JURIST - Arkansas

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann that the Red River Compact does not preempt Oklahoma water laws. The Red River Compact regulates water rights from the Red River among the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Tarrant Regiona....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth S. Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law says that careful delineation of the application of extraterritorial law is the key to its predictable application ...In two recent cases, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Morris....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law law banning abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. US District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion for preliminary injunction against the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Wednesday rejected Arkansas' attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's law banning abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. US District Judge Susan Webber Wright denied the motion to dismiss, ruling that the lawsuit mad....... [more]

Two advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Tuesday challenging the Human Heartbeat Protection Act. The Human Heartbeat Protection Act is an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the twelfth week of pregnancy, if a heartbeat is detected. The Am....... [more]

The Arkansas House of Representatives on Monday voted 52-45 to override Governor Mike Beebe's veto of a bill that requires voters to provide photo identification. Since the state senate voted March 27 to override the veto, the bill now becomes law under the requirements of Article VI of the Arkansas....... [more]

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required citizens to show photo identification prior to voting. The requirement of photo ID for casting a ballot additionally calls for Arkansas to provide free photo IDs to voters without such items. Beebe rejected the bill citing....... [more]

The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday voted 22-12 to approve a bill that would require voters to show photo identification prior to casting ballots. The bill had previously passed the Arkansas House. Supporters state that the bill will eliminate possible voter fraud, while opponents voice concern over th....... [more]

The Arkansas legislature voted Wednesday to override Governor Mike Beebe's recent veto of the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act, which bans abortions "of an unborn human individual whose heartbeat has been detected ... and is twelve (12) weeks or greater gestation." In a letter accompanying h....... [more]

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe vetoed a bill on Monday that would have prohibited abortions 12 or more more weeks into a pregnancy if the fetus' heartbeat could be detected at that point. Known as the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, this bill was the most recent addition to a slew of recent Arkansas....... [more]

The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to override a veto by Governor Mike Beebe of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which bans most abortions in the state 20 weeks after conception. The ban became law immediately following the Senate's 19-14 vote to override the veto issued by Beebe on Tues....... [more]