SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2022

The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.” military veterans.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2021

In this case, for example, the claimants in agency proceedings from 2013 to 2015 did not know that a 2018 decision of the Supreme Court would invalidate the SSA’s process for appointing administrative law judges, and so they did not complain about that process before the agency.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

The case here involves administrative proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act. Under the statutory framework, the NLRB files an administrative complaint, which launches an agency proceeding before an administrative law judge, whose decision is subject to review by the NLRB and then, in due course, in the federal courts of appeals.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2023

The technicians in this case had been unionized for 45 years when the Guard, in effect, terminated its collective-bargaining relationship with their union, the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 3970, AFL-CIO. The case begins with a common “union avoidance” narrative.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The two cases involve substantively identical statutes that govern challenges to final orders issued by the FTC and the SEC. In each case, the statutes provide that the sole method for challenging those orders is a petition for review in the court of appeals. Those are the two statutes we have. Again, what am I missing?

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LettersBlogatory

DECEMBER 8, 2022

KBR Government Operations. The Defense Base Act is a federal statute that gives a worker’s compensation-like benefit to employees of US government and military contractors injured at work overseas. If so, is the administrative law judge a judicial authority? The case of the day is Begisholli v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 11, 2022

This week they’re replaced by three new relists, all involving government petitions in one way or another. Both cases present the question whether statutes that authorize appellate courts to review final agency adjudications implicitly strip district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to those proceedings.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

1983 — which allows private suits for state and local deprivations of rights secured by federal law—to enforce federal statutes enacted under Congress’ spending clause power. VCR is a government nursing facility in Indiana owned by petitioner Health and Hospital Corp., Background. a municipal entity.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Court’s Chevron decision established a bedrock principle of administrative law. Under Chevron , courts must defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency is charged with administering, even if they are inclined to rule another way. Natural Resources Defense Council , 467 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It sued in a federal district court, arguing that the FTC’s proceedings are unconstitutional both because the method of appointing ALJs (administrative law judges) violates the Constitution’s appointments clause and because the combination of investigatory, prosecutorial, and adjudicatory functions offends the due process clause.

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Patently O

JULY 10, 2022

That complaint was then decided against Correll an Administrative Law Judge and issued a 5-year suspension from practice. I would suggest compensation as a distinguishing mark applies for the parallel statute 18 U.S.C. § Drew Hirshfeld in his role as agency head affirmed the ALJ finding. EPA , 202 F.3d 3d 296 (D.C. Pickering v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2023

The Magnuson-Stevens Act governs the management of fisheries in federal waters and provides that the National Marine Fisheries Service may require vessels to carry federal observers onboard to enforce agency regulations to prevent overfishing. A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. In dissent, Judge Justin R.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Garland , 20-979 , which seems a likely grant, because the government, as respondent, agrees that there is a circuit split and review is warranted on one of the questions presented. The 11th Circuit also held that noncitizens are inadmissible even if their misrepresentation of citizenship is immaterial to the government benefit sought.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia ’s Legal Climate Framework Colombia’s climate change laws are extensive and align with its open commitment to fight climate change and its devastating effects. Among the main legal statutes are: Law 164 of 1994 on the UNFCCC. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol. Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2023

Under the INA, a withholding-of-removal applicant must show they are likely to be persecuted in the country to which the government will send them. However, the government can rebut this presumption by showing that the applicant’s life or freedom would not be threatened in the removal country due to their membership in a protected group.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 14, 2022

1983 ; and (2) whether, assuming spending clause statutes ever give rise to private rights enforceable via Section 1983, the Federal Nursing Home Amendments Act of 1987 ’s transfer and medication rules do so.” Axon Enterprise, Inc. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.:

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2022

Empire Health Foundation, the Supreme Court had yet another chance to topple the Chevron doctrine , a stalwart of administrative law under which courts generally defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Share On Friday, in Becerra v. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Under the statute, an agency must publish notice of proposed rules prior to them becoming law. Even if not determinative, airing criticism, gathering diverse perspectives, and requiring a reasoned response uphold good governance norms and the model of administrative law. ” 5 U.S.C. §

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

After plaintiff appealed the decision, an Administrative Law Judge determined that plaintiff was in fact entitled to benefits from defendant. 27-9-114 and § 45-3-322, which together establish that “[j]udicial review of an administrative agency’s action is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court.”

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Patently O

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A decision favoring the petitioner would also be seen as bolstering the Administrative Procedure Act’s notice and comment requirements. The best place to begin any analysis is probably with the statute. The key trademark statute followed by the USPTO is the 1946 Lanham Act. ” 15 U.S.C. 1051(a)(2).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an opinion that is currently under appeal in the Third Circuit, the Middle District court held that, because the federal government has authority to determine transmission system needs and potential solutions, a state cannot deny a siting permit based on its own determination that a project is not needed. FERC Order No.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

When it applies, it is because the right in question is a “public” right that would not have required the kind of “[s]ui[t] at common law” to which the Seventh Amendment applies. The third question in the case is whether the Constitution allows Congress to give the SEC’s administrative law judges protection from removal.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

In 1981, Congress passed a statute requiring that reimbursement rates paid to organizations for managing state Medicaid plans must be “actuarially sound.” The case has already been rescheduled three times, clearly indicating it’s on at least one of the justices’ radar. Next up is Texas v. rescheduled before the Nov. 10 and Jan.

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Customs & International Trade Law

MAY 13, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the Federal Maritime Commission ( Commission ) published that they are seeking public comment on proposed modifications to its rules governing Carrier Automated Tariffs through this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). 10,899,728 (“the ‘728 patent”). 10,129,590 (“the ‘590 Patent”); and U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Becerra , a sleeper of a case involving billions of dollars in federal spending and a chance to reshape two doctrines at the heart of administrative law. Drugs, money, and the law: Sounds sexy, right? A drug’s “average price” is fixed elsewhere in the Medicare statute, typically at 106% of the drug’s sale price.

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Customs & International Trade Law

OCTOBER 28, 2022

OFAC on October 26, 2022, is designating 10 Iranian officials for the brutal ongoing crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran, as well as two Iranian intelligence actors and two Iranian entities involved in the Iranian government’s efforts to disrupt digital freedom. . United States Department of Commerce (DOC).

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

837 (1984), courts must defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency is charged with administering, even if they are inclined to rule another way. The Court’s decision in Chevron is one of the most frequently cited administrative law decisions. In Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The justices said not a word about the second challenge, and they made only one offhand comment about the third challenge, when Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested in passing that the administrative law judges’s appointments won’t pass muster with him.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Chevron doctrine, a pillar of administrative law, also looms large in the case. Natural Resources Defense Council , determines when a federal court must defer to an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. That doctrine, first applied in 1984 in Chevron U.S.A. The Chevron analysis involves two steps.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Rahimi , which involves a petition for review by the federal government, strikes me as a particularly likely candidate for review. The federal government now asks the justices to weigh in on the case, arguing that the domestic violence ban is constitutional. That last case, United States v. That’s all for this term. .

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

51] That doctrine only applies to federal regulations, however, not to state statutes, so it does not pose a danger to the two California bills. Moreover, the Supreme Court recently signaled again that states are free to enact environmental laws that may be beyond federal powers. [52] 2] See, e.g., Jacqueline M.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 18, 2023

The court’s grant suggests the court may be poised to narrow the scope of standing for members of Congress to sue to enforce statutes. Somewhat surprisingly, the court took both the case the government recommended, Jackson v. FDIC , involving separation of powers and administrative law claims. First up is Calcutt v.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 26, 2023

With no action from the White House, Apple now faces a federal government order to halt imports and sales of Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 devices because it incorporates light-based pulse oximetry technology covered by the claims of Masimo’s U.S. But, eBay only applies in district court cases, and does not apply to USITC decisions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

After nearly two-and-a-half hours of debate, it was difficult to predict precisely how the justices will resolve the case, which could have significant implications not only for the the executive branch’s ability to set immigration policy but also for states’ ability to sue the federal government when they disagree with its actions.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Under Chevron , a reviewing court examines the statute under which an agency claims the authority to regulate, to see if Congressional intent is clear. If a reviewing court were to show no deference to past practice, nor a willingness to read the agency’s enabling statute deferentially, it could hamstring the agency’s ability to regulate.

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