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US Supreme Court hears arguments in major climate change chase

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in West Virginia v. The Supreme Court agreed to take up the case, while the Biden administration has announced plans to draft its own set of new regulations. Environmental Protection Agency , a major test of the agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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In climate-change case, justices grapple with EPA’s role, congressional intent, and their own jurisdiction

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The case, West Virginia v. The Supreme Court then granted a request by Republican-led states and coal companies to review that ruling; meanwhile, the Biden administration EPA has indicated that it will not reinstate the Clean Power Plan and is instead drafting its own rules on greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.

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Greenhouse gases and “major questions”: Justices to hear argument on EPA’s power to tackle climate change

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The dispute at the center of West Virginia v. Two coal-mining companies and 20 Republican-led states, including West Virginia and North Dakota, asked the Supreme Court to review the D.C. And depending on exactly how the justices rule, their decision could limit the power of federal agencies more broadly. Circuit’s ruling.

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A justice stewarding a Constitution

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The court had already held in West Virginia State Board of Education v. She told me to draft a concurrence outlining her own view that Newdow had standing, and that the Pledge passed constitutional muster. One of the highest-profile cases decided during my clerkship with her was Elk Grove Unified School District v.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 8 to May 12, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released a Public Notice announcing that EEO Mid-Term Reviews for radio and television stations will start with review of the Annual EEO Public File Reports filed by radio stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.

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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – License Renewal Activities and Lots of Comment Dates

Broadcast Law Blog

With the June 3 filing deadline fast approaching for license renewals for radio stations in Maryland, DC, Virginia and West Virginia , stations (including FM translators and LPFMs) licensed to any community in any of those states should be beginning to prepare their applications.

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June Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters:  TV Renewals, EEO Public File Reports, Comments on Zonecasting, Start of Channel 6 FM Rulemaking and More

Broadcast Law Blog

In the draft of the NPRM released earlier this month, the channel 6 stations authorized to provide the FM service would be limited, including a proposal that the authority would be restricted to those LPTV Channel 6 stations already providing such an audio service.