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Free exercise, greenhouse-gas regulation, and a slew of other relists from the long conference

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Smith , which held that the free exercise clause does not prohibit the enforcement of generally applicable laws that incidentally burden religious conduct. involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive.

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Foreign intelligence surveillance and immigration

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Inslee , a challenge to a Washington state law that shields the personal information of in-home care providers from public disclosure but allows the state to provide that data to the union that represents the providers. On Monday, the court denied review to just one of those cases, Boardman v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.