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Virginia Lawmakers Amend Domestic Violence Protective Order Laws – Costa Rica News
Virginia lawmakers have passed changes to the legal standard for granting protective orders as … Two general types of protection orders are authorized under Virginia law: Family Abuse Protective Orders and Stalking, Sexual Battery, and Other Acts of …
Political parties are regulated – Times of Malta
So the starting point is that if there is no special law on the legal form which political parties take, then the provisions of the Second Schedule will apply. Furthermore, if there is no special law on the purpose of … Continue reading
Ruling on AZ immigration law to echo in Nov. – Tucson Citizen
The legislation would grant legal permanent residency to individuals … and that concern could contribute to their political action. The perception among some Latinos is that the law targets Latinos and will lead to higher discrimination …
Libya lawyers appeal law banning glorifying Gaddafi – firstpost.com
We ask the court to accept our appeal.” The NTC passed Law 37 on May 2 and raised public outrage among civil societies and Libyan legal experts who said the law violated the spirit of freedom of expression. The law … Continue reading
When is a campaign donation a bribe? Supreme Court may decide – Los Angeles Times
Prominent election law experts and more than 100 former state attorneys … PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s chief political strategist. The legal uncertainty over campaign contributions also figured in the trial of former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C …
European banking union needs legal basis, German official says – My Fox Boston
FRANKFURT — A banking union in the eurozone can only be established after a legal … law — absolutely essential to any agency that is supposed to be capable of direct action.” This week, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi … Continue reading
Political practices chief says GOP’s Miller violated finance laws 6 times – Missoulian
Bishop accused Miller of illegally accepting campaign donations exceeding legal … political practices office for action. Often negotiations occur in these types of situations. Murry found sufficient evidence that Miller’s campaign violated state law …
U.S. Bilderberg Attendees Violating Federal Law, Activists Say – New American
The legal problem raised by critics is that federal law specifically bars any U.S. citizen without government permission from working with foreign officials on matters of policy. Passed under the John Adams administration in 1799, the Logan Act was amended … Continue reading
Michigan’s medical marijuana law shields patients from prosecution, Supreme Court rules – Detroit Free Press
D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which sponsored the 2008 medical marijuana initiative, called the court’s ruling “great.” “That’s the way we wrote it,” she said. In the Oakland County case, the court said the law allows a person arrested on …
Washington’s New Same-Sex Marriage Law: What’s Next for LGBT Couples? – Costa Rica News
The other crucial change in the new law is a mandate that gender specific terms such as husband and wife must be considered gender neutral where they appear in any Washington statute, rule or other legal provision. What does this … Continue reading
