, Boris Johnson. As reported by the BBC: “The education secretary says schools must not tackle political issues in a ‘partisan’ way...
March 05, 2022

Yale Law Journal - Free-World Law Behind Bars - Yale Law Journal

abstract. What law governs American prisons and jails, and what does it matter? This Ar- ticle offers new answers to both questions. To many scholars and advocates, “prison law” means the constitutional limits that the Eighth Amendment and Due Process Clauses impose on permissible punishment. Yet, as I show, “free- world” regulatory law also shapes incarceration, determining the safety of the...
March 05, 2022

Putin Signs 'Harsh' Law Allowing Long Prison Terms For 'False News' About Army - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Anti-war protesters are detained in Yekaterinburg on February 26. The Kremlin said it needed a "harsh" new law to tackle such reports due to the current "information war." Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law into effect that calls for sentences of up to 15 years in prison for people who distribute "false news" about the Russian military. The Kremlin said it needed a "harsh" ...
March 05, 2022

Perspective | Carolyn Hax: In-laws who shunned transgender child now want to end estrangement - The Washington Post

Dear Carolyn: My spouse’s parents essentially disowned our entire family after we supported our transgender child. They are extremely devoted Catholics, and my father-in-law was very clear in his apoplectic emails that we were making the wrong decision for our child. My mother-in-law went along with it because that is “what wives do.” Five years later, our trans child is a thriving ninth-grad...