Wednesday, September 23 | 3pm ET | As our nation prepares for a presidential election, we must ensure that voting rights are not left behind as we navigate a much changed electoral process and landscape. Please join a critical discussion of voting rights in Indian Country and how States are preparing for an election that allows for social distancing and an exponential growth in mail-in balloting. Free for ABA members.
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Regulatory Takings after Knick: Total Takings, the Nuisance Exception, and Background Principles Exceptions: Public Trust Doctrine, Custom, and Statutes.
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Free, fair and open elections are the key to a successful democracy, and lawyers can be important advocates in ensuring the voting process is equitable for all, according to attorneys Benjamin E. Griffith and John Hardin Young, editors of the updated book “America Votes! Challenges to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights,” published by the American Bar Association.
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The Supreme Court has waded into a state election controversy and, through a majority, has rendered its decision based on the time-honored principle that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election. This is an early effort to take a frank look at the Supreme Court’s latest entry into last minute interference with state electoral processes.
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The most up-to-date information from your state or territorial election authority to help you vote your voice, updates on how COVID-19 is impacting elections today, and how to file for an absentee ballot, or whether or not you can vote by mail.
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From implicit bias in government, legally stolen lands, police civil rights to the demise of single-family zoning, climate resilience, voting rights, and refugees & immigrants, a diverse array of topics were presented during our previous Section of State & Local Government Law meetings.
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Lawyers who either identify as having disabilities or who identify as LGBTQ+ report experiencing both subtle and overt forms of discrimination at their workplaces, with common reports of subtle but unintentional biases. The findings come from a new national study released today by the American Bar Association, in collaboration with the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University
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Vacant and Problem Properties: A Guide to Legal Strategies and Remedies
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American Bar Association offers legal experts to discuss election issues
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2020 — The American Bar Association can refer journalists to experts — who include lawyers, legal scholars, political media strategists, nonprofit leaders, mathematicians and cy…
New ABA book provides guidance on preparing witnesses for positive outcomes
CHICAGO, Sept. 23, 2020 — The American Bar Association has published an updated edition of “Preparing Witnesses: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and their Clients,” which is designed to help lawyers be…
ABA President Patricia Lee Refo sends letter opposing proposed HUD rule
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2020 – American Bar Association President Patricia Lee Refo sent a letter to Michael Williams, the Principal Deputy General Counsel in the Regulations Division at the Department…
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