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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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In a December 2020 letter, during his presidential transition, he asked Democratic senators to recommend public defenders and civil rights lawyers, who have generally been underrepresented on the federal bench, for judgeships. Her father then went to law school, eventually becoming the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board.

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