Tracking a tiny bird’s long migration that begins and ends in Vermont hayfields
Bobolinks are in steep decline in Vermont, where development and changing farm practices have made it more difficult for the grassland songbird to nest and safely fledge its young.
SCOV Law Blog: Truant officer’s word not enough to prove student’s absences were unexcused
It is not enough for the State to show that the juvenile habitually missed school. Justifications do not act as affirmative defenses that students can raise in response to the State’s proof.
In This State: Celebrating Vermont’s Carnegie libraries
All told, Andrew Carnegie spent almost $42 million between 1883 and 1917 to build 1,689 libraries throughout the United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. He financed nearly another 1,000 overseas.
SCOV Law Blog: Is hospital liable in nonconsensual blood draw requested by police?
As the SCOV explains, plaintiff consented to medical treatment, but not a nonmedical blood draw for evidentiary purposes.
In This State: ‘One of creation’s quiet retreats’
Friday, May 24 was Lenny Waltrip Day at Silver Lake in Leicester, but it came as a surprise to him.
SCOV Law Blog: Does it ring a bell?
Comcast argues that its VoIP service is an information service and thus any Vermont regulation is preempted by federal law and Vermont is preempted.
In This State: Living a simple life in Brattleboro
J. Parker Huber’s life is woven of several rich strands: his Quaker faith, his love of nature and literature, and his network of friends.
SCOV Law Blog: Derivative explorations
The father argued that the child’s derivative benefit, which Social Security paid to mother, should be credited as income coming from him and should count as a credit to him when calculating the parties’ child support obligations.
In This State: Rokeby Museum’s new exhibit tells story of escaped slaves in Vermont
A picture emerges in “Free and Safe” of Vermont as a place where former slaves could live openly, finding the right combination of farm employment and relative security from recapture.
SCOV Law: Independent elections
Essentially, this is a case about filing-petitions-for-candidate deadlines — but more specifically, it’s about the constitutionality of Vermont’s deadlines.
