Mexican Senate passes medical marijuana bill
New Hampshire lawmakers should repeal the state's yet-to-be-implemented buffer zone law, whether or not the First Circuit Court of Appeals rules it unconstitutional.
Category Archives: First Circuit Court of Appeals
Another View — Charlie Dunn: Dealing with depression without being defined by it
The Director of Motor Vehicles, Elizabeth A. Bielecki, released the following list of Driving While Intoxicated revocations noting that the actual date of revocation may have preceded this... Russell Westbrook scored 37 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 99-96 victory over the Boston Celtics Sunday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Candidates for Supreme Court
HANNAH KITTLE The Marietta Times Bernita Freimann, co-owner of Whit's Frozen Custard, handed Supreme Court Republican Candidate Pat DeWine his frozen custard when he visited Marietta on Friday. Whit's Frozen Custard had a special visitor on Friday as Ohio Justice of the Supreme Court Republican Candidate Pat DeWine, current judge on the First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, swung by to grab some Buckeye Madness frozen custard and to talk to community members while on the campaign trail.
Posting a ballot selfie? Better check your state laws first
In this Feb. 9 photo, Bill Phillips, of Nashua, N.H., takes a selfie with his marked election ballot.
Ita s legal to post a a ballot selfiea in California – after November elections
TRENTON, N.J. >> You probably already know whether you'll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling place: Is it OK to take a picture of your ballot? While secrecy in the voting booth has become a thing of the past for those ready to share their views and daily lives on social media, laws nationwide are mixed on whether voters are allowed to take pictures of themselves in the act or of their ballots - “ballot selfies”.
Ballot selfies: A look at where they are allowed or not
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Posting ballot selfies: Personal choice or illegal act?
In this Oct. 20, 2008, photo provided by Nikola Halycyone Jordan, Jordan poses with her election ballot in Omaha, Neb. Jordan believes the selfies are a great way not only to share her views on the issues, but also to stress the importance of voting and being civically active.
Supreme Court rejects Boston gangster ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's appeal of his 2013 conviction for committing or ordering the murders of 11 people, leaving the 87-year-old to spend the rest of his life in prison. His lawyers contend that Bulger, who ruled over Boston's underworld in the 1970s and 1980s, was denied a fair trial because the judge prevented him from testifying that a now-dead former U.S. prosecutor gave him immunity for his crimes in exchange for protection.
Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions
Is judicial engagement little more than a camouflaged appeal for more libertarian judicial outcomes? Not a bit of it, argues Evan Bernick of the Center for Judicial Engagement, responding to a critique of his lead essay over at Cato Unbound. Click here to read more .
Appeals court strikes down ban on “ballot selfies” in N.H.
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan demonstrates a current voting booth in Norwalk, California, United States, February 16, 2016. A three-judge panel on the U.S. First District Court of Appeals struck down New Hampshire's 2014 ban on self-posted ballot photos, deeming it a violation of the First Amendment's protected right to freedom of speech.
State’s law against – ballot selfies’ again rejected by federal court
Keeping people from taking photographs of their own ballot to preserve the sanctity of the polling place is like "burning down the house to roast a pig," a federal appeals court said Wednesday as it ended New Hampshire's ban on so-called ballot selfies. The three judges from the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that had struck down the state ban.
City plan to put all inmates in 1 political district upheld
A federal appeals court has concluded that a redistricting plan in a Rhode Island city that puts all the inmates at the state prison into one city ward is politically fair. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday cited an April decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in ruling that Cranston's district lines were constitutional.
Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Addressing False Claims Act Liability
Specifically, the Court held that a provider who knowingly submits a claim that makes representations about the services provided, but fails to disclose noncompliance with material statutory, regulatory, or contractual requirements may violate the FCA. The Court endeavored to clarify what constitutes "material," stating that it cannot be minor or insubstantial, but did not provide a bright-line rule as to what makes a requirement "material" to the government's decision to issue payment.