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US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s ‘independent legislature’ theory

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Harper that the “ independent legislature ” election theory, which has been the legal foundation for many of the recent Republican-led efforts to change election administration law and overturn 2020 election results, is an invalid interpretation of the Election Clause of the Constitution. Reno and Cooper v.

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Court holds disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases unconstitutional

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Since 1986, in all states other than Alabama or North Carolina, those cases have been administered by the U.S. In Alabama and North Carolina, by contrast, the cases have been administered by trustees appointed by the judicial branch. Trustee Program in the Department of Justice.

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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

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Share The Supreme Court will kick off its November argument session with the highest-profile cases of that session: challenges to the consideration of race in the admissions process at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. 11, to Nov. Cochran (Nov.

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The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

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The Scramble to Identify Major Questions in Administrative Law In its June 2022 decision in West Virginia v. The challenge of meeting changing conditions in administrative law is known as the pacing problem: scientific and technological developments will nearly always outstrip the pace of government oversight. Env’t Prot.

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No Laughing Matter: The Third Circuit Reverses NLRB Sanction Over Joke

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In a highly controversial opinion, NLRB administrative law judge, Kenneth Chu , ruled against The Federalist. One such campaign led to a truly tragic outcome with criminology professor Mike Adams at the University of North Carolina (Wilmington). He then tweeted a condemnation of North Carolina Gov.

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

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University of North Carolina , 21-707. ” After Axon Enterprise acquired a competitor, it found itself subjected to antitrust review by the Federal Trade Commission. 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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