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Ninth Circuit Rules Against Transgender Woman in Beauty Pageant Competition. Citing the Musical Hamilton

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A panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seemed to be channeling the lyrics of the musical Hamilton in noting that “Everything is legal in New Jersey.” ” That issue came up in the Oregon case of Anita Green.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. FEATURED CASE. Biden , No. 3:21-cv-00065 (S.D. July 12, 2021). BP p.l.c. ,

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Preference or Prejudice? Federal Court Finds Biden Administration Is Engaged In Racial and Gender Discrimination

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The legal question is whether historical disparities are enough to justify a system of race and gender preferences when all restaurants were impacted by the pandemic. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that a minority set-aside program in Virginia was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.

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