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“I’m Glad this is on Video, I’m Very Glad:” Texas Shooting Raises Difficult Questions Under Texas Self-Defense Law

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That is similar to a prior case we discussed where a Montana man was accused of luring the enraged lover of his wife into a garage and then shooting him. (He was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used. (b)?The

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana Federal Court Declined to Stay Proceedings in Environmental Groups and States’ Challenge to Lifting of Moratorium on Federal Coal Leasing. Montana Federal Court Said Biden Revocation of Keystone XL Permit Did Not Moot Pipeline Challenge; Parties in Separate Case Agreed to Dismissal of Challenge to Permit. Sierra Club v.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On February 28, Montana and Wyoming filed a motion seeking to lift the stay and also seeking immediate suspension of the Waste Prevention Rule’s implementation deadlines. The action involved closing valves on pipelines in Washington, Montana, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Foster , 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D.

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US House committee to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over US-Mexico border management

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The hearing included testimony from the attorney generals of Montana, Oklahoma and Missouri—states led by Republican governors—who said they have dealt with impacts from Mayorkas’s policies, even though none of them neighbor Mexico. Attorney General Montana Austin Knudsen noted there had been a devastating fentanyl crisis in Montana.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On July 21, the plaintiffs filed their opposition in district court in Montana to the developers’ motion to dismiss the action as moot. On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense.

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