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ABA Midyear Meeting 2019

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We also learned more about the ABA’s actions in immigration, the government shutdown, and changes to their website. American Bar Association President Bob Carlson joins hosts Sharon Nelson and John Simek to discuss his tenure as president as well as ABA initiatives in the government shutdown, immigration, membership outreach, and much more.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

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In 2016, Missouri prosecutor Leah Askey wrote Harpster an effusive email, bluntly detailing how she skirted legal rules to exploit his methods against unwitting defendants. “Of When agencies refused to turn over public records, ProPublica’s lawyers threatened litigation and in one case sued. Prosecutors know it’s junk science too.

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In major immigration case, both sides look to academia to untangle three knotty questions

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Share Can the Biden administration issue guidelines setting priorities in the enforcement of immigration law? In 2011, John Morton, then the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, issued a series of memos setting enforcement priorities. Do states have standing to challenge these guidelines?

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Court won’t block order requiring reinstatement of “remain in Mexico” policy

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immigration court. The decision means that the Biden administration must resume enforcing the policy “in good faith” while litigation continues in the lower courts. After the Biden administration ended the policy, Texas and Missouri went to federal court in Texas to challenge that decision. foreign policy.

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Justices agree to review Biden’s attempt to unwind Trump-era asylum policy 

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immigration court. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit holding that the policy was likely inconsistent with both federal immigration law and international law, but the justices dismissed the case in June 2021 after the Biden administration ended the policy. 29 decision to end the program has any legal effect.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. Missouri v. and non-U.S. July 15, 2021).

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Missouri v. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S. In re Exxon Mobil Corp. , 21-8001 (D.C. Scott , No.

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