SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In recent years, the Supreme Court has expressed misgivings about white-collar prosecutions under broadly worded statutes. Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. United States. Think McDonnell v. 14 conferences). Khorrami v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

permits courts to defer to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro-veteran canon of construction; and (2) whether Chevron should be overruled. Issues : (1) Whether the doctrine of Chevron U.S.A., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 28 and Oct.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Supreme Court has held that the federal government assumes a trust obligation to assert reserved water rights for Native tribes only when it “ expressly accepts those responsibilities by statute ,” by regulation, or by treaty with a tribe. Issues : (1) Whether the doctrine of Chevron U.S.A., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Maryland Appellate Court Said Residents Lacked Standing to Challenge Update to Master Plan.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

That interpretation, Kruger reasoned, is more consistent with both the text of the statute and the California legislature’s intent in enacting the law. The decision by Justice Goodwin Liu emphasized that the ruling did not involve the constitutionality of the requirement, but instead was simply a question of statutory interpretation.

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