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A Hearing on Herring: Supreme Court to Hear Potentially Historic Chevron Case

JonathanTurley

In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Chevron U.S.A. Natural Resources Defense Council that judges should defer to the reasonable interpretation of agencies in administering ambiguous federal laws. In both lower court cases, Chevron carried the day for the agency. The cases are Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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Chico State University Employee Pleads Guilty of Hate Crime in Potential Violent Speech Case

JonathanTurley

Ohio , the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”. That is legitimately concerning and chilling language. In Brandenburg v.

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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”. Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co. , 19-1818 (1st Cir.). BP p.l.c. , Two amicus briefs were filed in support of the companies, one by the U.S.

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