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A Justice of the Peace in McLennon County Texas, Diane Hensley, filed a suit against the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct after they released a public warning condemning her “referral system” for officiating same-sex marriages. The warning, released last month, claims that Hensley is in violation of Canon 4A(1) of the Texas Code of [...]

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On September 17, 2018, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly (99-1) in support of the Opioid Crisis Response Act (OCRA) of 2018. OCRA proposes a series of measures addressing the devastating, long-term impacts of opioid addiction and abuse nationally. Building on efforts previously authorized in 2016 via the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the [...]

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President Donald Trump’s recent nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as Associate Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court from a list of potential candidates has ignited immediate support and criticism from conservatives and liberals respectively. An undergrad and law alum at Yale University, Judge Kavanaugh clerked for the departing Justice Anthony Kennedy, practiced law privately [...]

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CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Hensley, US Supreme Court, June 1, 2009 [holding that the Tennessee Court of Appeals misapplied the Court's ruling in Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers in holding that an asbestosis sufferer may recover for pain...

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Court-martial proceedings began Friday for US Army sniper Sgt. Evan Vela , charged in connection with the killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians near Iskandariyah. In opening statements, Vela's lawyer said that he was only following a superior's...

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