Seattle wants to vacate marijuana misdemeanors
Seattle’s mayor and city attorney have announced that they will ask the city’s courts to vacate all local misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions.
Author: Gemma Alexander
What homeowners need to know about the new tax law
Trump’s new tax plan makes significant changes to how homeowners will handle their taxes, including mortgage interest deductions, equity loan deductions, SALT, and capital gains.
How the new Trump tax plan will affect Americans’ health insurance
Trump’s new tax plan is projected to have a disastrous impact on the Affordable Care Act by eliminating the Individual Mandate that makes the insurance marketplaces feasible.
The Supreme Court Citizens United decision
The Supreme Court ruling in 2010 for Citizens United had a groundbreaking impact on US politics and the role money plays in campaign funding and finance.
Keeping Washington state net-neutral
Washington officials are not quietly accepting the repeal of net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Washington’s attorney general, Bob Ferguson, has announced he’ll file a lawsuit against the FCC, but the rest of the Washington government has plans to stop it, too.
When states’ rights are right
Five times that states have stepped up on legislation when the people felt the federal government didn’t get it right.
Phoenix may make lane splitting legal
Lane splitting, or filtering, is a practice used by motorcycle and scooter operators in heavy traffic, where they pass conventional vehicles within the same lane, or in the gap between rows of stopped or slow-moving cars. Though common in other countries, few states condone it, though there may be a shift of opinion underway.
Could there be a Miracle on 34th Street Today?
In the delightfully cynical 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street, an attorney manipulates people’s self-interest to legally prove that a nice old man with whiskers is the real Santa Claus. Movies are notorious for ignoring real-life law. Would the attorney win his case today?
When SCOTUS makes a mistake
The Supreme Court of the United States, one third of the key foundation of government checks and balances, is only as perfect as the judges of which it consists. The group is fallible, as all people are, but it’s not easy to determine how the country handles it when they make a mistake – and multiple future opinions are based on that error.
Net Neutrality: protecting the free market
In May 2017, Ajit Pai and the Federal Communications Commission proposed rolling back Net Neutrality regulations. The FCC will vote on the proposed rule changes on December 14, with potentially dire consequences to the digital free market.