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Downstate Danville backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks

The city council bans shipping and mailing of abortion pills in a vote Tuesday in defiance of state law protecting the procedure. Abortion advocates are mulling a challenge.

Chicago Sun-Times

Utah judge delays implementing statewide abortion clinic ban

A Utah judge has ruled that the state law banning abortion clinics cannot take effect on Wednesday as scheduled amid a lawsuit filed by the state’s largest abortion provider

The Independent UK

"State Regulation of Online Behavior: The Dormant Commerce Clause and Geolocation"

Jack Goldsmith's and my article with this title is now out in the Texas Law Review, as is David Post's response (many thanks for writing that, David!). Many of our readers are already familiar with it from when I serialized it here several months ago; but here's the Introduction: Many…

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Florida GOP set to remove hurdle to DeSantis White House bid

Florida Republicans are poised to change state law to allow GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without having to leave office

The Independent UK

New rule threatening Missouri library funding over ‘obscene’ kids books is approved

Despite strong opposition, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule governing libraries will go into effect later this spring, threatening public libraries’ state funding over providing minors with books deemed pornographic or obscene.

Tribune News Service

Gov. Jared Polis signs 3 bills into law expanding Colorado’s protections for abortion, transgender care

As surrounding states continue restricting access to abortions and gender-affirming care, Colorado has now made additional protections and coverage state law.

The Denver Post

Missouri Republicans threaten to defund public libraries in stunning move over book bans

Library groups and civil rights organisations say the latest proposal is in retaliation for a lawsuit over a recently enacted state law that threatens educators with criminal punishment

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Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law

The Independent UK

Sacramento County foster kids have been living in cells for 6 months

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County officials have for six months housed foster children in cells in a former juvenile detention facility, in violation of state law.

Tribune News Service

New York flouts prison solitary confinement rules: lawsuit

New York prison officials were accused in a lawsuit of subjecting people to prolonged solitary confinement in violation of a state law meant to strictly limit a practice increasingly criticized as inhumane

The Independent UK

Ohio Republican lawmaker falsely claims to be MIT graduate

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says a freshman state lawmaker in Ohio falsely claimed to have graduated from the prestigious university

The Independent UK

Disney CEO Iger slams Florida governor DeSantis as 'anti-business'

Disney CEO Bob Iger has criticised Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis as being "anti-business" and "anti-Florida". The comments are part of an ongoing feud between the entertainment giant and DeSantis that started when Disney voiced its opposition to a state law banning education on LGBT issues in…

France 24

Developers eye new horse racing track in Richton Park as Hawthorne ‘racino’ plan stalls

The prospective track developers are looking to tweak a state law that gives Hawthorne veto power over any new track wanting to set up shop in the south suburbs.

Chicago Sun-Times

DeSantis won’t ‘assist’ in Trump extradition, but he can’t stop it

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed “Florida will not assist in an extradition request” from New York for former President Donald Trump, but the U.S. Constitution and state law don’t allow him to stop it.

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Oil Companies Fail to Convince the Eighth Circuit Climate Cases Should Be Removed to Federal Court (Updated)

The Eighth Circuit joins the First, Third, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth in rejecting the arguments for removal, but Judge David Stras writes an interesting concurrence.

Chicago Sun-Times

Time to revisit use of drones by law enforcement when public safety is at stake

A camera-equipped drone could’ve spotted Robert Eugene Crimo III on a building rooftop overlooking the parade before he fired 83 shots that killed seven people and wounded 48 more.

Tribune News Service

Missouri lawmakers move to strip public library funding in retaliation over book ban lawsuit

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers late Thursday evening moved to strip state funding from public libraries in retaliation for a lawsuit challenging a new state law that bans certain materials in school libraries.

The Independent UK

Court: Arizona governor not required to carry out execution

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that state law doesn’t require Gov. Katie Hobbs to carry out execution of a prisoner who is scheduled to be put to death on April 6 for his conviction in a 2002 killing

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Florida rule could restrict class instruction on sexual orientation through 12th grade

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida middle school and high school teachers would be further restricted from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity under a proposed rule backed by the DeSantis administration that, if approved, would go beyond what state law currently requires.

Reason

Cruz v. Arizona's Very Odd Jurisdictional Holding

Did the Court misunderstand its "adequate and independent state ground" doctrine?

Reason

Ride-Share and Delivery Drivers Are Independent Contractors, Says Court

Plus: College says abortion art runs afoul of state law, the politics of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, and more...

Tribune News Service

Advancing Michigan bill would repeal legal protections for gun industry

LANSING, Mich. — Before approving an 11-bill package Thursday aimed at combating gun violence, a Michigan Senate committee changed one of the proposals to remove from current state law legal protections for firearm dealers and manufacturers.

The Independent UK

Mexican drug cartel ‘apologises’ for deadly kidnapping of four Americans, blaming rogue members

An unnamed Tamaulipas state law enforcement official leaked a letter believed to be authored by the Gulf drug cartel

Tribune News Service

Michigan Senate votes to repeal abortion ban dating back to 1840s

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to repeal state law's broad abortion ban that dates back to the 1840s, placing the change one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature.

Reason

Federal Court Strikes Down Missouri's Second Amendment Protection Act on Supremacy Clause Grounds

From today's U.S. v. Missouri, decided by Judge Brian Wimes (W.D. Mo.): The Supremacy Clause provides that the "Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof … shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be…

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