What Do White Teeth Have to Do with Federal Preemption?
by Jery Payne In the 1990s, dentists in North Carolina started whitening teeth. And they made lots of money. But in the early 2000s, other people started whitening teeth. And […]
July 2016
When Does a Legislator have Standing to Sue?
By Sharon Eubanks In the last two LegiSource articles, we’ve talked about what a citizen must do to show that he or she has standing to sue someone to enforce […]
Suing the Government: Taxpayer Standing
by Julie Pelegrin In addition to telling people what they can and cannot do, the statutes may tell a state agency or a local government what it must do. If […]
Who Enforces the Statutes?
by Julie Pelegrin Statutes often tell people, businesses, and organizations what they must or cannot do. But many statutes do not include an enforcement mechanism. Criminal statutes carry a penalty […]