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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

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“The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court. Those provisions remain safely intact in the U.

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Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

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Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. To demand “significance” is to add words—and significant words, as it were—to the statute Congress enacted. But even supposing the City’s worst predictions come true, that would be the result of the statute Congress drafted,” Justice Kagan noted. In Muldrow v. City of St.

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Tough questions for both sides in dispute over “remain in Mexico” policy

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But on the other hand, members of the court – including some conservative justices – challenged the idea that Texas and Missouri could ask a federal court to require the Biden administration to maintain the program, particularly when doing so requires the cooperation of the Mexican government. Representing the Biden administration, U.S.

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Biden vaccine policies face Supreme Court test amid nationwide COVID-19 surge

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Missouri , they will consider a vaccine mandate for health care workers at facilities that receive federal funding. A federal district court in Missouri put the rule on hold for 10 states, while a federal district court in Louisiana did the same for 14 other states. In the second case, Biden v. Several challenges to the rule followed.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program.

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Roberts court hands major wins to Trump, conservative movement in 2023-24 term

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United States , the justices narrowed the scope of a federal criminal statute under which hundreds of Jan. The court in Corner Post ruled that the window to challenge an action by a federal agency, a six-year statute of limitations, begins to run when the plaintiff is injured, even if that injury comes long after the action occurs.

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