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Legislative Process
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Oklahoma legislature still eager to make child rape a death penalty offense
Main February 9, 2010Oklahoma legislature still eager to make child rape a death penalty offenseThis new local article, whcih is headlined "Okla. panel OKs death sentence for child rapists," spotlights…
Sunshine in Missouri
Cut ’em out, Ride ’em in, Cut ’em out, RAWHIDE!
By Jean Maneke
Ah, the legislative session is underway! Bills are being filed and soon hearings will be held. There are several sunshine law bills, including but not limited to House Bill…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The Man Behind the Stupak Amendment
NY Times: Abortion Foe Defies Party on Health Care Bill, by Jodi Kantor: MENOMINEE, Mich. — Representative Bart Stupak often endures things others find unbearable. He crisscrosses a Congressional district…
Best Practices Construction Law
Reading Between the Lines: Construction Industry Targeted in Congressional Health Care Reform Package
On December 24, 2009, the United States Senate voted to pass its own version of the health care package. You have probably heard cries about the length of the bill (1,990 pages). You have…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Pro-Choice Legislators and Advocates Offer Contrasting Reactions to Senate’s Abortion Compromise in Health Care Bill
Newsweek: The New Abortion Divide, by Sarah Kliff:At first, it seemed like abortion-rights activists could count on theirallies in Congress. When the House of Representatives voted to approvethe Stupak amendment…
The Right Coast
God Bless Senator Tom Coburn Gail Heriot
I love this guy:"The Senate health care debate has run into a major delaying maneuverby Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who demanded that a proposedamendment be read in full…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The push in Oregon for a racial-impact requirement in crime bills
Main December 13, 2009The push in Oregon for a racial-impact requirement in crime billsThis local article, which is headlined "Racial-impact rule proposed for crime bill," discusses a push in Oregon…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The Nelson Amendment and the Health Care Debate
Swampland (Time/CNN): The Health Reform Abortion Wars, Part Deux, by Amy Sullivan: . . . On Monday, Nelson introduced an amendment that would prohibit thepublic option from covering abortion and would…
The Contingency
Cap on Contingent Fees Fails in Senate
Who would gain from a law that bars you from paying your lawyer more than 25 percent of the money she wins for you in a lawsuit?Think about it. If…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NY Senate Postpones Vote on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
NY Times: New York Senate Delays Vote on Same Sex Marriage Bill, by Jeremy W. Peters: The fate of same-sex marriage collided with the often-dysfunctional political process here on Tuesday as…