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Court adds seven new cases to the 2025-26 term

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Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics , the Supreme Court ruled that individuals can bring a lawsuit for money damages against government officials for a violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. Hecox , a challenge to Idaho’s ban; and West Virginia v. a challenge to West Virginia’s ban.

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Government contractors’ defenses, election challenges, and intellectual disability in capital cases

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Supporting briefs from groups including the Professional Services Council warn the lower courts ruling may chill contractor participation in federal programs. Hencely contends the 4th Circuit applied a new preemption theory unmoored from the FTCAs text or Supreme Court precedent, extending the 1988 Supreme Court decision Boyle v.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

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It was in response to the Supreme Court decision Kelo v. Although not as emphatic as the first two, it is still a clear call from this generation for a truly democratic system. The fourth and final amendment to pass was an amendment limiting eminent domain. New London.

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US Supreme Court asked to hear case on removal of Trump from Colorado primary ballot

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” Also on Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that it would not block Trump from appearing on its 2024 primary ballot. Last week, a West Virginia district court also dismissed a lawsuit seeking to ban Trump from the next primary ballot. I felt they read the Constitution.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. West Virginia v. Northern Plains Resource Council v.