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Supreme Court rules proposed EPA regulations unconstitutional

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the authority under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to enforce proposed power plant emission limitations in West Virginia v. ” In West Virginia v. ” The final ruling was 6-3 on ideological lines.

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Tick, Tick, Tick…: The Supreme Court Readies an Explosive Docket for 2022

JonathanTurley

After Dobbs was accepted, advocates sought to enjoin a Texas law that banned abortion after just six weeks. The court ruled 5-4 to allow the Texas law to be enforced. The Biden administration and other litigants then forced a reconsideration of that decision. Chevron USA Inc.

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Supreme Court to decide whether insurrection provision keeps Trump off ballot

SCOTUSBlog

A state administrative law judge agreed that Greene’s “heated rhetoric may well have contributed to the environment that ultimately led to” the attack on the Capitol, but he concluded that she had not engaged in an insurrection. In a ruling on Dec. Chase, sitting on the court of appeals.

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