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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

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Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. It reportedly includes claims of felony and misdemeanor charges of unlawful restraint, but didn’t name individual suspects. To great acclaim, Rachael Rollins, then the U.S.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Supreme Court called the appellate court’s conclusion that there are always reasonable legal alternatives to disobeying constitutional laws “untenable,” and held that “reasonable legal alternatives” must be effective. First Circuit Vacated Stay Order in Lawsuit Alleging Exxon Failed to Prepare Petroleum Terminal for Climate Change.

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