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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The federal district court for the Southern District of California rejected challenges to waivers of environmental laws granted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for certain types of border wall construction projects in San Diego County. Foster , 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES. Alaska, filed Feb.

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The Case Against the Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas

JonathanTurley

The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. Immigration has long been an area of intense policy disagreements. 2680(a) for policy-based judgments.

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Questions about Thursday’s oral argument in the birthright citizenship dispute? We have (some) answers. 

SCOTUSBlog

But in these cases, the Trump administration did not file a petition for review; instead, it filed emergency applications to partly block the orders issued by district courts in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington. There are three cases, which the court will hear consolidated as one on Thursday: Trump v. Senior U.S.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. State of Washington ex rel. Spokane County District Court , No. Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. FEATURED CASE.

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