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1 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm
Prop 209, itself enacted by voter initiative in 1996, has prohibited (for nearly two-and-a-half decades) the state or any political subdivision within it from “discriminating against” or granting “preferential treatment” on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 5:51 pm
Any federal state has double trouble when it comes to implementation of federal law, when the powers are divided such that the political subdivisions have sole domain over some areas of law, but only the state as a whole can make treaties. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 1:39 pm
Perception of barriers to investment have increased in jurisdictions including Colorado and New Mexico, jurisdictions that have seen political subdivisions implement hydraulic fracturing bans in the last year, as well as in California, where there is a growing popular sentiment in favor of a fraccing ban. [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 6:30 am
So begins the Conclusion of the United States District Court, Southern District of California, Central Division in the case of Méndez v. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 6:51 pm
As is increasingly common in contemporary America, those political issues, framed in law, are left to the courts. [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 1:00 am
In my last post, when I discussed the cutting of pensions in Detroit’s bankruptcy, I quoted Article IX § 24 of Michigan’s Constitution which prohibits the cutting of public pensions: The accrued financial benefits of each pension plan and retirement system of the state and its political subdivisions shall be a contractual obligation thereof which shall not be diminished or impaired thereby. [read post]
17 May 2020, 6:30 am
In retrospect, the secessions of European settler colonies from Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, that produced the U.S., Haiti and the Latin American states, while spinning off short-lived polities like the Republic of West Florida, the Republic of Texas, the Republic of the Rio Grande, California’s Bear Flag Republic, independent Yucatan and the Confederate States of America, were part of a one-century wave of decolonization of the Western… [read post]
18 Feb 2014, 8:54 am
Indeed, in United States v. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 9:48 am
Mar. 12, 2020) Summary: Alters was the first coronavirus-related suit filed against China, and the original complaint was relatively threadbare—it did not even list the Chinese Communist Party as a defendant, focusing instead on the People’s Republic as a whole as well as several of its agencies and political subdivisions. [read post]
26 Jan 2024, 3:00 am
ProPublica – Jennifer Berry Hawes | Published: 1/11/2022 The United States saw a record number of women elected to statehouses last year. [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 7:28 pm
’” Among their many other arguments, the districts allege that DMWW does not have standing to bring a takings claim against another political subdivision. [read post]
20 Jan 2022, 5:01 am
The Trump administration introduced MPP to replace asylum-seekers’ stay in the United States with a sojourn in Mexico. [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 4:00 am
Britain’s Office of Communications said young adults in the United Kingdom now spend more time watching TikTok than broadcast media. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 1:13 pm
Although BMW of North America, Inc. v. [read post]
18 Aug 2012, 11:11 pm
We can live in a state the size of a European country, like Texas or California, or we can live in a more New Zealand-sized state like Minnesota, a semisovereign political unit distinct enough to be part of a traveler's identity, at least in countries where geography is still taught in the schools -- most Kiwis who asked where I was from knew about Minnesota (though this knowledge may have something to do with the collapse of the Metrodome roof two… [read post]
14 Jun 2023, 5:01 am
And there is no First Amendment exception or California anti-SLAPP law exception for 13 Reasons Why. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 10:44 am
The EPA granted the waiver to the California Air Resources Board in January 2009, giving the agency the authority to enforce regulations related to Transport Refrigeration Units, or TRUs. [read post]
December 14, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings
13 Dec 2009, 8:58 pm
Political will — and money. [read post]
25 Apr 2009, 3:21 am
Utah political science professor Anthony A. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 9:08 am
On July 9, 2010, Plaintiff United States of America (“United States”), on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) filed a complaint in this matter pursuant to CERCLA Section 107, 42 U.S.C. 9607, seeking recovery of environmental response costs incurred by EPA related to the release or threatened release or disposal of hazardous substances at or from the Site. [read post]
