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The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

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In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner. Env’t Prot. As Justice Kagan points out in her Biden v.

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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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Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more

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Morrissey-Berru , under which employees deemed “ministers” of religious institutions are not covered by various employment and discrimination laws. Federal Trade Commission , 21-86 , involves the manufacturer of the law-enforcement device immortalized in the formerly trademarked phrase, “ Don’t tase me, bro! Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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