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ACLU alleges Pennsylvania school district discriminated against after-school satanist club

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A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment rights of an after-school satanist club by banning its members from gathering for regular meetings on school grounds, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued in a complaint filed Thursday. TST) in its suit against the Saucon Valley School District of eastern Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania man arrested for alleged torture of employee in Iraq

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A Pennsylvania man was arrested Thursday on charges alleging that he tortured a victim in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2015, after a superseding indictment was returned on Tuesday in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The post Pennsylvania man arrested for alleged torture of employee in Iraq appeared first on JURIST - News.

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US federal appeals court rules against natural gas company challenge to state court ruling

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The US Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit Tuesday ruled against Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Hearing Board’s jurisdiction to hear challenges to Adelphia’s planned natural gas compressor project. Later, Adelphia got approval from DEP.

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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States, however, retain primary authority over “ siting, permitting, and construction ” of most transmission lines. But a Middle District of Pennsylvania court recently established one key limit on states’ authority to block new transmission lines through the siting process. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

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Cosmas Emeziem, JSD Cornell University, Drinan Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA. The complexity is also illustrated by the embeddedness of Sharia law, and customary law, in private law in different parts of the country. ©Author 2024.

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Race, Disability and Criminal Justice

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Efforts to tackle systemic racism in the administration of justice need to include a focus on the rights of the disabled community, according to a University of Pennsylvania law professor. Harris describes the second sector as how biased law enforcement can create negative physical or mental health effects that lead to a disability.

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Divided court says New Jersey can’t stop natural-gas pipeline

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New Jersey , involved a planned 116-mile pipeline that would bring natural gas from northeast Pennsylvania to western New Jersey. In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court sided with the developer and removed an obstacle to the construction of the pipeline. The case, PennEast Pipeline Co.

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