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SAN FRANCISCO--The Judicial Council today endorsed a cost-cutting direction for court construction statewide, including the reassessment of 13 projects and further construction budget trimming on 24 projects. The council approved recommendations from the Court Facilities Working Group that are expected to yield significant, long-term savings throughout the $5 billion program. “Today council’s action sets firm direction for continuing with much-needed court improvements in today’s demanding fiscal climate,” said Administrative Presiding Justice Brad R.
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lifornia Courts - Law Day 2012
Below are ideas for various activities you could do to celebrate Law Day in your library. If you would like to pursue any of the items below, please contact your local court , or Deirdre Benedict for assistance. Storytime - Have a Judge Read! A judge can come and read a couple of books to the children and then talk to them about what a judge does. Books could be about the law or about the court, or basic principles about working out disagreements.
lifornia Courts - LEP Resources
Translated Court Publications by the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. Includes materials regarding domestic violence, family law, juvenile dependency, traffic and unlawful detainers in, among others, Hmong, Korean, Lao, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tongan, Ukrainian and Urdu. . A Spanish resource guide to the court’s self-help services and jury services published and distributed to 42,000 subscribers inside an issue of Vida en El Valle, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the Fresno area.Much, if not all, of the American movement for LGBT civil rights today depends on Lawrence v. Texas , the 2003 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law. From that moment on, being gay in this country could no longer be a crime. As Talking Points Memo notes today , Texas Governor Rick Perry called the anti-gay law " appropriate " (h/t @ raustin31 ), objected to the SCOTUS ruling and campaigned against legalizing sodomy. Governor Perry got asked about Lawrence v.
The Maddow Blog - Gov. Perry, re-meet Lawrence v. Texas
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers' U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under the set of state laws set to take effect at the start of 2012. Many laws reflect the nation's concerns over immigration, the cost of government and the best way to protect and benefit young people, including regulations on sports concussions. Alabama, with the country's toughest immigration law, is enacting a key provision requiring all employers who do business with any government entity to use a federal system known as E-Verify to check that all new employees are in the country legally.
Abortion, LGBT And Immigration Measures Set To Take Effect In 2012
Learn More | Move to Amend
Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests. We call for an amendment to the US Constitution to unequivocally state that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns.
The answer — draft a certificate of merger and file it with the secretary of state — is part of a crash course in legal training. But the three people taking notes are not students. They are associates at a law firm called Drinker Biddle & Reath, hired to handle corporate transactions. And they have each spent three years and as much as $150,000 for a legal degree.
After Law School, Associates Learn to Be Lawyers - NYTimes.com
Microsoft Pri0 | Microsoft, Starbucks among 70 major organizations supporting challenge of DOMA | Seattle Times Newspaper
Microsoft and Starbucks are among 70 corporations, financial institutions, medical centers, and other major organizations that have signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The organizations are, or represent, major employers who argue that DOMA imposes significant administrative costs, and that it harms their ability to attract and retain talent. "Microsoft has joined dozens of corporations, organizations and governments in support of a challenge on constitutionality grounds to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA," the company said in a statement.
We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. Sign the Petition
We the People, Not We the Corporations | Move to Amend
Consumer Rights
Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
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Thursday, 13 Oct 2011 04:19pm EDT Hagens Berman announced that it is expanding its investigation of Best Buy’s Insignia-brand car speakers after its initial investigation showed that other models of speakers advertised as three- and four-way models may contain fewer speaker components or false, non-operable components concealed beneath speaker covers. The firm filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of consumers on July 16, 2010, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.Self-Represented Legal
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Until Death or Two Years Do Us Part | Bitter Lawyer
Some couples forego the idea of marriage because of the drudgery allegedly associated with it. White picket fence, bills, muffin tops, and mini-vans are not for everyone. But imagine if you could just let the marriage lapse and fade away if you or your spouse decide the marriage isn’t worth it anymore. Lawmakers in Mexico City think that allowing two-year temporary marriage licenses could ameliorate soaring divorce rates. Under a proposed “marital opt-out agreement,” couples will determine the time limit of their union, with two years being the minimum term and “’til death do us part” presumably being a bit longer term. The agreement will function much like a partnership agreement.Resources for Tribal Governments
Home Who We Are AS-IA IEED DEMD The Division assists Tribes with the exploration, development and management of their energy and mineral resources to create sustainable economies for reservations, generate new jobs and expand entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency. On this site you will find information about Tribes who wish to develop their energy and mineral resources, the types of business opportunities available, and how to approach Tribes and conduct business on Indian lands. Tribal lands are ripe for viable business ventures. Many tribes have set aside land zoned for commercial and industrial use to attract private industry.
Indian Affairs | DEMD
IEED is requesting grant applications for the Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) . This program provides financial assistance to Tribes and Indian allottees in evaluating their energy (conventional and renewable), and mineral resource potential on their lands. The deadline for grant applications is March 16, 2012. Federal/Tribal 477 Administrative Flexibility Workgroup Federal and tribal officials have established a work group to develop a reporting and auditing process that minimizes burdens placed on tribes while assuring that federal funds are spent towards their appropriated purpose.
Indian Affairs | IEED
Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 The National Indian Law Library (NILL) of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. NILL serves the public by developing and making accessible a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and assisting people with their Indian law-related information needs.
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