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In 2016, South Carolina reelected Republican Tim Scott to the United States Senate; Scott is the first black senator from the South since Reconstruction. [read post]

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This Country’s Legal and Political Institutions Are in Trouble, and Trump Likes It That Way

23 May 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat

”In 2017, Trump denigrated the way the House and the Senate do business. [read post]

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Third District Reverses Order Prematurely Discharging CEQA Writ for Failure to Address Objections That Certified Revised EIR Was Still Noncompliant, Holds Project Opponents Could Properly Opt to Raise Challenge Through Objections to Return Without Filing Separate Action

23 May 2024, 4:54 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Department of General Services (Joint Committee on Rules of the California State Senate and Assembly, Real Party in Interest) (2024) ___ Cal.App.5th ___. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Could the Consumer Protection Finance Bureau (CFPB)’s Victory in the Supreme Court Last Week Boomerang to Disempower the Bureau and Invalidate its Regulations? Not if the Case is Read Carefully and Properly: A Response to Professor Hal Scott’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

22 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

It’s true that CFPB v. [read post]

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Ropes & Gray Discusses Labor Department’s Final Fiduciary Rule

21 May 2024, 9:01 pm by renholding

District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on May 2, 2024 that seeks to vacate the Final Rule and exemption amendments and enjoin the Department from enforcing, implementing, or otherwise giving them effect in any manner.3 In addition, on May 15, 2024, members of the House and Senate introduced a resolution to overturn the Final Rule pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”).4 Nonetheless, participants in the financial services industry, including, asset… [read post]

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Progressives Need to Take the Gloves Off and Play Hardball with Our Rogue Supreme Court

21 May 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat

The United States Supreme Court has gone rogue. [read post]

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Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor’s Signature

20 May 2024, 9:50 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Paul Yovanic Jr., Kristine Argentine and Michael Jacobsen

This legislative move is a direct response to the Illinois Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Cothron v. [read post]

Workplace Class Action Blog - http://www.workplaceclassaction.com/

The Boundaries of Internet Speech

17 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Tyler Hoguet

In each of the last two U.S. congressional sessions, Senator Mark R. [read post]

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News Roundup

17 May 2024, 3:00 am by Jeff Welty

The case is United States v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

[Josh Blackman] Louisiana SG Seeks Initial En Banc in 5th Circuit On Whether Section 2 of VRA Has Implied Private Right of Action

15 May 2024, 10:07 pm by Josh Blackman

" Williams v. [read post]

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Lawsuit Brings to Light New Revelations About 2020 Fraudulent Electors Scheme

15 May 2024, 6:32 am by Mary B. McCord

In March, our team at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection—along with our co-counsel at Law Forward and Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP—settled Penebaker v. [read post]

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The concept of the separation of powers indicates no single branch of government may assume the power of another branch of government

15 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Cuomo v New York State Commn. on Ethics & Lobbying in Govt.2024 NY Slip Op 02568Decided on May 9, 2024Appellate Division, Third DepartmentPowers, J.Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.Decided and Entered:May 9, 2024CV-23-1778[*1]Andrew M. [read post]

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The concept of the separation of powers indicates no single branch of government may assume the power of another branch of government

15 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Cuomo v New York State Commn. on Ethics & Lobbying in Govt.2024 NY Slip Op 02568Decided on May 9, 2024Appellate Division, Third DepartmentPowers, J.Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.Decided and Entered:May 9, 2024CV-23-1778[*1]Andrew M. [read post]

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2nd District Court of Appeal Upholds Local Governments’ Discretion to Override Housing Density Caps

15 May 2024, 2:00 am by Abbott & Kindermann, Inc., William W. Abbott and Kara Anderson

In AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. [read post]

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Comprehensive Timeline on False Electors Scheme in 2020 Presidential Election

14 May 2024, 10:15 pm by Ryan Goodman

This includes documents recently disclosed as a result of the settlement of Penebaker v. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] Can Nonprofits That Help Organize Protests Lose Their Tax Exemptions?

14 May 2024, 10:27 am by Eugene Volokh

" The Supreme Court reaffirmed this in Regan v. [read post]

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