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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

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Share President Joe Biden will issue an executive order to create a commission to study potential reforms to the Supreme Court, the White House announced on Friday. In its statement, the White House indicated that the commission will be a bipartisan one, made up of experts “on the Court and the Court reform debate.” Guy-Uriel E.

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Three Martha Vineyard Migrants File Lawsuit Against DeSantis

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A firm, Lawyers for Civil Rights, in conjunction with the migrant-led nonprofit Alianza Americas, filed the action on behalf of Yanet Doe, Pablo Doe and Jesus Doe who are using pseudonyms for the action “on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated.” YouTube screengrab. ” Gov. employment.”.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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Produce over Politics: Whole Foods Fights for Right to Bar Political Advocacy in Workplace

JonathanTurley

NLRB lawyers are arguing that Whole Foods must allow workers to wear “Black Lives Matter” masks at work, suggesting — in effect — that Bezos should start with the worker and work forward by allowing them to advocate for social change. The Supreme Court has pushed back on federal agencies trying to regulate speech.

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The Vaccine Mandate: The Supreme Court Considers a Trip To “Major-Questions-Land”

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the vaccine mandate cases before the Supreme Court. Businesses and groups are still waiting to see if the Supreme Court will issue an injunction in the OSHA case. If the Biden administration loses on the OSHA case, it would constitute a major political and legal blow.

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“Passing Judgment … on Your Particular Philosophy”: Biden’s First Nominee Versus Biden’s Bork Standard

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. “In passing on this nomination to the Supreme Court, we must also pass judgment on whether or not your particular philosophy is an appropriate one at this time in our history.” In her recent appellate court confirmation process, Jackson expressly refused to discuss her judicial philosophy. One of them was Jackson herself.

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New York Appellate Court Declares Democrats Engaged in Unlawful Gerrymandering

JonathanTurley

” Now an appellate court has also found that Democrats were trying to rig the next election and the five-judge panel ruled against the plan. Those words by President Biden followed a decision by North Carolina’s supreme court rejecting new state legislative districts that favored Republicans. Biden was not alone.

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