Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As we wrote here in early January, GMR and RMLC entered into a conditional settlement to end their long-running court battle over music royalty rates, but enough radio stations had to agree to the licensing terms set by GMR before the settlement would become effective. We wrote in more detail about these changes, here. ( Federal Register ).

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LawSites

MARCH 11, 2024

Yet when Malamud and his organization Public.Resource.Org , sought to publish the official statutes of the state of Georgia, the state sued him , accusing him in its court filing of engaging in “terrorism.” Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico and Tennessee all do as well, according to Malamud. “If

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

These permitting decisions may then subject transmission lines to NEPA, among other statutes. . In May, the Court modified its earlier vacatur of NWP 12 to cover only future oil and gas pipeline construction. The Corps appealed the District Court’s amended ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2025

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday for South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid coverage since it performs abortions. Respondents noted that Congress has “spoken clearly” by abiding the court’s precedent even if exact language is necessary.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The opinion, authored by Idaho Attorney General (AG) Raúl Labrador, concerns § 18-622(2) of the Idaho Criminal Code. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.” Idaho defines life as beginning at fertilization.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 19, 2024

“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

Share With two dozen cases from its 2021-22 term still undecided, the Supreme Court on Tuesday released the first argument calendar for its 2022-23 term. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit used the correct test to determine whether wetlands are “waters of the United States” for purposes of the Clean Water Act. Goertz (Oct.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court upheld a statutory ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Friday. The Texas Supreme Court found that SB 14 does not infringe on the parental right to make medical care decisions for their children because that right competes with the interest of protecting children from harm.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

There has been much talk in the last week about a letter from the University of Idaho General Counsel’s Office warning professors about discussing abortion. The warning is outgrowth of the No Public Funds for Abortion Act (Idaho Code Section 18-8701 through Section 18-8711). The letter triggered alarm on the Idaho faculty.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out some old relists in the last few order lists. The court denied review in Smith v. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 6th, and 11th Circuits rejected the group’s arguments.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 5, 2024

“Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban; The court also temporarily reinstated the state law, which the Biden administration said conflicts with a federal statute on emergency-room care”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 2, 2024

Supreme Court will take up abortion again with oral arguments in Moyle v. The issue before the Court is whether Idaho’s strict abortion law is preempted by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in situations where an abortion is necessary stabilizing treatment for an emergency medical condition. Supreme Court.

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Above The Law

MAY 14, 2025

Across five of the most closely watched federal appellate cases of the past year, a striking pattern has emerged: courts are grappling with cutting-edge questions at the intersection of constitutional doctrine, statutory interpretation, and contemporary social and technological realities. Opinion Court: U.S. Hytera Communications Corp.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case concerning whether a 1986 federal law preempts Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. The Idaho statute criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion unless not doing so would result in the mother’s death.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily reinstated Idaho’s abortion ban, which includes emergency abortions, and agreed to hear arguments on the matter. Section 18-622 of the Idaho Statutes criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion, unless not doing so would result in the mother’s death.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). FEATURED CASE.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would provide confidentiality to suppliers and manufacturers of lethal injection drugs. At a hearing on February 17, Idaho Department of Correction Director Josh Tewalt stated : “[T]he state does not have the material ability to carry out an execution.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Numerous groups attack the viability standard that the court adopted in Roe v. Trinity Legal Center and Catholic Medical Association, National Association of Catholic Nurses-USA, Idaho Chooses Life and Texas Alliance for Life make similar arguments. Amicus briefs supporting Mississippi. The viability framework. Against stare decisis.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 30, 2020

Needless to say, this statute does not allow Virginia agencies to address routine business by meeting electronically for the next few weeks or months. Other states allow for remote participation in public meetings, but in formats that are simply impractical today.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) approval of an offshore drilling and production facility off the coast of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, finding that BOEM failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). FEATURED CASE. 20-472 (U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over whether a federal law requiring hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide “necessary stabilizing treatment” in an emergency overrides an Idaho law that bars most abortions. Shortly after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. After a divided U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As long as the harm isnt something specifically covered by precedent, the general feeling of courts is that law enforcement shouldnt be punished for rights violations they can plausibly (at least under precedent) claim they had no idea were rights violations, no matter how immediately egregious those rights violations were. Carpenter did.

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JURIST

AUGUST 3, 2022

Biden signed the order in a video call to the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access , established after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and led by Vice President Kamala Harris. ” The president also spoke about the need for Congress to codify abortion protections into federal law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, once celebrated as a stalwart conservative and a crowning achievement of the Trump presidency, now finds herself under fire from the very base that championed her confirmation. Her recent vote in Department of State v. Lets unpack the data.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But there is reason to believe they might be invalidated by the courts. Thus, for example, the Secretary of the Interior has previously cancelled leases that were issued before the requirements of NEPA and other statutes were met. Those cancellations have, where considered, been upheld by the courts (see here for an example).

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. After going two conferences without any new relists, the Supreme Court ended the relist drought this week with a vengeance. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to lift those orders while they appealed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. FEATURED CASE. States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 3, 2024

The Trump docket Even before the Supreme Court issued its July 1 decision holding that former presidents cannot face criminal liability for their official acts, Trump had already effectively scored a major victory from the justices. The 6-3 ruling that came from the court on July 1 made the prospect of any trial even more uncertain.

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