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Louisiana AG challenges Biden administration vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

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Attorney General Jeff Landry of Louisiana and eleven other states filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), questioning their authority to issue a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

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Government faces skeptical bench in defending campaign-finance law challenged by Ted Cruz

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On Wednesday, Cruz was before the court in a different capacity, challenging a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can repay loans that they make to their own campaigns. Ferguson , who was arrested after he refused to sit in the car designated for non-white passengers on a Louisiana train.

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

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This one arises from the financing mechanism used for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the wake of the financial crash that precipitated the Great Recession. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd. New Relists Brown v.

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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. First, the Supreme Court concluded that the statute requiring Commission approval of affiliated-interest agreement did not require environmental review. Maui and Honolulu oppose the extension request. County of Maui v.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The defendants filed their reply brief on January 22, 2020, reiterating their arguments that the Tenth Circuit should review the entire remand order, not just the district court’s determination that removal was not proper under the federal-officer removal statute, and that there were multiple valid grounds for removal. City of Oakland v.