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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Last up is Grzegorczyk v.

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Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

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Moving on to potential blockbusters that don’t explicitly call on the court to overrule precedent. Environmental Protection Agency , 21-454 , is a long-running Clean Water Act dispute that has already been the subject of one major Supreme Court decision. They invoke Rapanos v. relisted after the Jan. 7 conference).

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October 2020 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. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement v.

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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

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But the court declined to invalidate the entire agency for this structural flaw, instead severing the for-cause provision from the rest of its authorizing statute. It argues that the 3rd Circuit’s decision has thrown all of that into upheaval and must be reviewed. Lastly, in McNulty-Snodgrass v. relisted after the Feb.

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High Court Gun Ruling Fuels Licensing Debate in States

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A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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Georgetown Professor Denounces “Lawless” and “Actively Rogue” Justices, Lawyers, and Law Professors

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We have seen student governments move to block speakers, fellow students, or groups at schools like the University of Illinois , Stanford , Iowa State , Skidmore College , Cornell , Harvard , and other schools. Last term’s Supreme Court decisions are just the most recent high-profile evidence for this. Heidi Li Feldman.

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