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Washington family counselor challenges state’s ban on conversion therapy

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Nineteen other states and the District of Columbia have similar laws. In the same year, a divided Supreme Court ruled in National Institute for Family and Life Advocates v. Transervice Logistics, Inc.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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Less than 25 years later, the court effectively ended the use of race in college admissions. In a decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court ruled that the race-conscious admissions programs used by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College violate the 14th Amendment. O’Connor’s opinion in Jackson v.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Federal Court Said NOAA Justified Redaction of Communications Between Climate Scientist and White House During Obama Administration.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 1:21-cv-04807 (S.D.N.Y.).