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New Mexico governor signs executive order designed to protect abortion providers

JURIST

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Monday signed an executive order designed to protect reproductive health care services in the state. Lujan Grisham signed the order in response to the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Abortion is still legal in the state of New Mexico up to 19 weeks into pregnancy.

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US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects environmental challenge to DACA

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision on Monday rejecting an environmental challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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How State High Courts Are Ruling On Consent To Jurisdiction

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Recent state supreme court decisions from New York, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Georgia implicate whether a corporate defendant will be subject to suit for claims unconnected to a state merely for registering to do business there, and the tension between the Georgia Supreme Court's decision and settled precedent means the issue may be before the U.S. (..)

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

The Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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Court will assess double-jeopardy claim with implications for tribal sovereignty

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also a Navajo Nation citizen, on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation, which is located in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. In December 2017, Denezpi entered an Alford plea to a single count of assault and battery, a criminal offense under the tribal code, before the Court of Indian Offenses. Code of Federal Regulations.

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Habeas restrictions, copyright and the potential return of the “community caretaking” exception

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But once in a great while, the court immediately takes a follow-on case to clear up an issue left unresolved by a just-decided opinion. New Mexico , involving the admissibility of expert reports under the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause, the court granted review in Williams v. While cases from the U.S.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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