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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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The National Marine Fisheries Service construed the governing statute to allow it to require industry to pay the salaries of those monitors. Circuit held that the statute was reasonably read to allow the agency to require industry to pay the cost of federal monitors. A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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

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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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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. When Prelogar countered that the lower courts had misinterpreted the statute, Roberts let out a surprised “wow.”.

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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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