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The lawsuit filed in Austin, Texas, federal court named as defendants state Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Glenn Hegar, both Republicans who support the 2021 law.
Oklahoma’s law, which passed the Legislature in 2022, was the result of a push by the State Financial Officers Foundation, a nonprofit based in Kansas that promotes anti-ESG legislation.
Legal experts say the judge’s decision, while specific to Oklahoma law, may illustrate legal vulnerabilities of other “anti-boycott” laws passed by Republicans in other states. Robert ...
Signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 29, 2022 Then-Senator Kamala Harris debates in support of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act on June 5, 2020. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act is a United States federal law which defines lynching as a federal hate crime , increasing the maximum penalty to 30 years imprisonment for several hate ...
At the federal level in the United States, legislation (i.e., "statutes" or "statutory law") consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of the United States and its predecessor, the Continental Congress, that were either signed into law by the President or passed by Congress after a presidential veto.
When Texas passed a law in 2021 that banned municipalities from working with banks that adopted risk mitigation policies related to fossil fuels and firearms, researchers at Wharton Business ...
New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (2011) CROWN Act (2019) New Mexico New Mexico Constitution, Article II, §18 (1973) CROWN Act (2021) New York Malby Law (1895) [9] Ives-Quinn Act; Marriage Equality Act (2011) Dignity for All Students Act (2010) New York Human Rights Law (1945) Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (2019)
Oklahoma policymakers might have believed they were shielding the state's energy industry, but in reality, they have burdened taxpayers with new costs. Oklahoma's 'anti-ESG' law is a saber ...