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“Hawaii top court upholds gun laws, criticizes US Supreme Court; Hawaii Supreme Court says it disagrees with U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment rulings; Court upholds laws barring carrying guns in public without a license”

HowAppealing

Hawaii top court upholds gun laws, criticizes US Supreme Court; Hawaii Supreme Court says it disagrees with U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment rulings; Court upholds laws barring carrying guns in public without a license”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

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“Hawaii Struggles To Revise Gun Laws After Supreme Court Decision; Honolulu is the only county in the state that hasn’t yet finalized new concealed-carry gun rules, leading to a backlog in permit applications”

HowAppealing

Hawaii Struggles To Revise Gun Laws After Supreme Court Decision; Honolulu is the only county in the state that hasn’t yet finalized new concealed-carry gun rules, leading to a backlog in permit applications”: James Gonser of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report. So if Paul D.

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New York’s updated concealed-carry law returns to the court

SCOTUSBlog

When the Supreme Court rebuffed the challengers’ effort to again suspend the CCIA last January, the 2nd Circuit grouped the lawsuits together on an expedited schedule for oral argument last March. In December, the court of appeals issued a 261-page decision narrowing the lower court decisions that had put the CCIA on hold.

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New York Ruling Still Leaves Door Open for Gun Control: Study

The Crime Report

Additional Reading: Hawaii Struggles to Revise Gun Laws After Supreme Court Decision. At the moment, it’s unclear whether any similar cases to Bruen will be heard soon. A list of members of the panel and the report itself can be downloaded here. James Van Bramer is Associate Editor of The Crime Report.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In 2021, the District Court ruled that the Berkeley ordinance was not preempted by EPCA , rejecting the notion that EPCA preempts local ordinances that do “not facially address any of those [energy conservation or energy use] standards.” Under EPCA, the U.S. Berkeley has not yet said whether it will appeal the Ninth Circuit’s ruling.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash.

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Is it Okay Now to Say There is a Thin Record on Jackson’s Judicial Philosophy?

JonathanTurley

I not only raised the record solely in terms of her judicial philosophy but previously discussed in writing and on television Jackson’s experience on the court. As I noted later, that is a bizarre take since all but one of those decisions were trial court decisions. Likewise, Sen.

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