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Overview of the Amicus Briefs Filed in Our Tariff Case

The Volokh Conspiracy

We are working with Neal Katyal and Michael McConnell , both leading constitutional law scholars and appellate litigators. Epstein is probably the world's most prominent libertarian legal academic, while Koh is a prominent left-liberal scholar known for his work on national security law. Professor Richard L.

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Divided By Principle: How Justices Barrett And Jackson Are Shaping The Future Of Constitutional Law

Above The Law

She posed scenarios to clarify which actions could be deemed private, such as collaborating with private attorneys to disseminate false election claims or submitting fraudulent elector slates. Virginia , where race-based classifications were challenged despite similar legislative justifications.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

New York maintains that the terms of the compact provide that only Congress can repeal it and that, insofar as the compact represents a federal statute, its breach violates federal law. In earlier litigation, the Waterfront Commission sued the New Jersey governor to prevent him from enforcing the law. However, the U.S.

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High Court's New EPA Ruling And Its Long-Term Implications

Law 360

Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v.

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The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner. Env’t Prot.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has openly stated that the purpose of this litigation is to protect the fossil fuel industry , and the only representatives of the automotive industry in the case have entered to defend EPA’s new standards. This doctrine was recently and prominently applied by the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Wild Virginia v. and non-U.S.

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