Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 6, 2025

On March 15, 2025, President issued Proclamation No. On March 15, 2025, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued two temporary restraining orders (TROs) preventing any removal of the named plaintiffs and preventing removal under the AEA of a provisionally certified class consisting of [a]ll noncitizens in U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

4] Canadas statute is an updated version of what have been called constituency statutes in the United States, which explicitly expand the fiduciary duties of corporate managers and directors beyond shareholders but do not usually include the environment among allowable factors, except in Arizona and Texas. [5]

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At the Lectern

APRIL 3, 2025

” The Pollock decision held appellate costs are among those costs that a statute says cant be assessed against a losing FEHA plaintiff unless theres a finding that the action was frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless when brought, or the plaintiff continued to litigate after it clearly became so. Collins (2025) 17 Cal.5th

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Additionally, cases that reversed lower court decisions or set new legal precedents were considered more significant.

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2025

The two graphs below track the Justices word counts across all argument in the 2023/2024 Term and those already completed in this 2024/2025 Term. The remainder of this piece proceeds by breaking down and comparing their argument styles across eight oral arguments, four from the 2023/2024 Term and four from the 2024/2025 Term.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

Biden appointed the most judges to the Second Circuit in 2021, to the Ninth in 2022, and even had one judge begin active service in 2025 ( Embry Kidd in the Eleventh Circuit). Decision The Ninth Circuit reversed the district courts decision to dismiss the Unruh Act claim, ruling that the federal court should have kept jurisdiction over it.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

citizens to anyone who has not “passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations” and ordered any such person who has already copied that data to delete it pending the full hearing on February 14. It’s Q.E.D.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

By 2024-2025, however, Barretts opinions began showing a shift toward supporting greater agency deference. Her statement that pleas of administrative inconvenience never justify departing from the statutes clear text signals a shift away from deferring to agencies when they claim procedural efficiency or practical necessity.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 1, 2025

To begin, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14148 , Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. Third: positive environmental justice decisions are still coming down in the courts. Such actions have been, and more likely will be, challenged in court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 29, 2025

Whether the Supreme Courts Loper Bright decision, which vests authority to interpret statutes more squarely in the courts and gives agencies less wiggle room to change interpretations over time, could perhaps result in this period of purgatory being less lengthy remains to be seen.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. On March 26, 2021, the court denied Exxon’s emergency motion for a temporary stay of the remand order.

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