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Justices to consider standards for special-education discrimination suits 

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Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. The discrimination statutes bar any discrimination by a public entity (such as a school district) by reason of [any] disability. So what have the lower courts done?

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In a slew of new cases, the justices take in closer look

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Courts upcoming conference the second January conference — is ordinarily the justices last opportunity to add new cases to the docket in time for them to review and decide the disputes by the summer recess.

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100 Days of Trump 2.0: Laying the Groundwork for Future Climate Litigation Battles

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Courts have generally granted these requests. The first Trump administration delayed and then repealed portions of the rule, but these actions were blocked or vacated by federal district courts in California. After the repeal of the 2016 rule was vacated, a federal district court in Wyoming vacated the 2016 rule itself in October 2020.

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Challenges to a Washington state legislative district

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. It’s been a blissful, relist-free month since the court’s last conference. Palmer , which was overseen by a conventional one-judge district court, was decided first. Palmer would ordinarily go through the U.S.

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Federal appeals court upholds Indiana law mandating reporting of abortion complications

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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky filed a complaint arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague. However, Judge St.

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North Carolina’s voter-ID lawsuit, racial bias in juries and a veteran’s disability claim

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Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit eventually affirmed the district court’s denial of the legislators’ attempt on the ground that the state attorney general was adequately defending the law. Federal law curtails the extent to which a federal court can consider arguments that a prisoner has not presented in state court.

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Six cases to look out for

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. With just a few weeks left before the Supreme Court’s summer recess, we’re entering the busiest phase of the year for relists. The court granted review in two cases on Monday: one-time relist Facebook v.