In Vega v. Tekoh the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-3 that police officers can’t be sued for money damages for failing to recite Miranda rights.
Continue readingSCOTUS Rules State Legislative Leaders May Intervene in Voter-ID Lawsuit
In Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP the U.S. Supreme Court held 8-1 that two leaders of North Carolina’s state legislature may participate as intervenors in a challenge to North Carolina’s voter identification (voter-ID) law.
Continue readingSCOTUS Strikes Down “Proper Cause” Requirement to Carry a Gun in Public
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-3 that states and local governments may not require “proper cause” to obtain a license to carry a handgun outside the home.
Continue readingU.S. Supreme Court Allows Health Plans to Disfavor Uniform Dialysis Benefits
In Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita the U.S. Supreme Court held 7-2 that group health plans which offer all participants the same limited outpatient dialysis benefits don’t violate the Medicare Secondary Payer statute.
Continue readingSCOTUS Finds State Workers’ Comp Program for Hanford Federal Contractors Unconstitutional
In United States v. Washington the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously that Washington State workers’ compensation law, which makes it easier for federal contractors to receive unemployment compensation, violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
Continue readingSCOTUS Holds Religious Schools Can’t be Excluded from Voucher Programs
In Carson v. Makin the U.S. Supreme Court held 6-3 that Maine’s refusal to provide tuition assistance payments to “sectarian” schools violates the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause.
Continue readingQuestion of the Month, June
Are there any limitations on bill introductions in the CSG South region? Are any states more successful at passing legislation?
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Southern Pulse Newsletter, June 2022
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.”
When watching the CSG South team hard at work preparing for the largest regional conference of the year, H.E. Luccock’s quote always comes to mind. Since concluding our final state visit for 2022 on June 8 (until next time, North Carolina!) each and every member, from accounting and graphic design to policy and marketing, has pulled in hundreds of hours of planning, event building, and attending to the thousands of last-minute details that, when combined together, create the preeminent forum for Southern legislators and staff. Even still, with host states rotating every year, we could never pull it off without the tireless work and vision of state leadership. To the staff and legislative leaders in Oklahoma who make SLC 2022 possible, we continue to thank you and can’t wait to help you showcase all your beautiful state has to offer.
See you at the 2022 SLC in OKC!!
All the best,
Lindsey
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SCOTUS Decides Federal Arbitration Act Case Involving California’s Private Attorney General Act
In Viking River Cruises v. Moriana the U.S. Supreme Court held 8-1 that the Federal Arbitration Acts (FAA) preempt a holding of the California Supreme Court “insofar as it precludes division of [California private attorney general] actions into individual and non-individual claims through an agreement to arbitrate.”
Continue readingSupreme Court Rules for Tribes in Indian Gaming Case
In Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo v. Texas the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that per the Restoration Act Texas may only prohibit particular types of gaming on Indian reservations where Texas law prohibits that type of gaming throughout the rest of the state.
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