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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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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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The law would mesh with corporate climate disclosure regulations elsewhere, particularly in Europe, and would therefore represent a significant step toward assuring the accuracy, trustworthiness, and transparency of corporate climate performance reporting. 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule Must Respond to Emerging Legal Risks

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Nebraska , the Court relied on the MQD to determine that the Biden Administration could not forgive $430 billion of federal student loan debt under a 2003 Act that had not been the basis for such a sweeping program before. Two recent cases of note have affirmed the use of the MQD. In the Supreme Court’s recent decision Biden v.

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

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The Scramble to Identify Major Questions in Administrative Law In its June 2022 decision in West Virginia v. Nebraska , invalidating the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Env’t Prot. On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court applied the major questions doctrine in 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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