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The private remedies authorized by SB 8 can only be awarded by a state court in a lawsuit brought under SB 8, which is why Whole Women's Health and a group of abortion providers sued a Texas judge under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act to enjoin him and a defendant class of all other Texas trial-level judges from entertaining SB 8 lawsuits.
The constitutionality of SB 8 (the Texas Heartbeat Act) is a matter of intense legal controversy. [13] As of September 2021, several legal challenges were pending in state and federal courts. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Whole Woman's Health and other abortion providers sought an emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the law from coming ...
[27] [28] [29] SB 1047 was introduced by Wiener on February 7, 2024. [30] [31] On May 21, SB 1047 passed the Senate 32-1. [32] [33] The bill was significantly amended by Wiener on August 15, 2024 in response to industry advice. [34] Amendments included adding clarifications, and removing the creation of a "Frontier Model Division" and the ...
A federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk for information about anyone trying to impede the work of the billionaire's government efficiency effort, warning of ...
The vast majority of terminations have involved "probationary employees," who started their positions less than a year ago and thus enjoy fewer legal job protections than the career civil servants ...
SB 5632 also requires any state-based businesses that provide electronic communication services to notify the State Attorney General’s Office if an organization has received legal processes ...
On remand, the Fifth Circuit (by a 2–1 vote) on January 17 certified to the Supreme Court of Texas the state-law question of whether any of the state defendants had enforcement authority regarding SB 8, second-guessing the 8–1 conclusion of the U.S. Supreme Court that the Texas Medical Board at least "appears" to have enforcement authority.
Require primaries in which candidates, regardless of partisan affiliation, appear on a single ballot and a certain number advance to the general election, and require general election candidates to receive a majority of votes [7] Nov 5 >50% 1,284,176 41.32% 1,823,445 58.68%: California: Legislature: Approved Proposition 3