Oct 30, 2024
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A Leaf in Limbo: The State of Cannabis in Texas

Hazy days These days, it seems like marijuana laws are ever-changing. With an increasing number of states legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, decriminalizing its possession, and even some governors pardoning past convictions, it's becoming hard to keep up. Recent changes to Texas State law are not only becoming hard... Read More »

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Asylum Seekers Kept in Mexico Get Video Access to Attorneys in the U.S.

The Trump administration has been taking aggressive steps to reduce the number of refugees who are granted asylum in the United States. Besides reducing the availability of asylum generally for refugees, the administration has put restrictions in place intended to make seeking asylum much more difficult. Immigrant rights activists argue... Read More »

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Supreme Court to Decide Important Question for Racial Discrimination Lawsuits

In Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, an African American-owned media company called Entertainment Studios Network (ESN) is suing Comcast, arguing that the telecom giant violated a federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in contracts when it declined to carry ESN’s television channels. ESN claims that the decision... Read More »

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New York Eliminates Cash Bail as We Know It

Bail has been a fixture of New York's criminal justice system since before statehood. Starting in January 2020, however, bail as we know it will no longer be practiced in the majority of cases in the state of New York. Instead, most defendants accused of a crime will not be... Read More »

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States Take Action Against Vaping while Feds Drag their Heels

The vaping industry is having a bad autumn. Between mysterious lung illnesses and the skyrocketing rate of teen e-cigarette use, e-cigarette makers like Juul are seeing massive losses. Several states and cities are now developing laws to limit the growing popularity of vaping among children and teens, while the federal... Read More »

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Fatal Crash on Aventura Train Tracks North of Miami

A tragic crash occurred on Friday, November 15th, when a woman in a Mercedes SUV was struck by a Brightline train and killed. The accident occurred in northeast Miami-Dade County at the intersection of Ives Dairy Road and West Dixie Highway, across from the Aventura Mall and near 200th Street... Read More »