SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the prosecution in a case of illegal gun possession by a person with a nonimmigrant visa must prove he knew of his legal status, and the inquiry courts should follow in deciding to close the courtroom to the public.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Third, the court found that BLM used internally inconsistent emission rates. In 2018, the court vacated EPA’s earlier denial of the request.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Its legal proceedings take place out of public view, under seal, with a low standard of evidence and often a court-appointed attorney for the fetus — but none for the person gestating it. Once the court has exercised this jurisdiction, she says, “they’re free to do all kinds of stuff that are ‘in the best interests of the unborn child.’ ”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Sunset in Hawaii. Hawai‘i Federal Court Sent Honolulu’s and Maui’s Climate Cases Back to State Court; Fossil Fuel Companies Appealed. The court rejected three grounds for federal jurisdiction because the Ninth Circuit rejected them in City of Oakland v. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati . and non-U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

The new balance of power on the court was on display before the term officially began, when the justices rejected a request to block enforcement of S.B. The court’s third liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, also dissented, though she did not join Roberts’ opinion.). An abortion prelude. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. The fall of Roe.

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