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ACLU sues Idaho over legal opinion expanding abortion restrictions

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The opinion, authored by Idaho Attorney General (AG) Raúl Labrador, concerns § 18-622(2) of the Idaho Criminal Code. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.” Idaho defines life as beginning at fertilization.

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

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In 2021, the District Court ruled that the Berkeley ordinance was not preempted by EPCA , rejecting the notion that EPCA preempts local ordinances that do “not facially address any of those [energy conservation or energy use] standards.” Under EPCA, the U.S. Berkeley has not yet said whether it will appeal the Ninth Circuit’s ruling.

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Biden signs executive order authorizing federal funds for abortion patients traveling across state lines

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Biden signed the order in a video call to the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access , established after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and led by Vice President Kamala Harris. In his remarks before signing, Biden said: I believe Roe got it right.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Idaho, filed Dec. 3:20-cv-01086 (W.D.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. 20-1530 (U.S. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. 20-1531 (U.S. County of Maui v.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Three physicians and the Catholic Association Foundation write that advances in science have “painted an intimate portrait of the fetus and its humanity” and therefore the court’s viability framework is outdated. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case.