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Montana loses fight against youth climate activists in landmark ruling

14 Aug 2023, 12:59 pm by Ashley Belanger

(credit: William Campbell / Contributor | Getty Images North America) A Montana state court today sided with young people who sued the state for promoting the fossil fuel industry through its energy policy, which they alleged prohibits Montana from weighing greenhouse gas emissions in approving the development of new factories and power plants. [read post]

Law & Disorder - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/

Volume IV of The Major Questions Doctrine Reading List, by Beau J. Baumann

14 Aug 2023, 5:36 am by Guest Author

See, e.g., Josh Chafetz, The New Judicial Power Grab, 67 St. [read post]

Notice & Comment - https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/

Early Edition: August 14, 2023

14 Aug 2023, 1:57 am by Seán Binder

The move merely formalizes Weiss’ powers, as he could previously act independently. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Clarence Thomas, Donald Trump and the “Tribal View” of Ethics or What Would Abe Fortas Think About Today’s Scandals?

13 Aug 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat

”Among his rich and powerful benefactors are David Sokol, a former top executive at Berkshire Hathaway, H. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 5-11)

12 Aug 2023, 7:08 am by Just Security

Wars Baghdadi Raid Documents Suggest New US Standards for Assessing Civilian Harm by Anna Zahn International Justice / Terrorism Why Terrorism Exceptions to State Immunity Do Not Violate International Law by William S. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

News You Can Use Digest – August 11, 2023

11 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

Smith’s team repeatedly mentioned Trump’s tweets in an indictment that charges the former president with conspiring to subvert the will of voters and cling to power after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

:@WilliamBaude: New Article on Insurrection, Rebellion, and Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment

11 Aug 2023, 3:00 am by Will Baude

If former Confederates held the levers of federal and state government power, effective "reconstruction" of the political order and any hope of extending the full and equal protection of the laws to the newly freed former slaves would be at an end. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Early Edition: August 11, 2023

11 Aug 2023, 2:10 am by Seán Binder

Ukrainian sea drones, which are small, inexpensive, and challenging to defend against, have altered the military balance of power in the Black Sea in recent months, even though Russia has a more powerful navy. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

UK Biomass Strategy won't stop destruction of North American forests

11 Aug 2023, 1:35 am by Matt Williams

The UK Government's new Biomass Strategy won't do much to stop the ongoing flow of wood from North American, and European, forests to UK power stations. [read post]

NRDC Expert Blog - https://www.nrdc.org/news-commentary

Review of “The Supermajority: The Year the Supreme Court Divided America” by Michael Waldman

11 Aug 2023, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks

” (Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Plumer, then Governor of New Hampshire, July 21, 1816.)] [read post]

Legal Legacy - https://legallegacy.wordpress.com/

The Smithsonian Institution: The History of the World’s Largest Museum and Research Complex

10 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Anna Price

Calhoun and William C. [read post]

In Custodia Legis - http://blogs.loc.gov/law

Building a Supportive, Resilient Workplace Through Empathy

10 Aug 2023, 2:02 am by Natasha Miller Williams, Ferrara

And it doesn’t just have the power to boost bottom lines. [read post]

Human Resources News - https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/

[Josh Blackman] ABA House of Delegates Adopts Resolution Opposing Single-Judge Divisions

9 Aug 2023, 10:24 pm by Josh Blackman

[Long before Judges Kacsmaryk and Tipton, there was Judge William Wayne Justice.] [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Biden Should Declare a National Climate Emergency

9 Aug 2023, 7:30 am by Evan George

As William Boyd, Mary Nichols, and Julia Stein told me, clean energy manufacturing, renewable energy projects, EV sales and EV charging infrastructure are early success stories. [read post]

Legal Planet - https://legal-planet.org/

Understanding Climate and Disability Justice: Mitigating Structural Barriers to the Right to Health

8 Aug 2023, 8:58 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff

Cecil Williams and Clark Morse at the Northern Nevada Correctional Compound in 2012. [read post]

Bill of Health - https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/

The Criminal Night: trespassing in space and time

8 Aug 2023, 8:20 am by Joseph L. Hyde

Williams, 150 N.C. [read post]

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

Is the Inflation Reduction Act Working?

8 Aug 2023, 7:50 am by Evan George

William Boyd: Money is flowing! [read post]