Supplementary content to the printed Washburn Law Journal Vol. 64

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No Grandparent Left Behind

This Comment examines the complex legal landscape surrounding grandparents’ rights in the context of Child in Need of Care (“CINC”) proceedings.
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 03

Standing Strong Against K.S.A.

Strong v. State analyzes the Kansas statute, K.S.A. § 21-5705, which triggers a mandatory rebuttable presumption of intent to distribute controlled substances.
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 03

Held v. Montana

Environmental groups concerned with climate change face a significant challenge in overcoming the hurdle of standing. Standing has three requirements: 1) injury in fact; 2) causation; 3) and redressability.
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 01

Eating Out of Both Troughs

California’s Proposition 12 places strict requirements on how pork producers may raise their animals both in and out of the state of California. Producers who do not comply with the regulation can be barred from selling in the state and face a fine alongside criminal prosecution.
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 01

Making Mountains out of Minor Offenses

Marijuana, Hemp, Convictions, Brown, The Armed Criminal Career Act, ACCA, The Farm Bill, The Agriculture Improvement Act, Categorical, Sentencing, Enhanced, Serious Drug Offense, Controlled Substance.
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 01

Tribes is the Magic Word

The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Bankruptcy Code (“Code”) abrogates sovereign immunity for all “government unit[s],” including federally recognized Tribes (“Tribes”).
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 03

Loc’d Out of the Classroom

A Texas District Court dismissed most of the lawsuit claims filed by a Black high school student against Barbers Hill Independent School District...
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 03

A Right Without a Remedy

Black voters from Arkansas sued the State of Arkansas alleging discriminatory voting practices in the form of gerrymandered districts.
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Category: WLJOnline | Vol: 64 | Issue: 03

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