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“I Water You, You Water Me”: High School Assistant Principal Under Fire for Raising Money to Pay Off Coyote

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting controversy brewing in Rhode Island where a high school vice principal, Stefani Harvey, sent an email to school staff seeking money to pay a “coyote” for transporting a student who entered the country illegally. It is also a crime to harbor an illegal immigrant or shield the alien from detection.

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White-Collar Crime Prosecutions Continue 20-Year Decline

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The decline in prosecutions may indicate the priorities of the federal government: since 2001, resources have been diverted toward anti-terrorism and immigration cases, potentially straining the government’s ability to prosecute white-collar crime, said Sklansky, who added that he trusts TRAC’s data analysis.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DHS had waived the requirements of NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and other laws pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Rhode Island v.

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The New York Times Faces Claims of Hypocrisy Over Coverage of the Deployment of Troops

JonathanTurley

Indeed, just before the anniversary of the Cotton controversy, the New York Times published a column by University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Rhode Island v. The Immigration and Protection Tribunal denied his claim in a decision affirmed by the New Zealand High Court and the Supreme Court of New Zealand. .); Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) 19-1330 (10th Cir.); Mayor & City of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c. , 19-1644 (4th Cir.);