Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 2, 2023

“The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 21, 2024

Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show that the transfer brought about some harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment, but that harm need not be significant. City of St.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The intermediate appellate court held that the defendant was not entitled to present the defense because he had “reasonable legal alternatives” to trespass and obstruction even if those alternatives were not effective. The court further found that EPCA’s legislative history did not support the plaintiff’s “expansive interpretation.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

They say Roe and Casey are not worthy of the deference that the court typically affords to its prior decisions. Twelve governors write similarly that the court’s abortion precedent represents an “intrusion into the sovereign sphere of the States.” Moreover, they write, “abortion was a longstanding common-law crime.”.

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