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US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects environmental challenge to DACA

JURIST

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision on Monday rejecting an environmental challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The complaint alleged that DHS failed to perform any NEPA review when it implemented DACA and other immigration programs.

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The morning read for Wednesday, June 2

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Rules on Tribal Police and Immigrants’ Testimony (Adam Liptak, The New York Times). Supreme Court will not take up Johnson & Johnson challenge of $2.1 No ‘Magic Words’ Needed as Asylum-Seekers Lose at High Court (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law).

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

A team of researchers from Arizona State University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice recently received a federal grant to study 1,000 911 calls. On it, Harpster has openly espoused misogynistic, transphobic, Islamophobic and anti-immigrant views. Let alone in high-stakes criminal justice situations.”.

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SCOTUS Leaves Title 42 in Place Temporarily

Constitutional Law Reporter

In Arizona et al. Supreme Court agreed to keep the federal government’s Title 42 policy in place while legal challenges continue. By a vote of 5-4, the justices stayed a lower court decision that would have lifted the policy on December 21, 2022. Alejandro Mayorkas et al.,

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Morning Docket: 12.28.22

Above The Law

The majority of the Supreme Court is once again shifting their interpretation of the law in order to support right-wing political objectives! A Maricopa County Superior Court found Lake was responsible for the ~$33,000 in expert witness fees AZ Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs incurred. Huffington Post ]. ABA Journal ].

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Title 42 Immigration Order Traps Hundreds of Thousands at Border

The Crime Report

In south-west Arizona, more than 80 percent of people have been expelled without the opportunity to make their case. The area surrounding the major US customs and border protection (CBP) station between Sonoyta and Ajo, Arizona has seen the highest level of desert deaths ever recorded (3,830 people).

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law.

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