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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 3 to April 7, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Chair, House Energy and Commerce Committee) asserted that the HDO “violates Commission rules and precedents in several ways,” and asked the Chairwoman to provide, by April 19, responses to fourteen questions concerning the facts surrounding the decision to issue the HDO and the Bureau’s legal theories supporting it.

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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

Above The Law

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. Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Other Areas: 15 points.

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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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She spent the year between college and law school as a reporter and researcher at Time magazine in New York. In the 17 years following her graduation from law school, Jackson held a variety of legal jobs. She attained three federal clerkships, worked at four elite law firms, and served two stints with the Sentencing Commission.