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New Orleans Police Seek Arrest of Dispatcher Under Novel Criminal Charge

JonathanTurley

She is now accused of criminal malfeasance in office and interfering with an emergency communication. She was charged under Louisiana law with malfeasance in office. Obviously, this is one of the most serious forms of malfeasance since people could die or be injured as a result. Malfeasance in office.

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

SCOTUSBlog

But the court declined to invalidate the entire agency for this structural flaw, instead severing the for-cause provision from the rest of its authorizing statute. 22-448 Issue : Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the statute providing funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 12 U.S.C. New Relists Brown v.