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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

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legal system. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. For many with legal problems, simply knowing the law and their rights is the first step toward achieving a resolution.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” Idaho, filed Apr.

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Could the Biden Administration Cancel Oil and Gas Leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?

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While the first lease sale is not legally required to occur for another year, the Trump Administration is moving ahead now. 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. procedural requirements.” There is a catch, however.

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