In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
A U.S. judge in Nevada declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against a states' rights figure, his two sons and another man accused of leading a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents during a cattle grazing dispute.
When Cliven Bundy refused to hand over his trespassing cattle to officials in 2014, he inspired an armed standoff that highlighted sharp divisions over the power of the federal government and the ways Americans use public lands.
Jury selection for the federal trial against Cliven Bundy begins Monday. The anti-government rancher is charged with leading an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014.
Much is at stake as the long-anticipated trial begins for Cliven Bundy, two of his two sons and a supporter with militia ties -- the main figures accused of rallying armed supporters to the family’s Nevada ranch in 2014 in a standoff that launched a movement against federal control of public land in the West.
The ability of the federal government to enforce its own land policies in the West will be tested as a trial begins this week of a Nevada rancher accused of leading a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents in a dispute over cattle grazing.
More than three years after Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy led an armed standoff with U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials near his Bunkerville ranch, jury selection will begin today for a trial that could result in him spending the rest of his life in prison.
IN 2015, ALBUQUERQUE delivered as much water as it had in 1983, despite its population growing by 70 percent. In 2016, Tucson delivered as much water as it had in 1984, despite a 67 percent increase in customer hook-ups. The trend is the same for Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, said longtime water policy researcher Gary Woodard, who rattled off these statistics in a recent phone interview.
Capital Bureau Chief Ben Adler previews Gov. Jerry Brown signing the "sanctuary state" legislation.
Next door to the Mandalay Bay casino where Sunday night's shooting rampage occurred on the Las Vegas strip, British tourist Gary Shepherd was struggling like nearly everyone else to process what happened.
A federal judge in Las Vegas on Friday will consider a motion to delay the start of next week's high profile trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his militia associates.
A group of college professors is rallying in support of consumers’ right to sue. Some 423 law school, university and college professors are sending a letter to two senators, encouraging them to support a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has passed.
Technology companies want the wastewater. The cities produce a steady supply of it.