Civil Law

Federally Reported Multistate Listeria Outbreaks since January 2024 — CDC, FDA & USDA-FSIS

This covers multistate Listeria monocytogenes outbreaks in which CDC, the FDA, and/or USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) were the lead investigating agencies, with illness activity reported or investigations advanced from January 2024 onward. 

1. Queso Fresco & Cotija Cheese — Rizo-López Foods (Feb 2024)

Lead agencies: FDA + CDC (with FSIS public health alerts for downstream products).

This was a long-running outbreak reopened and solved in early 2024. The outbreak sickened 26 people across 11 states between June … Read the rest

Civil Law

With eight more executions scheduled, 2024 could conclude with most US executions in nearly a decade

I flagged here last month that a flourish of executions in multiple states had been scheduled over just a week, and all five of those executions were ultimately carried out.  I now see from this Death Penalty Information Center page that eight more executions are scheduled for the final few months of 2024.  If seven of those executions go forward as planned, the US will have completed 26 total execution in 2024, which would be more than in any calendar … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid to appear on 2024 Nevada ballot

Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid to appear on 2024 Nevada ballot

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The Supreme Court on Friday left in place a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court that keeps the Green Party off the state’s ballot for the 2024 general election. The Green Party had asked the justices to vacate the ruling while it appealed that decision, but in a brief unsigned order, the justices declined to do so.

Friday’s order means that Jill Stein, the Green Party’s candidate for president, will not appear on the ballot in Nevada in November. … Read the rest