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

JonathanTurley

Today, the Supreme Court will hear two of the most important cases of the term. At issue is the continued meaning (or even viability) of the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year-old doctrine granting deference to federal agencies in regulations carrying out federal laws. In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Chevron U.S.A.

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Divided Court Rejects Eminent Domain Challenge Involving Natural-Gas Pipeline

Constitutional Law Reporter

New Jersey, 594 U. Supreme Court held that a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act authorizes a private company to condemn all necessary rights-of-way, whether owned by private parties or states.

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Divided Court Rejects Eminent Domain Challenge Involving Natural-Gas Pipeline

Constitutional Law Reporter

New Jersey, 594 U. Supreme Court held that a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act authorizes a private company to condemn all necessary rights-of-way, whether owned by private parties or states.

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Divided Court Rejects Eminent Domain Challenge Involving Natural-Gas Pipeline

Constitutional Law Reporter

New Jersey , 594 U. Supreme Court held that a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act authorizes a private company to condemn all necessary rights-of-way, whether owned by private parties or states.

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Delaware Loses Bid to Keep Uncashed MoneyGram Checks

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that uncashed MoneyGram checks are governed by the Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler’s Check Act (FDA) and should be returned to the state where they were issued. MoneyGram applied the common-law escheatment practices outlined in Texas v. New Jersey , 379 U.S. In Delaware v.

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Looking Back at the Biggest Constitutional Law Decisions of 2023

Constitutional Law Reporter

Constitutional law took center stage in many U.S. Supreme Court and the New Jersey Supreme Court cases decided in 2023. Supreme Court’s Most Significant Decisions of 2023 In Students for Fair Admissions v. Supreme Court’s Most Significant Decisions of 2023 In Students for Fair Admissions v.

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

JonathanTurley

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.” Graber, dissented and said that the constitutional ruling was unnecessary under the doctrine of “constitutional avoidance.”