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- ‘Locate X’ allows federal law enforcement to track phones without warrants https://www.protocol.com/government-buying-location-data 45 comments
- Federal HIPAA Law Lags Behind New Tech https://www.propublica.org/article/privacy-not-included-federal-law-lags-behind-new-tech 5 comments
- Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/among-americas-military-allies-believe-135838118.html 59 comments politics
- Federal courts spike piece of DeSantis ‘Stop Woke’ law https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/26/federal-courts-florida-stop-woke-law-00171451 17 comments politics
- CFTC Sues Binance for “Willful Evasion" of Federal Law; CEO Unfazed https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cftc-sues-binance-for-willful-evasion-of-federal-law-ceo-unfazed/ar-AA198zX5 5 comments cryptocurrency
- Codifying Abortion Rights In A Federal Law Is Not A Silver Bullet https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-roe-abortion-law 8 comments politics
- DOJ lays out cruelty of Texas abortion law in federal court hearing https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/doj-lays-out-cruelty-of-texas-abortion-law-in-federal-court-hearing-122564677965 15 comments politics
- Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/#.xxd9y_cwh4w.twitter 10 comments politics
- Azar Says Federal Law Had Preexisting Conditions Covered Before ACA. Not So Much. https://khn.org/news/fact-check-azar-says-federal-law-had-preexisting-conditions-covered-before-aca-not-so-much/ 9 comments politics
- Applause as Federal Court Blocks 'Unconstitutional' South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/19/applause-federal-court-blocks-unconstitutional-south-dakota-law-would-hit-pipeline 189 comments politics
- Ohio 18-year-old who ended a social media discussion of the Waco siege with "In conclusion, shoot every federal agent on sight" charged with threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2019/08/ohio-man-posted-about-mass-shootings-attacking-planned-parenthood-and-federal-agents-authorities-say.html 157 comments law
- Proposed law would make animal cruelty a federal felony http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-animal-cruelty-felony-bill-law-federal-20190128-story.html 12 comments politics
- Federal Appeals Court: No Copyright for Public Law https://epic.org/2018/10/federal-appeals-court-no-copyr.html 6 comments politics
- New Bill Would Prohibit Federal Law Enforcement Officials From Having Sex With People in Custody http://time.com/5351964/closing-law-enforcement-consent-loophole-act/ 279 comments politics
- Federal Court Strikes Down Kansas Anti-Voting Law https://www.aclu.org/news/federal-court-strikes-down-kansas-anti-voting-law 6 comments politics
- It looks like Alabama violated federal law with its 'inactive voter' scheme http://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-possibly-violated-federal-law-with-voter-plan-2017-12 1845 comments politics
- Federal Judge Blocks Pair of Anti-Choice Laws in Alabama https://rewire.news/article/2016/10/28/federal-judge-blocks-pair-anti-choice-laws-alabama/ 4 comments politics
- Federal judge strikes down parts of Wisconsin voter laws http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin-idUSKCN1092O0 63 comments law
- Republicans Must Turn Over Emails On North Carolina Voting Law, Federal Judge Rules http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/28/north-carolina-voting-law_n_5050815.html 48 comments politics
- Republicans seek new law to sack federal employees who take the fifth http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/06/24/bill-would-require-agencies-to-fire-feds-who-invoke-fifth-amendment/ 25 comments politics
- The Obama admin has already started to deprioritize federal prosecutions of individuals and business complying with state medical marijuana laws http://medicalmarijuanamarkets.com/see-change-strategy-releases-the-state-of-the-medical-marijuana-markets-2011-the-first-ever-investor-grade-analysis-of-the-medical-marijuana-markets-in-the-u-s/?ref=rw99 26 comments politics
- Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law. https://www.propublica.org/article/two-hospitals-denied-abortion-miscarrying-patient-breaking-federal-law 331 comments politics
- GOP Rep. Carol Miller just violated a federal conflict-of-interest and transparency law https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-carol-miller-stock-trades-investments-2022-9 36 comments politics
- Justices Say Biden Administration May Have Evaded Federal Law in Quietly Removing Trump-Era Immigration Rule https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/justices-say-biden-administration-may-have-evaded-federal-law-in-quietly-removing-trump-era-immigration-rule/ 6 comments law
- Lightfoot reacts to Trump threat to cut federal funding for Democratic-led cities: If he ’wanted law and order he’d start with the White House’ https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-trump-20200903-hksoedrbrjaklccfdj42gybajy-story.html 26 comments politics
- Supreme Court upholds key element in federal gun laws http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-supreme-court-guns-20140616-story.html 10 comments politics
- Federal appeals court upholds Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era voting law ‘steeped in racism’. Faced with an opportunity to ‘right a 130-year-old wrong’, a federal appeals court upholds language drafted to ‘secure permanent white rule’ in the state https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mississippi-jim-crow-voting-law-racism-b2152929.html 12 comments politics
- Face ID, Touch ID unlocks can't be compelled by law enforcement, rules federal judge https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/14/face-id-touch-id-unlocks-cant-be-compelled-by-law-enforcement-rules-federal-judge 233 comments apple
- Federal Appeals Court Allows Block on Florida Law That Makes Voting Harder for Ex-Felons https://www.theroot.com/federal-appeals-court-allows-block-on-florida-law-that-1842649726 6 comments politics
- Sens. Rand Paul, Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand will introduce on Tuesday a Senate bill that would legalize medical marijuana under federal law, another possible step towards relaxation of once strict policies toward the drug. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/senate-medical-marijuana-bill-115904.html 129 comments politics
- Nine Tea Party legislators in Wisconsin want to arrest any federal officials who come to their state and try to implement Obamacare - you know, that law passed by Congress, upheld by the Supreme Court and declared the "law of the land” by mainstream conservatives. http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/11/14-2 219 comments politics
- Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. Under the law, any building or grounds where the president is visiting — even temporarily — is covered, as is any building or grounds “restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance." http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-347 3 comments politics
- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president's health care law. http://bigstory.ap.org/f036dec9bec54138ab06d85009c5ca33 5 comments politics
- Colorado appeals court OKs firing for off-duty marijuana use - A divided Colorado Court of Appeals panel on Thursday upheld the firing of a man for off-the-job medical-marijuana use, concluding that, because marijuana is illegal under federal law, employees have no protection to use it anytime. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23104820/colorado-appeals-court-oks-firing-off-duty-marijuana 13 comments politics
- LA anti-abortion law invokes God and says to ignore federal law and the Supreme Court http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1276214 42 comments politics
- High-stakes federal trial over Florida election law begins https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-florida-elections-law-trial-20220131-vf47cvbeoffnlijvzuclsk6eii-story.html#nt=pf-triple%20chain~politics-top-stories~feed-driven%20flex%20feature~automated~story-5~VF47CVBEOFFNLIJVZUCLSK6EII~1~1~5~8~art%20yes 3 comments politics
- Federal judge finds female genital mutilation law unconstitutional https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-female-genital-mutilation-law-20181120-story.html 26 comments politics
- Tennessee's new DUI law could cost the state $60 million in federal funds (law raises allowable blood limits .02 to reasonable .08 but federal government threatens loss of highway funds) http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/aug/19/tennessees-new-dui-law-could-cost-state-60-million-federal-funds/382179/ 8 comments politics
- A federal judge on Monday blocked North Dakota's state's voter identification law after it was challenged by a group of American Indians, who alleged it unfairly burdened their right to vote http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8399f8ddf38f4c26bb9c1ffbc501990c/judge-blocks-north-dakotas-voter-identification-law 15 comments politics
- Mormon Church Joins Supporters for Progressive Immigration Reform, Helping Sink Arizona-Like Bill - According to Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, “local law enforcement resources should focus on criminal activities, not civil violations of federal code.” http://www.alternet.org/belief/148900/mormon_church_joins_supporters_for_progressive_immigration_reform,_helping_sink_arizona-like_bill 3 comments politics