Missouri’s ballot initiative to legalize abortion will be allowed to move forward after the state Supreme Court ruled the state’s attorney general was improperly stonewalling the effort. The court ruled unanimously Thursday that Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) was using “misleading” and “incorrect” arguments to justify delaying his approval of the cost estimates ballot measure …
This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq. Cook Communities (Cook) bought roughly 32.6 acres of land in Hall County to build approximately 200 attached townhomes. At the time of purchase, the land was zoned for agricultural housing. Cook sought to have the zoning map changed and the property rezoned as planned residential development. Cook …
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday made his first public remarks after the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal criminal charges. Garland, taking questions at an event on combating violent crime, said he couldn’t discuss the particulars of the case but offered general praise to special counsel Jack Smith and his team …
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The set armorer charged in relation to the shooting death on the set of “Rust” last year vehemently denied claims that she was hungover the day of the shooting, attorneys said in a filing Friday. Prosecutors last week accused Hannah Gutierrez-Reed of being hungover on the day Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a camerawoman …
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Albuquerque police I a well-known former attorney was fatally shot Monday at a home in the North Valley. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said 45-year-old Colin Hunter died from his injuries on Tuesday. Police responded after 5 am to a shooting in the 4600 block of Fifth NW, near Griegos. Gallegos said Hunter …
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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email There was an odd moment of apparent legal one-up-manship on CNN during an interview regarding the representation of Donald Trump following his indictment. One attorney for the former president, Tim Parlatore, …
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This post originally appeared in Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. of Ancel Glink and is reposted with permission. We have written a number of posts on Municipal Minute discussing the US Supreme Court’s rulings in cases challenging municipal sign codes under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed …
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Trinidad’s former deputy chief state solicitor general, Neil Byam, collapsed and died on Friday while addressing the Court of Appeal. “We can confirm that there was a medical incident involving an attorney in court today,” the Judiciary said. Byam, said to be in his 60s, was before Court of Appeal judges Allan Mendonca, Prakash Moosai …
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