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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

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Her mother hails from Jamaica, while her late father was the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. A varied record in divided cases. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Maryland v. Early life and career. A native of southern California, Kruger is the daughter of two physicians. Following the U.S.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. July 8, 2021).

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