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US House committee to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over US-Mexico border management

JURIST

The hearing included testimony from the attorney generals of Montana, Oklahoma and Missouri—states led by Republican governors—who said they have dealt with impacts from Mayorkas’s policies, even though none of them neighbor Mexico. Attorney General Montana Austin Knudsen noted there had been a devastating fentanyl crisis in Montana.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

As a result of the shortages of public defenders in New Mexico, attorneys have had to represent 156 cases per year and work about 13 hours per case, regardless of whether the case is a misdemeanor or felony, the report details. . hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6 We didn’t get to this problem overnight.

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St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods – Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back

The Crime Report

The ACLU of Missouri said that it had explored a lawsuit to challenge the practice a decade ago but eventually did not because the organization did not have enough information and did not have consistent contact with a potential plaintiff. They say the orders fail to address the underlying problems contributing to their behavior.

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D.C. Circuit Judge Panel Uses Pauline Newman Oral Argument To Flesh Out Advisory Opinion On Comatose Judges

Above The Law

Yesterday, her lawyer argued the claim that used to be taken as a given: Article III judges are pretty damned hard to get rid of without their consent, bad behavior or a death certificate. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. But the term of judges in Article III is different.

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Missouri Governor Mike Parson pardons gun-wielding lawyer couple

JURIST

Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced on Tuesday that he pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at peaceful protestors as they marched past their luxury home in St. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Louis last year.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense. Missouri v. New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ v. Biden , No. 4:21-cv-00287 (E.D.

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