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Dodd said that the victory is important to Texans because it will help focus much - needed national attention on legal issues in this state.

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During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.

Following milestone achievements in gay rights including same - sex marriage becoming legal nationwide in 2015, transgender rights have become an increasingly contentious issue in the United States.

And on top of those 70 lawsuits, there are actions in state courts and at least one legal issue abroad.

Same sex marriage is now legal in 36 states, and the Supreme Court will issue a final ruling on whether such couples have a federal right to marry in June.

Not least, practicing in the United States could be subject to legal issues.

In January 2018, state and local authorities will begin issuing licenses for the sale of legal recreational marijuana.

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DOL stated in its Friday motion that consolidation is appropriate because all three actions «challenge the same agency rulemaking and present substantially the same legal issues,» and that such consolidation would avoid duplicative proceedings.

The federal government issued guidelines in February 2014 for states where marijuana is legal, including banking regulations, but most banks seem unwilling to take advantage of them.

Not only this, but the regulatory agency has also stated that in the country of Columbia, the only medium of exchange that is deemed as legal consists of the country's fiat currency, issued by the Bank of the Republic.

Issuing tokens is currently completely legal in the United States, but make sure to implement

Issuing tokens is currently completely legal in the United States, but make sure to implement KYC / AML standards.

The Risk Alert Notice further stated that «[i] n the case of Lianke issued by Xunlei... the issuing company in effect substitutes Lianke for the duty to pay back project contributors with legal tender, making it essentially a financing activity and a form of disguised ICO.»

The firm has been an innovator in organizing and prosecuting individual class cases across many states involving the same defendants and similar factual and legal issues.

Senior CDU member Wolfgang Bosbach told newspaper Bild that people can celebrate whatever religious holiday they want, but «whether the state should also protect non-Christian holidays with legal regulation in future is a different issue entirely.»

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

Thomas added that the sentence was «clearly issued on a punitive rather than on a legal basis» and said: «The constant harassment of members of the Christian community ought not to be occurring in a country where the constitution not only recognises Christianity, but also states that no - one should be molested or taken to task simply for holding a religious belief.

One major fault in the espoused parallel relationships between Christian Privilege and other systems of systemic inequality that disproportionately impact racial minorities, women and the LGBTQ + community is that religious preference is scarcely, if ever, legal to request as a means of legitimizing documentation for state issued IDs, legal documents, marriage certificates, employment applications, etc..

Just a friendly update from California that I have now spent my fifth day working on contacting all of the big free speech legal advocates in Canada and the United States (and those important organizations in Europe as well) about this story and the entire issue of Free Speech (which these public figure pastors in the U.S. who are nationally known want to silence).

There we go again, shut up this hypocritical rightwingers.Only at election time do rear their ugly heads up to be seen and heard.It's time to unleash the CRACKKIN, the monster that the IRS people use on unruly religious groups, exemption is like a death sentence to these groups.Most of these religious leaders are wolves in sheeps clothing, selling their political poison to anyone in their flocks.They push the envelope on the seperation of church and state issue, seeing how far they can go.Pastors and ministers would never speak politics like this years ago, that was taaboo.Now people like Robertson, Graham, and the rest, flaunt their ideaology both religious and political at every event.They don't care about the legal consequences, they have LAWYERS, perishioners pay for that.

Complex Litigation partner Nikol Gruning Thompson leads team representing leading alcohol beverage distributors, importers, suppliers and retailers in full range of federal, state and international legal issues; longtime senior wine and spirits lawyer Michael Kelly joins group in New York

Well, yeah, except that recreational marijuana use is illegal in every state except Colorado, and having it in your home presents many legal issues when you are a parent.

She is also a member of the legislative liaison team with the Indiana State Nursing Association (ISNA) and offers expert witness consultation in legal cases involving women's health issues or midwifery.

Now it is unclear which ruling takes precedence, so the judges who are supposed to be issuing marriage licenses have no idea whether or not same sex marriage is currently legal in their state or not.

But examples of the way concussions are handled in one community in Washington, regarded as perhaps the most enlightened state on the issue, demonstrate the limits of such legislative action and how persistent football culture, as well as questions of legal liability and resources, can leave young athletes in danger.

As part of its ongoing legal battle with New York state over fantasy sports, DraftKings issued another brief in its effort to overcome a challenge from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Flanagan did not rule out a legal challenge to the executive order, which rests in large part on the governor's ability to issue pardons contained in the state constitution.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen&raLegal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen&ralegal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

As Bobson rightly states in his comment, a legal solution to the issue posed by HIPAA protections would be consent to confirm the state of your mental health, prior to being issued a gun license.

Late last month Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley issued a memo which stated that chaplains may officiate the marriage and civil union ceremonies of gay couples in states where it's legal, including those taking place on military installations.

Grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the United States should not be prevented from coming to the country under Trump's travel ban, a federal appeals court has ruled in another legal defeat for the administration on the contentious issue.

What he should be talking about are the real issues in New York State, out of control legal and illegal immigration, hundreds of thousands of Americans unemployed, all these work - visa's, green cards, in America must be cancelled.

The NY - 20 congressman, who won his seat in a close special election and is now running in hopes of keeping it, used the fact that he has been endorsed by both the WFP and the state Independence Party (which has its own share of legal issues) to tout his cross-party appeal.

«As the New York State Supreme Court considers the serious voting - access and counting issues in the 13th Congressional District election, we are pleased to welcome Marty Connor to lead our legal team,» Mr. Espaillat's spokesman, Ibrahim Khan, said in a press release.

5.3 All the people of Rep. of Cyprus (even the President of RoC) MUST apply to the LEGAL SYSTEM of Northern Cyprus about an issue related with north Cyprus in order to take their cases to the ECtHR: ECtHR 04.01.2011 decision: «the procedure before the Immovable Property Commission («IPC»), and further appeal to the «TRNC» High Administrative Court, provided for in Law 67/2005, were to be regarded as «domestic remedies» of the respondent State and that NO GROUND OF EXEMPTION has been established in that regard».

During yesterday's debate in the House of Lords *, Lord O'Shaughnessy, the parliamentary under secretary for health stated that the government is considering this difficult and complex legal issue as part of a cross-government strategy that will report in September.

In a major speech delivered at the Manhattan Institute's Forum on Replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge, Astorino said that years of study and planning are doomed to failure — not because the bridge could cost $ 9 billion or more, but because there has been insufficient leadership from the state on this issue to overcome political, legal and environmental obstacles.

Wiener, who is gay, said having a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in one of the state's most powerful positions will ensure that issues they face don't take a backseat now that same - sex marriage is legal.

Lawmakers this spring included money in the state budget to address a number of legal challenges centered on health care in the prison system, including the treatment of inmates with hepatitis and inmates with disabilities and mental - health issues.

«Beyond the legal and regulatory issues implicated by your office's memorandum being improperly leaked to the press, your memorandum reflects either a shocking lack of understanding or a complete disregard of the most fundamental aspects of the state's election laws,» lawyer Laurence Laufer, who represents several other parties named in the memo, wrote.

We finally have gotten clearance from the legal authorities which we were all waiting for, so now let's talk about issues that people in this country and the state of New York really care about,» Hochul said.

Other high - up races are in states that have had a similar history with the issue — Hawaii, where the first court ruling legalizing gay marriage came down in 1993, and Iowa, where a judge ruled gay marriage legal last year.

And it reignites an ongoing issue surrounding indigent legal services and a push to have county governments reimbursed by a state, which Cuomo had initially sought to resolve in a special session late last year, the hopes of which eventually collapsed in negotiations.

After Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have required the state to pick up the cost of providing indigent legal services from the counties, Assembly sponsor Patricia Fahy said she is committed to addressing the issue again in the upcoming legislative session.

State AG Eric Schneiderman's office has issued an opinion stating that an online voter registration is legal in New York.

«The President lacks the constitutional authority to cut off funding to states and cities simply because they have lawfully acted to protect immigrant families — as described in the legal guidance my office issued last week,» Schneiderman said.

Tuesday morning, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has issued an opinion that considers online voter registration, including the use of electronically affixed handwritten signatures, legal in New York State.

«For the past half century, Family Court has played a vital role in resolving issues that so deeply affect children, parents and caregivers,» said New York State Bar Association President Seymour W. James, Jr. (The Legal Aid Society in New York City).

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.