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US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s ‘independent legislature’ theory

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The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Moore v. The theory stipulates that state legislatures retain exclusive authority over the administration of elections; therefore, state courts are not allowed to intervene, even if the law in question violates the state constitution.

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“Remain in Mexico” and Texas’ anti-abortion law

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Texas presents the latest stage in the Biden administration’s attempt to unwind the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy. immigration court. In June 2021, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security issued a decision terminating the policy. Texas abortion law. The law, S.B.

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Colorado G.O.P. asks justices to review Trump ballot eligibility

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Share Lawyers for Colorado’s Republican Party came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to overturn a ruling by that state’s highest court that would leave former President Donald Trump off Colorado’s primary ballot in 2024 because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. And on Dec.

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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Further, the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (national legislation providing the general framework concerning the adoption and implementation of measures to combat global warming) was revised in May 2021. Civil law cases. This case is still pending before the Kobe District Court. Administrative complaints.

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Divided court declines to reinstate Biden’s immigration guidelines, sets case for argument this fall

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The justices will hear the case in late November without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in. The justices left in place a district-court ruling striking down the policy, which means that the Biden administration cannot implement it while it waits for the Supreme Court to hear argument and issue a decision.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Her father then went to law school, eventually becoming the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board. Her mother became an administrator and served as the principal at a public magnet school for 14 years. She spent the year between college and law school as a reporter and researcher at Time magazine in New York.

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Becerra’s Blunder: Did the Administration Allow Fauci and other Officials to Operate Illegally?

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A House Committee is alleging that the Administration failed to properly reappoint directors at the National Institutes of Health. For reasons the Biden administration has yet to explain, it appears to have ignored the law, according to the House committee. That, too, is not allowed under federal law. Rand Paul (R-Ky.),

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