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Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more

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Morrissey-Berru , under which employees deemed “ministers” of religious institutions are not covered by various employment and discrimination laws. This case involves Margaret DeWeese-Boyd, an associate professor of social work at Gordon College, a private Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts. 10 and Jan. Holcombe v.

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Fourteen cases to watch from the Supreme Court’s end-of-summer “long conference”

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But the 5th Circuit wrote that this case “may … attract the [Supreme] Court’s interest” because “[i]t tees up one of the fiercest (and oldest) fights in administrative law: the Humphrey’s Executor ‘exception to the general ‘rule’ that lets a president remove subordinates at will.” Davis seeks review of that ruling. In Gordon v.

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

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Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. These emissions standards were significantly loosened in the last year of the Trump Administration. In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1

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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

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Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Administrative Law, Criminal Law: 20 points. Attorneys team scored a major win, overturning a lower courts dismissal and defending federal authority to regulate public lands under the FLPMA. Other Areas: 15 points. United States v.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Massachusetts High Court Upheld Transmission Line Approval. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the Energy Facilities Siting Board’s approval of a proposal for a new underground electrical transmission line running between substations in the Towns of Sudbury and Hudson. In re Hawaiian Electric Co. , SCOT-20-0000309 (Haw.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Her father then went to law school, eventually becoming the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board. Her mother became an administrator and served as the principal at a public magnet school for 14 years. District Judge Patti Saris, a Massachusetts judge appointed by President Bill Clinton. surgeon general.