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Allegations of racial bias in a death penalty trial

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Cochran , the justices will decide whether federal district courts have the power to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the commission’s administrative law proceedings. The court will hold the other case raising that question, Ham v. In Securities and Exchange Commission v.

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Money for safety-net hospitals at stake in dispute over Medicare payment formula

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The Chevron doctrine, a pillar of administrative law, also looms large in the case. Natural Resources Defense Council , determines when a federal court must defer to an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. However, if the statutory language is ambiguous, the court turns to step two. In 2020, the U.S.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court said the petitioner’s “alleged aesthetic injuries reflect nothing more than generalized grievances,” that her allegations regarding traffic hazards did not meet her causation burden, and that alleged construction-related injuries were not redressable because construction was complete. Environmental Defense Fund v.

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