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Utah Woman Charged with Hate Crime for Stomping on “Back The Blue” Sign

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There is a troubling case in Panguitch, Utah where a woman has reportedly been charged with a hate crim e for allegedly “stomping on a ‘Back the Blue’ sign” at a gas station. For we are presented with a clear and simple statute to be judged against a pure command of the Constitution. The charge was brought under Section 76-3-203.3,

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. Louisiana v. Biden , No. May 10, 2021).

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act. holding that the scope of appellate review of remand orders extended beyond review of removal based on the federal-officer removal statute.

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