JURIST - Indiana

On April 27, 2011, the Indiana House of Representatives approved a bill to ban abortions 20 weeks after conception on account of the possibility that the fetus might feel pain and essentially terminate state funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana by denying funding to "any entity that performs ab....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled Friday that portions of an Indiana immigration law are unconstitutional. At issue were two provisions in the law: one that allows police to arrest non-citizens without a warrant and one that prohibits the use of consular ID....... [more]

The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state's school voucher program. The voucher program allows low- and middle-income families to apply public funds towards the cost of attending private schools. Opponents of the voucher program claim that money is diverted from public schools, but the c....... [more]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday struck down an Indiana law that prohibits sex offenders from joining social networking websites, such as Facebook and other websites children are able to join. The law makes it a crime for a registered sex offender to be a member of a "soc....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a union challenging Indiana's right-to-work law on the grounds that the challenge could not succeed in federal court. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed the s....... [more]

On November 14, 2011, the state of Louisiana filed a suit in US Supreme Court arguing against the inclusion of undocumented immigrants in the US census for the purpose of delegating seats in the US House of Representatives. Louisiana had lost a seat because of population totals that resulted from th....... [more]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction on an Indiana law that would block Medicaid funding for abortion providers. The court found that the law, which would block federal and state funding to all "entities which perform abortions," violated the Medicaid statu....... [more]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that by not allowing Indiana citizens to appeal erroneous entries on the state Sex and Violent Offender Registry the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Due Process rights. An Indiana citizen who committed lesser sex offenses....... [more]

A federal hearing officer has recommended that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Chicago uphold its initial decision rejecting an Indiana state law that denies Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) and other organizations providing abortion services. A CMS o....... [more]

On June 18, 2011, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill requiring all employers with 25 or more employees to check the immigration status of their new hires using the E-Verify system. In April 2011, the Indiana House of Representatives had approved a "watered-down" version of Ari....... [more]

On May 3, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) filed a lawsuit challenging a Utah immigration law that was modeled on Arizona's controversial SB 1070. The law requires police to check the immigration status of anyone arrested for a felony or....... [more]