PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
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Pulse shooting victims ask federal appeals court to revive social media lawsuit :: 07/17/2018
People visit the memorial to the victims of the mass shooting setup around the Pulse gay nightclub one year after the shooting on June 12, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. Omar Mateen killed 49 people at the club a little after 2 a.m. on June 12, 2016. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Columbus, OH Bump Stock Ban Ruled Unconstitutional :: 07/16/2018
Columbus, Ohio wanted to get a jump on the rest of the country. While bump stocks are being banned here and there, they’re still legal in most places and at the national level. While the company that made them, Slide Fire, has ceased operations, that doesn’t mean anything to anti-gunners who quiver in their boots at the idea of citizens being able to shoot rapidly. As a result, the city decided to ban bump stocks.
Gun lobbyist files $1 million lawsuit over threats from gun control advocates :: 07/16/2018
The first female president of the National Rifle Association filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against a selection of online harassers who she says crossed a line.
Trump Judge Pick Confirmed for Left-Leaning 9th Circuit Court :: 07/12/2018
President Donald Trump had a Republican judge confirmed by the Senate to the notoriously left-leaning Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals on Tuesday—without missing a single Democrat vote.
Washington court blocks 2A groups' bid to derail gun control ballot measure :: 07/05/2018
The Washington Supreme Court quickly swatted away a challenge from gun rights groups over the legality of petitions used to collect signatures for a planned anti-gun voter referendum.
Groups file suit over gun control voter initiative in Washington :: 07/03/2018
As supporters of I-1639 have nearly completed their signature drive to put a list of gun restrictions in front of voters in the Fall, Second Amendment groups have filed legal challenges.
2A Groups Ask WA High Court to Intervene on I-1639 :: 07/02/2018
Two gun rights organizations based in Bellevue, Wash., have asked that state’s Supreme Court to enjoin the Secretary of State from acting on Initiative 1639, a gun control measure that would change state gun law, on the grounds that petitions circulated to gather signatures did not include a “full, true, and correct copy of the proposed measure printed on the reverse side.”
Supreme Court's Roberts is the new man at the Center :: 06/30/2018
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court's new man in the middle. It's just that the middle may have moved well to the right.
Laws That Are Impossible to Follow Can Still Be Constitutional, Says California Court :: 06/29/2018
Just because a law is impossible to follow is not enough of a reason for a court to throw it out. So California's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
California Justices Toss Bullet Stamping Suit :: 06/28/2018
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a ruling by the California Supreme Court on a state bullet stamping law (all times local):
Court Delays Oregon Gun Measure Days Before Deadline :: 06/28/2018
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an initiative that would ban the sale of some semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines just over a week before a key deadline, likely stopping it from making the November ballot.
Justice Kennedy's retirement and its impact on gun rights :: 06/28/2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he was resigning from the U.S. Supreme Court, a move that will have big implications for the federal bench.
Judge suspends enforcement of Ohio city's bump stock ban :: 06/26/2018
A county court in the Buckeye State has sided with a pair of gun rights groups challenging the city of Columbus over their recently enacted prohibition on bump stocks.
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide :: 06/21/2018
If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can’t buy a gun.
Court Denies Chicago Suburb Ban On Semi-Auto Guns :: 06/17/2018
An Illinois circuit court judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against a pending local ban on “assault weapons” just before it was to take effect.
Colorado's NRA affiliate sues Boulder in bid to block assault-weapon ban :: 06/15/2018
The Colorado affiliate of the National Rifle Association sued Boulder on Thursday in an effort to prevent the city from enforcing its assault-weapon ban that takes effect Friday.
Supreme Court gives voters more freedom to wear political T-shirts to polling places :: 06/15/2018
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave voters slightly more freedom to wear political T-shirts or buttons when they go to cast a ballot, striking down a broad Minnesota law that imposed a “political apparel ban.”
Class action lawsuit filed against Maryland's ban on bump stocks, binary triggers :: 06/12/2018
Four gun owners who possess devices termed “rapid fire trigger activators” under a looming new law in Maryland are taking the state to federal court.
Melvin Stephens not guilty of murder in fatal shooting :: 06/09/2018
Defense lawyer asked for testing of bloody scissors found in area of shooting.
What the Supreme Court Decides to Hear :: 06/09/2018
Fayetteville, AR –-(Ammoland.com)- The Supreme Court’s decision recently to refuse to hear a challenge to a law restricting abortion access in Arkansas raises the question of the implications of the cases that the highest court chooses to consider.
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