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The court’s latest dive into state sovereign immunity pits military veterans against state agencies

SCOTUSBlog

Texas Department of Public Safety , to be argued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether a private individual can sue his state-agency employer for violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. USERRA allows individuals to sue non-compliant employers in either state or federal court.

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Opponents of Bail Reform Rely on ‘Fear Tactics,’ Conference Told  

The Crime Report

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. Two and a half months into bail reform crime in New York City had gone up 20 percent.”. That is unjust in so many ways.”. percent of total arrests and 20.2

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it.

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High Court Gun Ruling Fuels Licensing Debate in States

The Crime Report

A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. It’s not what New Yorkers want,” Hochul said. ““We

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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The Lawrence O’Donnell Factor: Will the Trump Jury Exercise Blind Justice or Willful Blindness?

JonathanTurley

Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere to the rule of law regardless of the identity of the defendant. It is akin to New Jersey Democrat Sen. It is the ultimate jury instruction not from the court but from the community.