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ACLU sues Idaho over legal opinion expanding abortion restrictions

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday announced it had filed a lawsuit to block the application of a legal opinion in connection with Idaho’s abortion laws. The opinion, authored by Idaho Attorney General (AG) Raúl Labrador, concerns § 18-622(2) of the Idaho Criminal Code.

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

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But local governments operate under varying legal parameters, and the Ninth Circuit decision has different implications for different building electrification requirements depending on location, legal landscape, and policy approach. This post is not expressing a legal opinion on Ithaca’s code.) Under EPCA, the U.S.

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Biden signs executive order authorizing federal funds for abortion patients traveling across state lines

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Biden signed the order in a video call to the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access , established after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and led by Vice President Kamala Harris. In his remarks before signing, Biden said: I believe Roe got it right.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Idaho, filed Dec. 3:20-cv-01086 (W.D.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. 20-1530 (U.S. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. 20-1531 (U.S. County of Maui v.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Three physicians and the Catholic Association Foundation write that advances in science have “painted an intimate portrait of the fetus and its humanity” and therefore the court’s viability framework is outdated. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case.