Texas Forbids Law That Keeps Guns Away From Unhinged People
Wisconsin Supreme Court Just Killed the “Zombie” Abortion Law
Texas Forbids Law That Keeps Guns Away From Unhinged People
Everything is bigger in Texas—except, apparently, memory of devastating mass shootings. In late June, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill known as the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders. Such orders are legal tools used to temporarily prohibit a person from having access […]
https://murica.website/2025/07/texas-forbids-law-that-keeps-guns-away-from-unhinged-people/
“‘We’re spending time figuring out how to comply with all these state mandates, rather than focusing on research and teaching,’” Mockabee said of the SB1 bill, signed into law by Gov DeWine on March 28.
“Members of Youngstown State Univ’s chapter of the Ohio Ed Assn are trying to get a referendum on the Nov 4 ballot to stop SB1 [https://ohsb1petition.com/about/] .…About 248,092 signatures are needed….”
#ohio #OHpol #resist #dei #highered #govdewine #statelegislatures
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More States Consider Curbing Drug Testing at Childbirth
A growing number of states are considering legislation to set up protections for patients who might be drug tested when they give birth. Three of the bills were introduced following an investigative series by The Marshall Project and Reveal that exposed the harms of drug testing at childbirth — including how many patients are often […]
Utah Study on Trans Youth Care Extremely Inconvenient for Politicians Who Ordered It
Deepfake Laws Bring Prosecution and Penalties, but Also Pushback - Dozens of A.I.-related regulations enacted in the past two years now lead to fines, incar... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/business/media/deepfakes-laws-free-speech.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #freedomofspeechandexpression #federal-staterelations(us) #suitsandlitigation(civil) #rumorsandmisinformation #artificialintelligence #lawandlegislation #statelegislatures
I just attended a Moms Demand Action Hour and found out about a great resource for info about bills on any issue.
Without signing up or anything, I was able to very quickly find out how everyone on a state Assembly committee voted on a particular bill.
There is info on bills in Congress and in every state.
Also, info on the legislative process/definition of terms, governors' roles in signing or not, how soon bills become effective, etc.
Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy. - Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/energy-environment/trump-coal-power-plants.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #alternativeandrenewableenergy #executiveordersandmemorandums #powerfailuresandblackouts #shutdowns(institutional) #conservationofresources #edisonelectricinstitute #greenhousegasemissions #statelegislatures
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113268756884683714
#USpol #USlaw #StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
#Trump #fascism
E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees. - States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/ev-fees-gas-tax.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #infrastructure(publicworks) #electricandhybridvehicles #prices(faresfeesandrates) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #salesandexcisetaxes #budgetsandbudgeting #statelegislatures #lawandlegislation #highwaytrustfund #bidenjosephrjr
Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states
* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship
* Article V of U.S. Constitution
* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments
#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT
#ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV
#ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Trump 2.0 will further divide U.S.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/donald-trump-states-rights-270314
* conservative obsession w. “states’ rights” to have wide-ranging effects
* public health to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trumpism #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #conservatism
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #OpusDei #antiLGBT #transphobia #transgenocide #ParentalRightsMovement #Catholicism
MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document
* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-constitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html
* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term
https://newrepublic.com/post/189413/steve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028
* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor
* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution
Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution
https://newrepublic.com/post/180312/president-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud
Trump 2028: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-2028
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney
U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500657375473264
* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States
Montana Supreme Court becomes U.S. state to uphold trans access to health care
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/montana-supreme-court-becomes-first-in-nation-to-uphold-trans-access-to-health-care
* Montana Supreme Court upheld temp. injunction against state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
* 1st U.S. state supreme court to do so
* plaintiffs argued ban is illegal sex discrim.
* bans certain treatments based on patient’s sex assigned at birth
* no matter what Trump2 does, this protection will remain in place in Montana
U.S. v. Skrmetti: John Roberts' Plan to Deny Transgender Rights
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/supreme-court-transgender
* SCOTUS conservative justices suggest science is too hard
* will let state legislatures sidestep U.S. Constitution
https://persagen.org/html/intro_01a.html#/contents
#SCOTUS #US_v_Skrmetti #JohnRoberts
#USConstitution #StateLegislatures #StateCapture #DemocraticBacksliding
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transgenocide #transphobia #SelfIdentity