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Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?: Censorship Of Hate Speech May Well Increase Violence, Gordon Danning
Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?: Censorship Of Hate Speech May Well Increase Violence, Gordon Danning
Nevada Law Journal Forum
From Charlottesville to college campuses, people with odious hate groups have risen in notoriety recently. Responses to those people and the groups to which they belong have ranged from efforts to keep them from speaking in person, to deleting their presence on the internet, to efforts to have them terminated from their jobs or evicted from their apartments, and even to physical assault by members of such groups as Antifa. Such efforts at censoring, ostracizing, and stigmatizing hate group members are generally justified by claims that such individuals are dangerous. It is true that some scholars have found an association …
The Elephant In Nevada's Hotel Rooms: Social Consumption Of Recreational Marijuana, A Survey Of Law, Issues, And Solutions, Brent Resh, Alysa Grimes, Beatriz Aguirre
The Elephant In Nevada's Hotel Rooms: Social Consumption Of Recreational Marijuana, A Survey Of Law, Issues, And Solutions, Brent Resh, Alysa Grimes, Beatriz Aguirre
Nevada Law Journal Forum
Well known for its longstanding tradition of sanctioning and regulating the indulgence of activities almost universally considered “vices” (such as gambling, and even prostitution), Nevada now stands in a unique position on the frontlines of the state-level social experiment in marijuana decriminalization. Las Vegas—a mecca for tourists from around the world—has over forty-million annual visitorswho can now legally (at least under Nevada law) purchase up to one ounce of marijuana for recreational use. However, any consumption of that marijuana in a “public place,” retail marijuana store, or in a moving vehicle is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up …
U.S. Tax Treatment Of Australian Superannuation, John A. Castro
U.S. Tax Treatment Of Australian Superannuation, John A. Castro
Nevada Law Journal Forum
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates than more than 100,000 Australian citizens are living and working in the U.S. Those Australian nationals almost certainly have some sort of Superannuation Fund, which is a state-mandated occupational pension scheme in Australia. The problem is that nearly every accounting firm in the U.S. is treating Australian Superannuation as a taxable foreign grantor trust. This presents a serious issue since the funds within Superannuation Funds are completely inaccessible until retirement, disability, or death. For an Australian national living in the U.S., this would result in immediate U.S. taxation on all gains …
Searching For Cliven Bundy: The Constitution And Public Lands, Ian Bartrum
Searching For Cliven Bundy: The Constitution And Public Lands, Ian Bartrum
Nevada Law Journal Forum
On April 5th, 2014, BLM temporarily closed over 500,000 acres of public land in Clark and Lincoln Counties in order to impound cattle grazing there in violation of a federal district court order. These cattle belonged, principally, to Cliven Bundy and his family—ranchers from Bunkerville, Nevada—who had stopped paying BLM permitting fees in the early 1990s. In anticipation of the roundup, the Bundys put out a distress call to militia-like groups around the country, and seven days later, an armed crowd confronted federal and state officers in the desert near Gold Butte. Another week later, federal authorities backed down, citing …
2017 Legislative Recap: Important Bills From Nevada's 79th Legislative Session, Leonardo R. Benavides
2017 Legislative Recap: Important Bills From Nevada's 79th Legislative Session, Leonardo R. Benavides
Nevada Law Journal Forum
After the “red wave” of voters swept across the nation’s midterm elections in 2014, Nevada Republicans held a bicameral majority in the 78th (2015) Legislative Session. The subsequent 2016 presidential election tipped the balance of power as Nevada Democrats took back the majority in both houses for the 79th (2017) Legislative Session. The Senate went from an 11-10 Republican advantage to an 11-9-1 advantage for Democrats, and the Assembly flipped from a 25-17 Republican advantage to a 27-15 Democrat advantage. The issues that had previously dominated the 2015 Session, such as tort reform, collective bargaining overhauls, and funding for Education …
Congressional Control Of Presidential Pardons, Glenn H. Reynolds
Congressional Control Of Presidential Pardons, Glenn H. Reynolds
Nevada Law Journal Forum
The reach of the presidential pardon power has been much in the news of late (for a variety of reasons). It is well established that the pardon power is plenary; that it can be exercised in advance of formal criminal charges being filed; and that it does not extend to state crimes; but there remain many unsettled (and unsettling) questions. Can a president pardon himself? Can a pardon, though perfectly lawful in itself, constitute obstruction of justice? Can a president use a pardon, issued in advance of criminal activity, to insulate an actor from criminal liability before the criminal act …