SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

If the justices grant the petition, it would be the first time the Supreme Court addresses the First Amendment implications of secret audio recordings. In Louisiana v. Louisiana v. The next free-speech challenge involves the limits of the First Amendment’s prohibition on compelled speech.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 12, 2023

Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are generally not the proper forum for resolving claims that the Executive Branch should make more arrests or bring more prosecutions.”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Supreme Court has held that the federal government assumes a trust obligation to assert reserved water rights for Native tribes only when it “ expressly accepts those responsibilities by statute ,” by regulation, or by treaty with a tribe. Louisiana , 21-993. relisted after the Oct. 28 conference). Returning Relists.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Louisiana , 21-993. permits courts to defer to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro-veteran canon of construction; and (2) whether Chevron should be overruled. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relists. Returning Relists. 28 and Oct.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Share With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high as a result of the Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on Thursday put the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on hold, while litigation over its legality continues in the lower courts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. The court granted the company leave to amend its complaint with 21 days. In an unpublished decision, the D.C. Resolute Forest Products, Inc.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The New Jersey court also found no basis for Grable jurisdiction, rejecting the companies’ arguments that the City’s claims necessarily raised substantial and actually disputed issues of federal law such as First Amendment issues or issues addressed by federal environmental statutes. Louisiana v. Haaland , No. Biden , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

A federal district court in Missouri put the rule on hold for 10 states, while a federal district court in Louisiana did the same for 14 other states. The states argue that the provision on which the government relies is a “housekeeping statute” that does not give HHS the broad power that the government claims.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If the renewal license was an order, the First Circuit asked the state court to address whether the CCA expressly preempted the ordinance challenged in this case. Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. City of Oakland v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed , holding that because a federal agency now has the final say over how the private horse-racing authority implements the federal statute, the amended law did not impermissibly delegate authority to a private entity. In a one-paragraph order, the justices granted the authoritys request.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Among them are Griffith v. Both sides appealed, leading to a complex legal battle over voting rights and state authority.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. The federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana enjoined work on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. 16-35380, 16-35382 (9th Cir. Future Generations v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As a general matter, the state observes, stare decisis is “at its weakest” when courts are interpreting the Constitution, because the democratically elected branches have no recourse (short of a constitutional amendment) to correct a court’s erroneous constitutional interpretation. (By Last year, in Ramos v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The Biden administration returned to ask for an injunction from the same justices a few weeks later and for a ruling on the statute. Louisiana (2020) (a non-abortion case) that the court cannot maintain a precedent that is “grievously or egregiously wrong.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The court further found that EPCA’s legislative history did not support the plaintiff’s “expansive interpretation.” Louisiana v. Oatly Group AB , No. Biden , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Intratek Computer , the government will weigh in on the effect of a federal whistleblower statute on an arbitration agreement between an employer and its employee. A three-judge district court ruled that D.C. The other cases in which the justices denied review included: Louisiana v. In Robertson v. million in fees.

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