The Latest Breaking News from State Law

A 44-page state report, the first of its kind, just made clear that the state of California considers San Francisco an abject failure. Even the mayor agrees.

North Carolina lawmakers made unaffiliated voter participation in partisan primaries a permanent feature of state election laws as part of a veto override of S747 on Oct. 10, 2023. As part of the omnibus election bill, political parties holding primaries in the state must allow unaffiliated voters to participate in their primaries.…

A group of federal appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee and Kentucky can keep banning gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed

KSLU postpones law exams (except Honours course) in Hubballi due to Bengaluru Bandh call. Exams to be held on Oct 8, no change in timings. Other exams to proceed as scheduled.

From Khan v. Hasan, decided Wednesday by the New York intermediate appellate court (Judges Angela G. Iannacci, Cheryl E. Chambers, William G. Ford & Lillian Wan), a good illustration of how American law generally treats religious agreements: The parties were married in a civil ceremony on March 2, 2016, and…

Lawyers criticize a provision they say erodes the separation of powers between Texas’ executive branch and its courts. It’s been used repeatedly this year as Texans try to block new state laws from going into effect.

Illinois officials and Native Americans whose ancestors called the state home hope a new state law will speed the recovery and reburial of their relatives' remains unearthed over the past two centuries

At least two Missouri health care centers have stopped prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition, citing a new state law that gives former patients broad leeway to sue

The state of Delaware passed a new motorcycle helmet requirement for new riders in 2023, requiring them to wear helmets for the first two years of riding.