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Vaccine Cases Step Out of the Shadows at High Court

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The challengers in one of the cases are a coalition of fourteen states led by Louisiana. We say “almost” because the one (and only) time the full Court heard oral argument on an emergency stay application was way back in December 1970 in the classic administrative-law case of Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v.

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Can fishermen be required to pay for federal monitors? And by the way – should Chevron be overruled?

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But in addition to that plain-vanilla administrative law question, the petition has a second question that is a potential blockbuster: Whether the court should overrule Chevron or at least clarify whether statutory silence about the matter of payment constitutes an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency. relisted after the Jan.

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Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more

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The actuarial board did not adopt a binding definition until 2015 — 13 years after CMS promulgated the regulation. The company faced a series of demands from the FTC it viewed as unreasonable. rescheduled before the Nov. 10 and Jan. 7 conferences; relisted after the Jan. 14 conference).

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Justices delve into a trio of thorny issues in states’ challenge to federal immigration policy

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Texas and Louisiana went to federal court in Texas to challenge the policy. District Judge Drew Tipton agreed with the states that the policy violates federal law and vacated it nationwide. Circuit, strongly resisted Prelogar’s suggestion that lower courts had overlooked the text or history of federal administrative law.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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In U.S. v. Texas, broad questions over immigration enforcement and states’ ability to challenge federal policies

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a dispute over the Biden administration’s authority to set immigration policy. Texas and Louisiana are challenging a federal policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation, arguing that it violates federal law.

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Divided court declines to reinstate Biden’s immigration guidelines, sets case for argument this fall

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Share The Supreme Court will again weigh the executive branch’s authority to set immigration policy as some red states claim that the Biden administration’s enforcement decisions are too lax. Texas and Louisiana went to federal court in Texas to challenge the policy.