Supreme Court Report: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 20-493
October 21, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 2 This Report summarizes opinions issued on October 18, 2021 (Part I); and cases granted review on that date (Part II). Case Granted Review: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 20-493 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 20-493. At issue is whether the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama…
Supreme Court Report: Denezpi v. United States, 20-7622
October 21, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 2 This Report summarizes opinions issued on October 18, 2021 (Part I); and cases granted review on that date (Part II). Case Granted Review: Denezpi v. United States, 20-7622 Denezpi v. United States, 20-7622. The question presented is whether “the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency…
Supreme Court Report: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566
October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566 Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566. At issue is “[w]hether a federal court hearing state law claims brought under the [Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act] must apply the…
Supreme Court Report: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 20-1472
October 6, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 20-1472 Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 20-1472. “Section 6330(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code establishes a 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in…
Supreme Court Report: Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12
October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12 Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12. Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 provides that when a candidate…
Supreme Court Report: Shurtleff v. City of Boston, MA, 20-1800
October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Shurtleff v. City of Boston, MA, 20-1800 Shurtleff v. City of Boston, MA, 20-1800. At issue is whether the City of Boston violated the First Amendment by denying a Christian organization’s request to…
Supreme Court Report: Concepcion v. United States, 20-1650
October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Concepcion v. United States, 20-1650 Concepcion v. United States, 20-1650. The question presented is “[w]hether, when deciding if it should ‘impose a reduced sentence’ on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First…
Responding to Hate, Building Safer Communities Webinar
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET Hosted by the NAAG Center for Excellence in Governance and the James Byrd Jr. Center to Stop Hate. As part of his Presidential Initiative “The People v. Hate: Standing Up for Humanity,” NAAG President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine invites you…
Samantha Hammond
Samantha Hammond joined NAAG in August of 2021 as an administrative assistant where she provided administrative and logistical support to NAAG’s chief administrative officer, chief financial officer, director of human resources and director of NAGTRI. She was promoted to member services coordinator (MSC) in September 2022. She moved from her home state of Texas in…
Current Status of COVID-19 Vaccines Rollout Nationwide: August 2021 Update for the Attorney General Community
On August 25, the U.S. reached over 363.9 million total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered with 202 million persons (60.9% of the total U.S. population) having received at least one dose and 171.2 million persons (51.6% of the total U.S. population) being fully vaccinated. Among those individuals aged 65 years and older, 91.5% have received at…