JonathanTurley

MAY 19, 2021

Both of those concerns seem to have coalesced in the arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a classmate. One of the greatest threats to free speech is the chilling effect caused by ambiguous or vague standards like the one contained in this statute. The Connecticut arrest comes as the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. A Connecticut man was thrown off a bridge on Thanksgiving last year after he intervened to protect a woman in an argument with her boyfriend.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act. holding that the scope of appellate review of remand orders extended beyond review of removal based on the federal-officer removal statute.

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