Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: San Francisco filed a nuisance lawsuit against five fossil fuel companies due to expected expenses the city will incur from global warming. The Oregon Supreme Court ...
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A Florida man filed a civil lawsuit against Florida Power & Light Company on Monday, claiming the utility company failed to make preparations that could have prevented some of the mass power outages resulting from Hurricane...
Florida Supreme Court allows governor to reassign death penalty cases
The Supreme Court of Florida on Thursday denied a petition by State Attorney Aramis Ayala challenging Governor Rick Scott's power to reassign her death penalty eligible cases. Ayala announced in March...
Venezuela president moves forward with plan for constitutional rewrite
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro announced on Sunday that a controversial election for a new national assembly will go forth as planned next weekend. The new Constituent Assembly will have the power to rewrite the nation's constitution...
Millions of Venezuelans vote to reject plan for contitutional rewrite
Millions of Venezuelans voted on Sunday to reject President Nicolás Maduro's plan to rewrite the nation's constitution. The non-binding referendum was organized by the country's opposition activists. More than 7 million individuals, roughly one-third of Venezuela's registered voters,...
Venezuela holds unofficial referendum on constitutional rewrite
The Venezuela government's opposition opened polls Sunday over President Nicolas Maduro's call to rewrite the constitution . Many have accused Maduro's plan to be undemocratic and a way to suppress the months of anti-government protests against his...
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Wednesday essentially dissolved the opposition-controlled National Assembly, assuming all legislative powers. The court ruled that because the legislature had defied previous court rulings, all of its decisions...
Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved proposals to legalize recreational marijuana on Tuesday, while several other states voted to permit the use of medical marijuana. California voters passed Proposal 64 , which immediately permits those over 21...
A Miami judge ruled Monday that Florida's revamped death penalty law is unconstitutional because it does not require a unanimous agreement among jurors to approve executions. The law , enacted in March, only requires...
US military judge refuses to let 9/11 defendant fire defense team
US military judge James Pohl refused on Wednesday to allow accused 9/11 conspirator Walid bin Attash to fire his attorneys and refusedto let his defender to quit the case. In response Attash has stated he will boycott...