Most State Legislatures Have Rejected Bans and Severe ...

Vermont and Virginia are the only states passing outright bans applicable to law enforcement use. Massachusetts established conditions ...

Turning the tide on facial recognition bans? | Security Systems News

... most state legislatures have rejected bans and severe restrictions on facial recognition. “With most 2021 legislative sessions concluded or winding down for ...

The Unconstitutional Expulsion of Legislators

State legislatures have limited their use of the expulsion power to similar offenses for more than a century. Our research found 122 state ...

Resource Legislative Oversight of Emergency Executive Powers

Legislatures may retain the power to nullify an emergency proclamation by a resolution. In most cases, it takes a simple majority vote of both chambers. State ...

The 'Independent State Legislature Theory' Is Dead

Also, the Court should never have heard the case — there is now a more or less perfect record that no court has ever upheld this fringe theory.

The Misguided Rejection of Fusion Voting by State Legislatures and ...

28 In a primary election under fusion voting, ballots are counted separately for each party, and the candidate with the most votes on each party's ballot line ...

State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy - Guttmacher Institute

Since then, many state legislatures have created new abortion restrictions and bans, and many have begun enforcing existing ones. Research has long ...

14.3 Governors and State Legislatures - American Government 3e

This referendum went to the voters for approval or rejection in the 2008 election, and the voters banned the practice. ... As a whole, state legislatures have ...

The Supreme Court Rejected a Dangerous Elections Theory. But It's ...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper rejected the most extreme version of the so-called independent state legislature ...

Adverse Legislation In the States | ALA - American Library Association

These bills have been introduced in the 2024 legislative sessions at unprecedented rates; see the adverse legislation tracker below. Most concerning are ...

Supermajorities in state capitols push controversial policies to the ...

A historically high number of supermajorities in state legislatures has pushed laws further to the edge on abortion, climate and transgender ...

Tracking abortion laws across the United States - The Guardian

Abortion is now banned in more than a dozen states, while four have banned the procedure past roughly six weeks of pregnancy.

Types of State Attacks on Abortion - Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Yet extreme bans on abortion continue to arise in state legislatures, including bans on abortion at just six weeks of pregnancy. Abortion bans are not only bad ...

The Danger of the Independent State Legislature Theory - FairVote

In the case of an extreme ruling, only federal courts could review claims of voter suppression or race-based gerrymandering in federal elections ...

A Review of Exceptions in State Abortion Bans - KFF

In practice, health and life exceptions to bans have often proven to be unworkable, except in the most extreme circumstances, and have sometimes ...

Abortion law state map: See where abortions are legal or banned

Nearly two dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion. View CNN's abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, ...

Project 2025 Compels Local Prosecutors To Enforce Extreme Right ...

... have left states that criminalize abortion bans altogether. There ... states with right-wing governors and state legislatures. In 2022 ...

State legislation tracker | Guttmacher Institute

In June, the Iowa Supreme Court allowed legislation (H 732a) that bans abortion at six weeks to go into effect. The law, which was passed in 2023, has ...

The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments

While most state legislatures convene annually, their sessions are frequently limited by law. Thirty-two states place some form of time constraint on their ...

Democracy & Abortion Access: Restrictive Voting Laws Across ...

Voters can influence abortion policy in their states in many ways, including by voting for state legislators who reflect their policy ...