Legal Archives - Page 16 of 26

Washoe County Sees Significant Spike in Crime After Criminal Justice ‘Reform’ Bill Passed

January 11, 2024 3:07 pmJanuary 18, 2024 5:22 pm

Last night in a presentation to Keystone Corporation members and business owners, Washoe County District Attorney (DA) Chris Hicks warned that Nevada is on its way to becoming California. Citing the criminal justice reform bill AB236, signed by Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak and enacted in 2020, Hicks directly tied AB236...

National Taxpayers Union, Senator Titus Sues State Officials Over Public Option

January 4, 2024 11:48 amJanuary 12, 2024 2:48 pm

The National Taxpayers Union and Republican State Senator Robin Titus (SD-17) filed a lawsuit yesterday (see below) challenging the constitutionality of SB420, a law passed unilaterally by the Democratic majority which established a public health care option to be implemented in Nevada by 2026. Spearheaded by Democratic Senator Nicole Cannizzaro...

Ford Presses for ‘Fake Elector’ Statute, Confirms Investigation is ‘Ongoing’

December 13, 2023 1:11 pmJune 21, 2024 1:03 pm

During a press conference in Las Vegas yesterday afternoon, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford defended the length of the investigation into the six “fake electors” that resulted in felony charges of six, GOP-affiliated individuals. Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, Vice Chair Jim Hindle III, Clark County GOP Chair Jesse Law,...

Lawsuits Filed To Block Ballot Initiative Aimed To End Gerrymandering

December 11, 2023 3:58 pmDecember 11, 2023 4:00 pm

After the Democratic majority in the Nevada legislature commissioned an unknown consultancy agency to redraw Nevada’s political maps, the majority hastily passed the new maps on a party line vote to the behest of progressive activists and republican lawmakers. Yes, you read that right. Progressive activists and Nevada republicans opposed...

Six Republican ‘Fake Electors’ Indicted by NV Grand Jury

December 6, 2023 12:29 pmDecember 11, 2023 2:43 pm

Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that six Nevadans have been indicted by a grand jury in the Eighth Judicial District Court, “due to their actions in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.” The defendants include NV GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, Vice Chair Jim Hindle III, Republican...

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Voter ID Ballot Initiative

December 6, 2023 9:27 amFebruary 26, 2024 3:15 pm

Here we go again. Yesterday, Attorney Marc Elias, former general counsel to Hillary Clinton and the DNC, announced that his team has filed a lawsuit (see below) to prevent a Voter ID ballot initiative filed by David Gibbs of Repair The Vote. This is the second lawsuit filed by Elias’s...

Lawsuit Seeks to Enforce Parental Notification for Minors Seeking An Abortion

December 5, 2023 2:51 pmDecember 11, 2023 1:50 pm

Parental notification for minor girls seeking an abortion was passed overwhelmingly by a bipartisan legislature and signed into law in 1985 by Democratic governor Richard Bryan. NRS 442.255 and NRS 442.2555 require one-parent notification with an optional judicial bypass for those situations where a teen feels endangered. The parental-notice law...