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Justice Breyer as administrative law pragmatist

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Orthwein distinguished professor of law at Washington University in St. He is coauthor of a casebook on administrative law and has written many articles on that subject. There has never been any mystery about the jurisprudential premises of Justice Stephen Breyer’s approach to issues of public law. Similarly, in Lucia v.

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Civil law cases.

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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States, however, retain primary authority over “ siting, permitting, and construction ” of most transmission lines. But a Middle District of Pennsylvania court recently established one key limit on states’ authority to block new transmission lines through the siting process. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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SCOTUS to Determine Future of Chevron Deference

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has now granted certiorari in two cases challenging the continued viability of its long-standing decision in Chevron v. The two cases, which will be heard sometime in January, both ask the Court to overrule or at least curtail so-called “Chevron deference.” Supreme Court’s decision in Chevron U.S.A.

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Justices take up cases on power of district courts and regulation of wetlands

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Jan. One involves the power of federal district courts; the other tests the scope of the Clean Water Act. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld that decision.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 13 to March 17, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

As we’ve reported in previous weekly updates, the FCC’s Media Bureau has issued a hearing designation order referring questions about Standard General Broadcasting’s proposed acquisition of the TEGNA broadcast stations to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for an evidentiary hearing.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 27 to March 31, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

Action continued this week on the FCC’s Media Bureau’s hearing designation order referring questions about Standard General Broadcasting’s proposed acquisition of the TEGNA broadcast stations to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for an evidentiary hearing.