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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Court first addressed the threshold issue of standing, concluding that at least Missouri had the right to challenge the student loan forgiveness program. MOHELA could no longer service those closed accounts, costing it, by Missouri’s estimate, $44 million a year in fees…The plan’s harm to MOHELA is also a harm to Missouri.”

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Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Missouri , involves a federal rule requiring all health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are eligible for a medical or religious exemption. The post Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Divided Court Stays OSHA Vaccine or Test Mandate While Allowing CMS Vaccination Rule to Proceed

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Missouri , the Court ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule should be allowed to take effect nationwide as the lower courts consider legal challenges. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can’t go into effect while lawsuits are pending. However, held in Biden v.

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Christian Group Scores Major Legal Victory Against University of Iowa

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Missouri offered grants to qualifying organizations to resurface playgrounds. Trinity Lutheran operated a religious preschool and applied for a grant but was turned away because the Missouri Constitution prohibited the state from giving money to religious institutions. Comer puts the question beyond debate. 2012 (2017).

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Fauci and White House Officials Ordered to Testify in Social Media Censorship Case

JonathanTurley

The lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana was joined by experts, including Drs. Dorsey and the other CEOs were asked about my warning of a “little brother problem, a problem which private entities do for the government which it cannot legally do for itself.” Dorsey insisted that there was no such censorship office or effort.

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The Defunct Disinformation Governance Board Sought to Censor Opposing Views on Racial Justice, the Afghan Withdrawal and Other Political Subjects

JonathanTurley

Recently, a court found that the Biden Administration’s censorship efforts constituted “ the most massive attack against free speech in United States history. criticized me for offering “legal opinions” without working at Twitter. Those words by Chief U.S. District Judge Terry A. In the first censorship hearing, Rep.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. FEATURED CASE. Biden , No. 3:21-cv-00065 (S.D. July 12, 2021). BP p.l.c. ,

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