Sentences with phrase «legal in a few states»

@taxpayinghorse You suffer from what is called wish thinking also what does pot being legal in a few states have to do with anything?

While it's still legal in a few states for drivers of passenger vehicles to text, federal law prohibits texting while driving for truck and bus drivers.

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In a few weeks voters in six states will decide on state constitutional amendments that will bar same - sex marriage and any other legal recognition of same - sex coupleIn a few weeks voters in six states will decide on state constitutional amendments that will bar same - sex marriage and any other legal recognition of same - sex couplein six states will decide on state constitutional amendments that will bar same - sex marriage and any other legal recognition of same - sex couples.

In short, states where courts have ruled on same - sex marriage are «black hole» states where few or no specific religious protections are given, according to Robin Fretwell Wilson, a University of Illinois law professor who leads a group of legal scholars that advise lawmakers on religious exemptions.

With medical marijuana legal in most states and recreational use permitted in a few states, more moms are wondering whether they can smoke weed while breastfeeding.

The safest answer is that it will tend to help whichever party is in control of the redistricting process in a given state: the fewer legal constraints that party has, the freer it will be to draw Congressional districts as it sees fit.

The number of people executed in the United States this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legalStates this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legalstates impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legal help.

Just a few months ago, Albany was sitting on $ 6 billion in surplus funds, the windfall of legal settlements with various banks and businesses that the state had accused of wrongdoing.

While it is likely that Vacco will ask a judge to halt the Paladino replacement process sometime in the next few weeks before the board moves on that, Cambria says a state supreme court challenge to an administrative ruling — called an Article 78 proceeding in legal - speak — actually has a longer timetable and must be filed within four months of the ruling.

The states where pot is legal have seen millions of dollars in extra tax revenue and saved even more by putting fewer people through the criminal justice system, James said.

Though same - sex marriage wasn't legalized in New York State until 2011, a year after Mr. Paterson left office, he said he chose to recognize marriages in the few states where it was legal at the time.

Doctors in states where marijuana is legal write fewer prescriptions for opioid painkillers, a 2016 study in Health Affairs showed.

In the USA, that would be perfectly legal (except in a few statesIn the USA, that would be perfectly legal (except in a few statesin a few states).

After a few years in this state of legal banishment, Mildred writes a letter to then — Attorney General Robert Kennedy, asking if something can't be done for their situation.

How court decisions are dated given long and repeated legal involvement in many states; how the spending reaction to court decisions is measured; whether the court decisions are unrelated to the character of schools before court involvement; and how court - mandated spending differs from other increased spending are a few of the details.

The uncertainty has left some state legislators reluctant to consider school voucher proposals and subjected the few state - authorized voucher programs in existence to a seemingly unending series of legal challenges.

Known as the Gilmer - Aiken Act, this basic funding plan served as the primary vehicle for the support of Texas public schools for a few years until legal challenges to inequalities in public school funding caused the state to review its funding system.

Recent legal actions in a few states have raised larger questions about the future of teacher tenure policies.

Speeds limits this high are a rarity in the U.S., with only a few states adopting such lofty legal maximums.

, but satisfies emissions standards in two fewer states this year, making it only 43 - state - legal for 2008.

By 1930 (except in some particulars in a very few backward states) women had been given equal legal rights with men to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, to control their own property, and to be guardians of their own children.

The cosigner has a few requirements, too — they must be a U.S. citizen (or have permanent residency status and a valid SSN), they must be the legal age of majority in their state / territory of residency, and they must have at least $ 24,000 in annual income.

A few states, including neighboring Rhode Island, allow veterinarians to advocate for animals in court, said lawyer and animal advocate Thomas Page, but only Connecticut has legal advocates.

A few hours later, Hawaii State representative Chris Lee announced via a press conference that the pineapple US state will pursue legal action against AAA games that behave in the way EA did, calling Battlefront II a «Star Wars - themed casino&raState representative Chris Lee announced via a press conference that the pineapple US state will pursue legal action against AAA games that behave in the way EA did, calling Battlefront II a «Star Wars - themed casino&rastate will pursue legal action against AAA games that behave in the way EA did, calling Battlefront II a «Star Wars - themed casino».

A recent report by the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, chaired by Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas A. Cromwell, stated nearly 12 million Canadians will experience at least one legal problem in a three - year period, and few will have the resources to solve them.

As I stated in that post, only you can decide whether or not outsourcing is a cost - effective solution for your law firm, but there are a few intangible benefits to using virtual workers or legal process outsourcers that you may want to consider.

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

In particular, as part of a more qualitative approach, one needs to have a look whether the current perceived «turbulences» have also by now reached the more fundamental layers of international law, i.e. meta - rules such as the ones on sources, State responsibility, State immunity, treaty interpretation, or res judicata effect of international court decisions must be abided by the parties involved, to name but a few, the general acceptance of which is indispensable for a functioning international legal system.

To name just a few: Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Mark Cavanagh; Ron Friedmann, senior vice president for marketing at Integreon and author of the blog Strategic Legal Technology; Marquette University Law School Prof. Jay E. Grenig; Linda A. Klein, partner with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and past president of the State Bar of Georgia; Shannon Capone Kirk, e-discovery counsel at Ropes & Gray in Boston; Tom O'Connor, CEO of the Legal Electronic Document Institute; Patrick Oot, director of e-discovery at Verizon Communications; and Joseph C. Scott, general manager of CompuLawDeadlines on Demand.

As I posted a few months back, legal markets overseas are providing a refuge for associates to ride out the economic downturn in the United States.

The landscape in Canada is significantly worse than the United States for this, as very few investors are open to early - stage investments in legal technology and innovation startups.

When a colleague told me a few weeks ago that it is legal in 29 states for someone to be fired solely because they are gay, I almost didn't believe him.

Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, along with a handful of other European countries and a few U.S. states.

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

While there has been a lot of talk in the legal market about accepting Bitcoin as a payment for services and products, few companies or law firms have yet to formally state that they are actually doing so.

However, in the United States, few people make the connection between how legal services are regulated and how difficult it is for them to access legal services.

Ohio State University law professor Deborah Merritt's blog takes the crises in legal education and the legal profession head - on — declining law school enrollment, heavy debt loads for law school graduates, fewer lawyer jobs — and explores what the legal academy can be doing about it.

Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, along with a handful of other European jurisdictions and a few U.S. states.

The legal process outsourcing industry started out with only a few vendors in the United States.

Gender pay gap is an on - going debate and issue in the workplace, especially in the past few months; we have had comments from PWC on the matter, women in the legal profession stating their gender hampers their career progress, and Equality and Human Rights Commission estimating that in the UK there is a gender pay gap of 20 %.

Just as more people are in need of civil legal services, particularly in the area of consumer credit and housing, federal and state funding for legal services has seen significant cuts over the past few years.

Further, in 2011, he was named by Florida Trend as one of the 2011 Florida Legal Elite, an honor bestowed upon fewer than 100 civil trial attorneys in the State of Florida.

In this Prawfs post a few months ago, I speculated that green (i.e., young / junior) lawyers may have a uniquely important role to play in the emerging marijuana «green rush» industry: not only may veteran lawyers be cautious and concerned about representing persons actively involved in state marijuana business, but marijuana reform often seems a «young man's game» for which junior lawyers may be uniquely positioned to be of service to persons needing legal help in this arenIn this Prawfs post a few months ago, I speculated that green (i.e., young / junior) lawyers may have a uniquely important role to play in the emerging marijuana «green rush» industry: not only may veteran lawyers be cautious and concerned about representing persons actively involved in state marijuana business, but marijuana reform often seems a «young man's game» for which junior lawyers may be uniquely positioned to be of service to persons needing legal help in this arenin the emerging marijuana «green rush» industry: not only may veteran lawyers be cautious and concerned about representing persons actively involved in state marijuana business, but marijuana reform often seems a «young man's game» for which junior lawyers may be uniquely positioned to be of service to persons needing legal help in this arenin state marijuana business, but marijuana reform often seems a «young man's game» for which junior lawyers may be uniquely positioned to be of service to persons needing legal help in this arenin this arena.

Brian Leiter's nicely done critique of the current state of empirical legal studies (ELS) has stirred up a neat micro-flurry of comment in the past few weeks.

Over the next few years we saw dramatic developments in the administration of the legal system, including the re-incarnation of the ancient office of lord chancellor as a secretary of state with purely ministerial functions, and the creation of the Judicial Appointments Commission.

Fewer than 150 aspiring lawyers are getting their legal educations in programs that require no law school whatsoever, according to the bars of the states that allow the practice.

Many drivers do not include them if they don't have to; and in states where they are required, they only carry the minimum legal amount to save a few dollars.

The letter says that over the past few months Bitfinex has been in negotiations with the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) concerning the legal status of the exchange's business and activities.

Recreational and medical use of marijuana are completely legal in Nevada, and while the state does have a few restrictions on where and how cannabis consumption devices can be sold, there are no regulations that prevent weed - tech startups from peddling their wares at trade shows.

Even with same - sex marriage now being legal in all fifty states, those of us who plan to get married are doing so later in life, and fewer of us believe that marriage is necessary to a life of happiness and fulfillment.