JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

A federal court in Guam Friday denied a request to reinstate a total abortion ban on the island of Guam. The Attorney General of Guam Douglas Moylan filed the motion to reinstate the ban. ” Here, the court ruled that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 3, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that enjoined the enforcement of a Guam law requiring in-person consultations before obtaining an abortion. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the District of Guam. Circuit Judge Kenneth K.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Guam v. United States that a case against the US for causing toxic waste pollution in Guam may proceed. This case originated from a lawsuit by Guam against the US accusing the Navy of causing the contamination at the Ordot Dump.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2022

People born in the other territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Fitisemanu writes that courts look to English common law to interpret terms not defined in the Constitution. Sandford the court ruled that Black Americans born in the U.S. territories. Then in Dred Scott v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Under a series of cases the Supreme Court decided over 100 ago, known as the Insular Cases, people born in unincorporated U.S. People born in the other territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories, such as American Samoa, are not entitled to all constitutional protections, including U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 1, 2021

As we await important and likely divided decisions on issues like abortion, Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues seem to be sending a message that the Court is not so rigidly ideological as Democratic members and activists suggest. Palomar-Santiago , an immigration decision that ruled for the government and against an immigrant.

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