Patently O

MARCH 17, 2024

More recently, Republican state attorneys general have filed numerous challenges to federal government actions on matters such as abortion , gun control , and immigration in single-judge divisions in Texas. There are rare patent cases that challenge the validity of the patent statutes or the way those statutes are applied by the PTO (e.g.,

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LettersBlogatory

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A court in Israel has ordered the government there to recognize marriages conducted by an officiant in Utah between Israelis attending remotely via videoconferencing from Israel. Why, you ask, would Israelis be interested in being married under Utah law? Cyprus is a typical destination. 117 (1922) ).

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

To the contrary, in the year it was ratified (1868), thirty of thirty-seven states explicitly criminalized abortion by statute.” According to the group, the court wrongly concluded in Roe that the 19th-century statutes had been enacted to protect women from dangerous operations, rather than to protect fetuses.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The defendants filed their reply brief on January 22, 2020, reiterating their arguments that the Tenth Circuit should review the entire remand order, not just the district court’s determination that removal was not proper under the federal-officer removal statute, and that there were multiple valid grounds for removal. City of Oakland v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The federal defendants, the States of Wyoming and Utah, and several trade groups appealed the district court’s November 2020 decision. WildEarth Guardians v. Haaland , Nos. 21-5006, 21-5020, 21-5021, 21-5023, 21-5024 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act , immigrants can be denied green cards if, “in the opinion of” the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the person is “likely at any time to become a public charge.” (relisted after the Jan. Kane County, Utah v. Kane County, Utah , 20-96. 15 conference).

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