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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

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7): Whether federal district courts have the power to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the commission’s administrative law proceedings. 8): Whether federal laws enacted under Congress’ spending clause power allow a plaintiff to file a federal civil rights claim for their violation. Brackeen , Texas v.

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Justices grant review in two cases that test jurisdiction of district courts

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Cochran , the justices agreed to decide whether federal district courts have the power to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the commission’s administrative law proceedings. Cochran went instead to a federal district court in Texas, seeking to block the administrative proceedings before the new ALJ.

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