Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Arkansas Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Rights Measure Off November Ballot

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 In Cowles v. Thurston , (AR Sup. Ct., Aug. 22, 2024), the Arkansas Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision held that the Secretary of State properl...
Monday, July 29, 2024

6 More States Enjoin Enforcement of New Title IX Rules Barring Transgender Discrimination

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Yet another court has enjoined the Department of Education from enforcing its new Title IX rules that interpret Title IX's ban on sex d...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

Arkansas Supreme Court Orders Initial Count of Signatures on Abortion Amendment Petitions

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 In Cowles v. Thurston ,  (AR Sup. Ct., July 23, 2024), the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the state Secretary of State to perform an initia...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Arkansas Secretary of State Rejects Abortion Rights Initiative Petitions as Inadequate

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Yesterday, Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston rejected petitions to place a proposed state constitutional amendment on the November b...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Arkansas AG Certifies Abortion Amendment Proposal; Signature Collection May Begin

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After rejecting two prior proposals as being unclear or misleading ( 1 , 2 ) on Tuesday, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin certified th...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Plaintiffs Must Seek Narrower Relief Against Restrictions on LGBTQ Books in Children's Section of Library

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In Virden v. Crawford County, Arkansas ,  (WD AR, Sept. 12, 2023), the court denied plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction bec...
Saturday, July 08, 2023

State AG's Warn Target Corp. About Consequences of Its Pride Campaign

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Earlier this week, the Indiana Attorney General, joined by the Attorneys General of Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Sou...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Court Enjoins Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Medical Care

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In Brandt v. Rutledge ,  (ED AR, June 20, 2023), an Arkansas federal district court in an 80-page opinion permanently enjoined the state fro...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

New Arkansas Law Authorizes Monument to Unborn Children on Capitol Grounds

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As reported by ABC News , on Thursday Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed SB307 ( full text ) into law. The new law provides for...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Cert. Denied in Challenge to Arkansas' Ban on Companies Boycotting Israel

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip,  (Docket No. 22-379, certiorari  denied 2/21/2023). ( Order ...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Kroger Settles Religious Accommodation Suit With EEOC

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As reported by HR Dive , the EEOC announced yesterday that it has reached a settlement in a religious discrimination suit it had filed agai...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Certiorari Filed in Challenge to Arkansas Anti-BDS Law

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text ) has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Arkansas Times, LP v. Waldrip,  (Sup. Ct., filed 10/2...
Friday, August 26, 2022

8th Circuit Upholds Injunction On Gender Transition Procedures Ban

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In Brandt v. Rutledge ,  (8th Cir., Aug. 25, 2022), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Arkansas district court's grant of...
Friday, June 24, 2022

8th Circuit Upholds Arkansas Israel Boycott Certification Requirement

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The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc,  in a 9-1 opinion, upheld Arkansas' law requiring public contracts to include a c...
Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Satanic Temple Sues Billboard Company Over Abortion Ritual Ads

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The Satanic Temple filed suit last week in an Arkansas federal district court claiming that a billboard advertising company violated the Ark...
Friday, September 17, 2021

Arkansas Supreme Court Rejects Inmate's Complaint Over Withholding Of NOI Publications

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In Muntaqim v. Payne ,  (AR Sup. Ct., Sept. 16, 2021), the Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a suit litigated pro se by a Na...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Court Enjoins Arkansas Abortion Ban

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In Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Jegley , (ED AR, July 20, 2021), an Arkansas federal district court issued a preliminary injuncti...
Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Republican Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Gender Transition Procedures [Update: Veto Override]

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 As reported by NPR , Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson yesterday vetoed Arkansas House Bill 1570  ("Save Adolescents From Ex...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Arkansas Enacts Conscience Protections For Medical Personnel

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Last Friday, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB289, the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act ( full text ). The law gives broad protecti...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Arkansas Enacts Law Banning Virtually All Abortions, Seeking Vehicle For Overturning Roe v. Wade

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On Tuesday, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law SB6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act ( full text ). The new law bans a...