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State Laws Vary Widely on Whether Felons Can Run for Office

The states have a range of laws for reinstating rights to felons. In most states, the ability to seek state or local office coincides with the restoration of voting rights.
6 minute read

Law.com

Bench Report: In Relative Rarity, a Red State Judicial Nominee Advances

Plus, a newly-retired state chief justice discusses her efforts to thwart gerrymandering.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Litigant's 'Self-Proving Rationale' Doesn't Warrant Chancery Look at Del. Election Laws

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III dismissed a request to undo changes to Delaware's absentee and early voting laws.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

10th Circuit Revives Challenge to New Mexico Donor Disclosure Rules

The Tenth Circuit last year ruled that another group, Cowboys for Trump, could not sue over the state's donor disclosure rules.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

As Trump Faces Potential Criminal Charges, Nixon and Clinton Situations Offer Lessons

Donald Trump, who may become the first former president of the United States to be indicted by a court of law, is not the first modern president with legal problems. But the question of whether a president—sitting or former—should be charged with a crime has come up three times in the past half-century.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Newly Retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Talks Anti-Gerrymandering Efforts

Recently retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor said she's talking to individuals about the possibility of a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that she believes would curb illegal gerrymandering.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

In DeSantis' Sunshine State, Politically Connected Firms Make Hay

Florida spent at least $123 million on contracts for legal services during the recently reinaugurated Republican's first term, compared with $86 million in the second term of predecessor Rick Scott.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Special Grand Jury Ends Probe of Trump, 2020 Election

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who was overseeing the panel, issued a two-page order Monday dissolving the special grand jury.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Capitol Report

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of Jan. 2. The Pennsylvania Senate was set to reconvene Monday and the state House of Representatives reconvened Jan. 3.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New GOP Assemblyman Won't Be Challenged Over Residency Issue, Leaders Say

Speaker Carl Heastie said materials gathered under the Judiciary Committee's subpoenas and from Assembly member Lester Chang's submissions, will be forwarded to criminal, civil and administrative authorities for further review.
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