JURIST - Vermont

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday that states can sue power companies for emitting carbon dioxide, allegedly contributing to global warming [JURIST news archive]. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by eight states ā?? California,....... [more]

[JURIST] The Vermont Legislature [official website] on Tuesday voted to override Governor Jim Douglas' veto of a bill [text, PDF] legalizing same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] in the state. Both the House [roll call vote; VPR audio] and Senate [roll call vote; VPR audio] surpassed the two-third....... [more]

[JURIST] The Vermont House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed a bill [S-115, PDF] approving same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive]. The bill, aimed at "promot[ing] legal equality in the civil marriage laws and ... protect[ing] the religious freedom of clergy and religious soci....... [more]

[JURIST] Vermont Governor Jim Douglas (R) [official website] said Wednesday that he would veto a bill [S.0115 text, PDF] approved [JURIST report] earlier this week by the Vermont State Senate [official website] that authorizes same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive] in the state. In a statement [Fl....... [more]

[JURIST] The Vermont State Senate [official website] voted 26-4 Monday to approve [Senate journal, PDF] same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] in the state. This was the second of three readings of the proposed bill [S.0115 text, PDF], entitled ā??An Act to Protect Religious Freedom and Promote Equ....... [more]

[JURIST] The Vermont State Legislature [official website] on Monday began a series of week-long hearings on a bill [S.0115 text, PDF] that would allow same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] in the state. The bill, "An Act to Protect Religious Freedom and Promote Equality in Civil Marriage," sponsor....... [more]

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled [opinion, PDF] 6-3 Wednesday in Wyeth v. Levine [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the drug labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) [text] do not preempt state products liabili....... [more]

'[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a woman''s visitation rights regarding a child who was born to her former lesbian partner while the two were engaged in a same-sex union under Vermont law. Without reaching the merits of the case, the....... [more]

'[JURIST] The Bush administration has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to set aside a decision by a federal judge sitting in Vermont that allowed Vermont to regulate automotive greenhouse gas emissions. In Green Mountain Plymouth....... [more]

'[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Vermont ruled Wednesday that states have the power to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions. In Green Mountain Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie the court held that the federal Energy Policy and....... [more]