By Kristen Rasmussen | June 5, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal delivered the oath of office to new Georgia Court of Appeals Judges E. Trenton “Trent” Brown III and Elizabeth Gobeil during a packed ceremony Tuesday morning in the State Capitol's House Chamber.
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida | June 5, 2018
And all five announced attorney general candidates, from both parties, object in some fashion to a wide-ranging law approved by the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.
National Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Leah Litman | June 5, 2018
The high court has underscored that government officials cannot act on the basis of religious animus. Will the justices hold President Donald Trump to those same principles of religious neutrality?
By Marcia Coyle | June 4, 2018
Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring opinion by quoting Kennedy: "It is a general rule that [religious and philosophical] objections do not allow business owners and other actors in the economy and in society to deny protected persons equal access to goods and services under a neutral and generally applicable public accommodations law."
By Katheryn Tucker | June 4, 2018
“This is a case about just how far the First Amendment bends in allowing government to punish its employees for the viewpoints they communicate in theirprivate lives,” Justice Nels Peterson wrote. “I am doubtful that it allowed the punishment imposed here.”
By Ellis Kim | June 4, 2018
President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that legal scholars are on his side. Here's a review of the mixed opinions on this idea.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | June 1, 2018
In this article on Criminal Law and Procedure, Barry Kamins looks at criticism of 'People v. DeBour,' the case establishing the level of intrusion allowed during police encounters with citizens.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida | June 1, 2018
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, Winter Park entrepreneur Chris King and former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine back an across-the-board legalization of pot in Florida, where voters two years ago overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Bryan Mosca and Mark Quist | June 1, 2018
The 'Murphy' court's decision has potential far-reaching implications for not only sports betting and the gaming industry, but principles of federalism and the balance of power between the states and the federal government.
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida | June 1, 2018
Under the proposed rule, changes to the “standard” visitation schedule would be implemented on a prison-by-prison basis and would be based on a variety of factors, such as staffing shortages and the amount of contraband being sneaked into the institutions.
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