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“An argument for zero-based state constitutional interpretation”

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.” The essay might not be giving the California Supreme Court enough credit when it says the court generally doesn’t interpret the State Constitution independently. A pair of 2019 decisions are good examples of the court ruling without regard to what the U.S. Supreme Court has said or might say.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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After Denying Motions to Stop Construction Activities in National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Federal Court Enjoined Certain Work for Two Weeks. On February 6, the court issued an injunction on certain construction activities through February 20 or until the Ninth Circuit rules on any motions for injunction pending appeal.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The dissent contended that “a federal court need not manage all of the delicate foreign relations and regulatory minutiae implicated by climate change to offer real relief, and the mere fact that this suit cannot alone halt climate change does not mean that it presents no claim suitable for judicial resolution.” Richardson v.