Excerpt: | "In the face of DSHS's continuing contempt for both legislative and judicial authority, Washington's counties have joined in an unprecedented coalition to enforce DSHS's legal obligations," the counties declare in their legal action. |
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Published at: | 11:53 AM on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Healthcare, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Mental Health |
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Category Archives: Litigation
Most of Washington’s counties are suing the state for refusing to provide necessary behavioral health treatment under state law
Support for increasing the size of the U.S. Supreme Court inches upward in Washington
Excerpt: | 52% of 773 likely 2024 general election voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling earlier this month said they supported increasing the size of the Court to make it a more diverse and representative body, while 40% were opposed and 8% were not sure. |
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Published at: | 10:37 AM on Friday, June 30th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Nondiscrimination, Research Poll Findings, U.S. Supreme Court Expansion |
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Washington State Supreme Court unanimously upholds state Voting Rights Act
Excerpt: | The decision is an important legal victory for voting justice and ensures that the WVRA will remain in force. |
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Published at: | 2:23 PM on Friday, June 16th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, Voting Rights |
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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to weaken Voting Rights Act to sanction Alabama gerrymander
Excerpt: | The decision, a big blow to the right wing, means that Alabama Republicans' gamble that the Court would accept its invitation to further weaken the Voting Rights Act has failed. While Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Coney Barrett wanted to go along with Alabama, Roberts and Kavanaugh were not interested. |
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Published at: | 11:39 AM on Thursday, June 8th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, Gerrymandering |
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With most of his estate now liquidated, Tim Eyman’s bankruptcy is finally winding down
Excerpt: | Judge Marc Barreca's May 19th order granting trustee Virginia Burdette's motion to abandon the property of the estate ("other than the funds on deposit in the estate's bank account") indicates that the case has moved into its final stages. |
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Published at: | 12:23 PM on Saturday, May 27th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman, Tim Eyman's Push Polls |
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A roundup of reaction to the Supreme Court’s Quinn ruling upholding WA’s capital gains tax
Excerpt: | Read what elected officials, advocacy organizations, and other think tanks are saying about the Washington State Supreme Court's decision upholding the capital gains tax on the wealthy. |
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Published at: | 11:57 AM on Friday, March 24th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Breaking News |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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VICTORY! Washington State Supreme Court upholds new capital gains tax on the wealthy
Excerpt: | The Court voted 7-2 in favor of finding that Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5096 (the law that created the capital gains tax) is indeed an excise tax. The majority opinion, authored by Associate Justice Debra L. Stephens, also rejected the Quinn plaintiffs' other arguments, affirming the law's constitutionality. |
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Published at: | 10:37 AM on Friday, March 24th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Breaking News |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Whichever way the Supreme Court decides the Quinn case, it will be making public policy
Excerpt: | Read NPI alum Patrick Stickney's assessment of the oral argument in Quinn et al v. State of Washington et al, the right wing legal challenge to Washington State's new capital gains tax on the wealthy. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, February 20th, 2023 |
Written by: | Patrick Stickney |
Other Categories: | Views & Reviews |
Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Republicans fail in their attempt to intervene in signature verification legal challenge
Excerpt: | The Republicans’ philosophy on litigation is never to spend one dollar when two (or more) will do. Judge Shaffer may have saved the party some money, needed until recently (when he announced his candidacy) to pay Trump’s legal bills. |
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Published at: | 8:55 AM on Monday, February 6th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Impressions from today’s oral arguments in right wing’s capital gains tax legal challenge
Excerpt: | Here's what it was like to be in the courtroom for oral arguments in Quinn et al v. State of Washington et al, the right wing legal challenge to the constitutionality of our recently enacted capital gains tax on the wealthy. |
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Published at: | 2:30 PM on Thursday, January 26th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Litigation |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Oral Argument, Strong Commonwealth |
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National, state Republicans file against voters in signature verification legal challenge
Excerpt: | State and national Republicans are filing briefs in a lawsuit that seeks to end the error-filled signature verification process on Washington’s mail-in ballots. The suit they are intervening in alleges that thousands of valid votes get rejected and that rejections hit a disproportionate number of younger, Black, Latino/Latina and disabled voters. |
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Published at: | 12:20 PM on Monday, January 23rd, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Fair Elections, Signature Verification |
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Washington State Supreme Court rules capital gains tax on wealthy can be collected for now
Excerpt: | The ruling, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, frees the Department of Revenue (DOR) to proceed with collecting the new capital gains tax, which is a crucial new funding source for education, preschool, and early learning. |
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Published at: | 1:36 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
Tags: | Fiscal Responsibility, Strong Commonwealth |
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Washington State Supreme Court rebuffs Wahkiakum School District’s school construction funding constitutional challenge