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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Ban on Possession of Large-Capacity Magazines Did Not Facially Violate the Second Amendment

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

According to the Ninth Circuit in Bonta , California law allows owners of large-capacity magazines to modify them to accept 10 rounds or fewer. In so holding, the court reversed the decision of a federal district court that had granted a motion for summary judgment filed by the plaintiff gun owners. Becerra , 366 F. 3d 1131 (S.D.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

6:18-CV-06772-MAT, 2019 WL 2192502, at *6 (W.D.N.Y. May 21, 2019) (“[D]og owners forfeit many of these possessory interests when they allow their dogs to run at large, unleashed, uncontrolled and unsupervised.” 18-CV-04189-ARR-PK, 2019 WL 1406647, at *7 (E.D.N.Y. 28, 2019) (in turn quoting Dziekan , 376 F. Hall , No.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no. 3 (2019): 795-817.

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW:  Court Upholds Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination Against Public Assistance Recipients

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Under Minnesota law, the party challenging the constitutionality of legislation must meet the very heavy burden of demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that the legislation is unconstitutional. The action succeeded before a trial court, but that decision was reversed by Minnesota's Court of Appeals. Fletcher Props., 2d 410 (Minn.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

AI Executive Orders, Laws, and Regulations In recent years, several laws and executive orders have been enacted to govern the use of AI across various sectors in the United States, ensuring that its deployment is ethical, secure, and compliant with existing regulations.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. Unchallenged Success Leads to Assumptions.” — The Frugal Architect, Law VII Frugality does not imply rigidity.

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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

Partnership President and CEO Max Stier speaking about our work on rebuilding trust in government at govDATAx 2023. The Data Foundation, notably through its govDATAx summit , works toward this goal.