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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

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This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. The case was brought by journalist Abby Martin who was denied a contract as a keynote speaker at Georgia Southern University due to her support of the BDS movement. ” She was then denied the contract. Section 50-5-85.”

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of claims by Allco Finance Limited (Allco) that federal law preempted Connecticut’s renewable energy solicitations and that Connecticut’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program violated the dormant Commerce Clause. Supreme Court determined was preempted in Hughes v.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

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We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law.

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