Showing posts with label Nevada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nevada. Show all posts
Friday, November 24, 2023

Court Disqualifies Proposed Nevada Reproductive Freedom Amendment From 2024 Ballot

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In Washington v. Aguilar ,  (NV Dist. Ct., Nov. 21, 2023), a Nevada state trial court held that an Initiative Petition proposing a  Reproduc...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Injuring Police Chief's Reputation At His Church Was Not Free Exercise Violation

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In Chesley v. City of Mesquite , (D NV, Aug. 14, 2023), a Nevada federal district court dismissed a suit brought by Joseph Chesley, Mesquite...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Nevada Governor Vetoes Medical-Aid-In-Dying Bill

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On Monday, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed ( full text of veto message ) S.B. 239 ( full text ) which would have authorized physicians a...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Presidential Proclamation Protects Sacred 500,000+ Acres in Nevada Under Antiquities Act

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Yesterday, President Biden issued  A Proclamation on Establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument  ( full text ). The lengthy Proclama...
Friday, June 17, 2022

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Tribe's Challenge To Geothermal Project

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On Wednesday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe v. U.S. Department of the Interior...
Friday, December 17, 2021

Tribe Sues Claiming Energy Project Violates Its Religious Rights

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The Center for Biological Diversity announced yesterday: The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe and Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S....
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Universal Life Church Can Move Ahead With Suit Over Nevada Marriage Solemnization Law

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In Universal Life Church Monastery v. Clark County Nevada , (D NV, Sept. 19, 2021), a Nevada federal district court allowed the Universal Li...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Review Denied In Challenge To Nevada's Limit on Worship Services

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition for certiorari before judgment in Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak,  (Docket No. 20-63...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

9th Circuit Orders Injunction Against Nevada's COVID Limits On Churches

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In Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak , (9th Cir., Dec. 15, 2020), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Nevada's COVID-1...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Church's Challenge To Nevada COVID Rules

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On Tuesday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak  ( video of full oral argu...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Early Supreme Court Review Sought In Church's Challenge To Nevada COVID-19 Limits

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In July, the U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote refused to grant an injunction pending appeal to a church that was challenging Nevada Governor...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

Trump Campaign Circumvents Nevada Church Limits By Holding Evangelical Rally At Casino

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As previously reported , last month the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant an injunction pending appeal to a Nevada church challenging the ...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

Supreme Court, 5-4, Refuses To Enjoin Pending Appeal Nevada Limits On Worship Services

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By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant an injunction pending appeal to a church that is challenging Nevada Governo...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Court Upholds Nevada COVID-19 Restrictions On Worship Services

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In Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak , (D NV, June 11, 2020), a Nevada federal district court upheld Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak'...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Church Sues Challenging Nevada's COVID-19 Limits On In-Person Services

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Suit was filed last Friday in a Nevada federal district court challenging the constitutionality of Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak's COVID...
Friday, August 23, 2019

9th Circuit Dismisses Suit After Prison Recognizes Humanism As Faith Group

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In Espinosa v. Dzurenda ,   (9th Cir., Aug. 22, 2019), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismisse as moot a challenge to a prison’s fail...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Muslim Inmate Wins $25,000 Damages Against Correctional Officer

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In an unusual success for a prisoner case, a Nevada judge has awarded $15,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000 in punitive damages agains...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

Nevada Supreme Court Says Counsel Not Ineffective In Failing To Raise A Free Exercise Objection

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In 2010, a Las Vegas, Nevada doctor, Harriston Lee Bass, was convicted of second degree murder for selling a controlled substance to a woman...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Court May Not Automatically Defer To Religious Objections Of One Parent In Deciding Child's Best Interest

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In Arcella v. Arcella ,  (NV Sup. Ct., Dec. 26, 2017), the Nevada Supreme Court held that a trial court was wrong in the manner it resolved ...
Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Court Says Humanism Is Not A Religion

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In Espinosa v. Stogner ,  (D NV, Dec. 4, 2017), a Nevada federal district court-- in a suit brought by a prisoner-- held that Humanism does ...