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In a 5 to 2 vote, the Volusia County Council voted to extend the state’s 1000-foot residence restrictions to 1500 feet from schools, day cares, parks, playgrounds, and school bus stops in the unincorporated parts of the county. New Smyrna Beach, Deland, and Daytona Beach (all in Volusia County) already have 2500-foot residence restrictions. The lengthy discussion was one of

According to a March 21 ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court, there are times when the legislature’s judgment in drafting a statute “may be based on regional speculation unsupported by evidence or empirical data and is not subject to judicial factfinding.”  This statement could be scary to a non-legal person.   In this ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that

Hi folks, Gayle and Rich   Sarah and Rich I wanted to be sure to say to all of you how much this past weekend meant to me.   I learned much about the “movement” (good and bad) and came back renewed and motivated in the continuation of this important work.  Most importantly I got to meet all of you

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In Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, it was stated that the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause was adopted to ensure that the new Nation would never resort to certain formerly tolerated punishments considered cruel because they were calculated to superad[d], terror, pain, or disgrace. With Durable Power of Attorney for my husband, I

An FAC member has passed on this resource from the Probation Information Network (PIN). PIN states: “It does not provide enough details for a full and accurate picture and should not be used by itself, but rather as a tool alongside the full-text versions.”  There could also be a delay period between a change in a particular state’s statute and

In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court gave federal bureaucrats the flexibility to interpret the law when the language was unclear.  “That decision said “judges should defer to federal agencies in interpreting the law when the language of a statute was ambiguous, thereby giving regulatory flexibility to bureaucrats.” The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned this 40-year-old precedent.  Chief Justice John Robers

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to ordinances enacted in Grants Pass, Oregon, that punishes homeless people for sleeping on public property when they have nowhere else to go.  The highest court in our country is saying that such laws/ordinances are NOT cruel and unusual punishment since “such punishments do not qualify as cruel because they are