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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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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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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. First, the Supreme Court concluded that the statute requiring Commission approval of affiliated-interest agreement did not require environmental review. Idaho, filed Apr. Maui and Honolulu oppose the extension request.

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

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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. Second, if a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.”. procedural requirements.”

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