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What does the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision mean for Illinois’ ban on `bump stocks?’
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoTwo separate district court judges in the Northern District of Illinois rejected constitutional...
Appeals court to review ruling on Ohio qualified immunity amendment
WCMH via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An appeals court on Monday handed Ohio’s attorney general a victory against...
The Hollowing of the Eighth Amendment | Duncan Hosie
New York Review of Books· 23 hours agoIn 1991 an inmate named Dee Farmer sued prison officials at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition...
The fate of Kentucky school funding is on the ballot this November
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 7 hours agoIt's the major barrier blocking taxpayer dollars going to private or charter schools after a judge...
Hunter Biden to use 2nd Amendment to appeal his conviction...even as dad pushes for more gun control
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHunter Biden plans to appeal his federal gun charges conviction by citing the 2nd amendment, a move...
How 'cruel and unusual punishment' and 'excessive fines' clauses apply to Tennessee
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAmendment VIII states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” The Eighth Amendment</ ...
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida donates $250K for ballot initiative backing hunting, fishing...
Florida Politics· 12 hours agoThe Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida, a nonprofit aimed at protecting the state’s ecosystem, is...
Maryland abortion-rights opponents say amendment is ‘Trojan horse’; supporters say passage is...
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBALTIMORE — Abortion-rights advocates are in the midst of a campaign to enshrine abortion...
'We have to vote no': Protect Our Schools Kentucky encourages opposition to Amendment 2
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoASHLAND Amendment 2, in its proposed form, is an “opportunity to try” and “strip funds” from public education and instead funnel the money into private schools, Dr. Paul Green ...
Vote to restrict pastoral offices to men narrowly fails at Southern Baptist Convention
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoDelegates, or messengers, to the Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday on an amendment to the denomination’s constitution that would have banned women ...