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Can the Eighth Amendment Protect Transgender Incarcerees?

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In September 2017, Adree Edmo , an incarcerated transgender woman, sued the Idaho Department of Corrections for refusing to provide her with medically necessary transition surgery, saying the refusal violated the Eighth Amendment. Courtesy Idaho Press. However, no Supreme Court decisions are currently expected on the issue.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

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But local governments operate under varying legal parameters, and the Ninth Circuit decision has different implications for different building electrification requirements depending on location, legal landscape, and policy approach. This post is not expressing a legal opinion on Ithaca’s code.) Under EPCA, the U.S.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes filed a lawsuit in federal court in Idaho challenging the U.S. Idaho, filed Dec.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. and non-U.S.

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