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Justices grant review in two cases that test jurisdiction of district courts

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases , both involving the jurisdiction of federal district courts, to the merits docket for the 2022-23 term. An administrative law judge agreed that Cochran had violated federal law, fined her over $20,000, and banned her from practicing before the SEC for five years.

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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

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Share The Supreme Court will kick off its November argument session with the highest-profile cases of that session: challenges to the consideration of race in the admissions process at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The court moved Mallory v. Brackeen , Texas v. President and Fellows of Harvard College on Oct.

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Allegations of racial bias in a death penalty trial

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. 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.

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Menthol vapes and forum shopping, FDA tobacco control comes before justices

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a clash over whether a North Carolina-based company can challenge the Food and Drug Administrations denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. The company, R.J.

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The Myth Of The Modern Swing Vote

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Supreme Court could be pinpointed to a single seat. His jurisprudence wasnt always consistent, but it was often decisive. With his retirement, and the appointments of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, the Court adopted a solid 63 conservative majority. For decades, the gravitational center of the U.S.

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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

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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. DEA , where the court upheld the DEAs denial of psilocybin use under the Controlled Substances Act.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule Must Respond to Emerging Legal Risks

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When the SEC initially proposed the rule, the Supreme Court had not yet embraced the Major Questions Doctrine (MQD), a new doctrine that constrains the function of the administrative state. In the Supreme Court’s recent decision Biden v. And in the Fifth Circuit’s Texas v. Other legal challenges have also arisen.

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