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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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PJM determined that a project proposed by Transource consisting of new transmission lines running from West Virginia to Maryland would reduce this congestion and provide net positive economic benefits. The Supremacy Clause serves to “ invalidate[] state law that interferes with or is contrary to federal law.”

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

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Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v.

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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Rulemaking Comments on Various TV Issues and More

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. From health care to finance to environmental pollutants, administrative agencies use highly trained experts to interpret and carry out federal laws.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

JonathanTurley

After Dobbs was accepted, advocates sought to enjoin a Texas law that banned abortion after just six weeks. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The Biden administration and other litigants then forced a reconsideration of that decision. Bruen is a virtual heart attack for gun control advocates.

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

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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.