Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 11, 2023

MoneyGram applied the common-law escheatment practices outlined in Texas v. New Jersey , 379 U.S. Therefore, if the common law were to apply to the Disputed Instruments, then the abandoned proceeds would escheat inequitably solely to the State of incorporation, just like the money orders expressly referenced in the statute.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The intermediate appellate court held that the defendant was not entitled to present the defense because he had “reasonable legal alternatives” to trespass and obstruction even if those alternatives were not effective. The court further found that EPCA’s legislative history did not support the plaintiff’s “expansive interpretation.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Three Republican senators – Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, and Ted Cruz of Texas – write that a precedent can be unworkable due to “a history of confusion in the lower courts, an unstable pattern of Supreme Court decisions, and a persistent lack of judicially manageable standards.”

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