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As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River

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Under western water law, which prioritizes first-in-time users, Indian water rights take priority over all others. The federal government and the states of Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada, which intervened below, successfully sought Supreme Court review. After all, tribal nations were there first. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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The law would mesh with corporate climate disclosure regulations elsewhere, particularly in Europe, and would therefore represent a significant step toward assuring the accuracy, trustworthiness, and transparency of corporate climate performance reporting. 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Why Do Utah Legislators Keep ‘Blood Atonement’ on the Statute Books?

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Earlier this month, the Utah House of Representative’s Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, after lengthy and passionate debate, narrowly defeated a bill to repeal the death penalty. In the aftermath of the ruling, a number of states reworked their death penalty statutes to conform with the Court’s decision.

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