Politics & Government

Bid to scrap Austria May 2018 smoking ban

Bid to scrap Austria May 2018 smoking ban

Parties expected to form a coalition agree that a planned full ban in restaurants should be dropped. Source: http://lslink.info/?c=29Mb

Monument Challenges Dismissed For Lack of Standing

In American Atheists, Inc. v. Levy County, (ND FL, Dec. 3, 2017), a Florida federal district court dismissed on standing grounds a challenge to a Ten Commandments monument in a courtyard outside county government buildings, as well as a challenge to the county's refusal to allow placement in the...

Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases

In Eckstrom v. Beard, (9th Cir., Nov. 30, 2017), the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an inmate's claim that the prison's book policy violates his free exercise rights.In Shaw v. Kaemingk, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195018 (D SD, Nov. 28, 2017), a South Dakota federal district court allowed an...