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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

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The plaintiffs allege that this provision violates the Virginia Readmission Act , a law passed in 1870 alongside a series of statutes to readmit representatives from former Confederate states to Congress. According to the complaint, only nine crimes were considered felonies under Virginia common law in 1870.

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Cases on Clean Water Act and Voting Rights Act will headline October oral arguments

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3, the justices will hear oral argument in important cases involving issues such as voting rights, the Clean Water Act, and a challenge to a California animal-welfare law. During the argument session that begins on Oct. The justices will kick off the argument session with Sackett v. Pennsylvania (Oct. Milligan (Oct. Goertz (Oct.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

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Even if the decision stands, it applies only in the Ninth Circuit, which encompasses Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Air pollution is governed at the federal, state, and sometimes local levels, and the relevant federal statute is the U.S.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

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Transmission lines are, like generation facilities, often held up by litigation. However, as explained below, siting decisions for pipelines and transmission lines are governed by different laws, and while both are subject to environmental review, their environmental impacts are not comparable. Three Recent Pipeline Setbacks.

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Court allows Idaho to generally enforce ban on gender-transition care for minors

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Idaho to temporarily enforce a state law criminalizing gender-transition care for minors against anyone who is not part of a lawsuit currently challenging that ban. The state enacted the law at the center of the dispute last year. Before the law could go into effect, U.S.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Southern Environmental Law Center v. and non-U.S. Marten , No.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. and non-U.S.

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