Environment / Environmental Law
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Cars, Celebrities, Death Penalty, Environment / Environmental Law, Gay Marriage, Morning Docket, Music, New Jersey, Politics, Porn Names, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 12.18.06
* Solitary confinement, cruel and unusual? Cruel, perhaps, but not that unusual. [St. Petersburg Times via How Appealing] * Florida and California decide to take a little break on the whole lethal injection thing. [CNN] * New Jersey Legislature does what New Jersey’s Supreme Court told them to. [FindLaw] * Mariah Carey is concerned that […]
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Anthony Kennedy, Boring Stuff, Environment / Environmental Law, Linda Greenhouse, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Dispatch from One First Street: The Greenhouse Gas Case
This post has nothing to do with the gastrointestinal tract of a certain Supreme Court reporter. Rather, it’s about Massachusetts v. EPA, the greenhouse gases/global warming case, argued before the Supreme Court yesterday. We’re relatively late in covering this — you’ve probably read about it already elsewhere — so we’ll be brief. Questions Presented: (1) […] - Sponsored
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4th Circuit, Bad Ideas, Crime, Drugs, Environment / Environmental Law, Janet Reno, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 11.27.06
* Several federal law all-stars have filed amicus briefs in the 4th Circuit — which means a lucky clerk now has Janet Reno’s autograph! [SCOTUSBlog] * Gun makers challenge a finding that lawsuits are legal. [Indy Star via How Appealing] * “A lineup of legal heavyweights unusual even by Supreme Court standards is doing battle […]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Environment / Environmental Law, Food, Gay Marriage, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, O.J. Simpson, Politics, Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 11.20.06
* Let’s see. Romney wants the Massachusetts Supreme Court to force an anti-gay marriage amendment onto the ballot if the legislature fails to act on the issue before the session ends January 2. Wouldn’t that be, um, I dunno, activist? [Associated Press via How Appealing] * It’s important to find something to occupy your time […]
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Celebrities, Defamation, Election Law, Environment / Environmental Law, Morning Docket, Politics, Rap
Morning Docket: 11.07.06
* Diebold with a vengeance. [MSNBC] * SLAPP me baby one more time. [WSJ Law Blog] * Snoops, he did it again. [CNN] * I smell a red tree vole. [AP via How Appealing] * Maybe we should get some folks from the Carter Center involved. [CBS News]
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Environment / Environmental Law, Heller Ehrman, Ridiculousness
Coming Soon: Intergalactic Immigration Practice
The Legal Reader brings us the interesting news that various California law firms are forming “Global Warming Practice Groups”: Soon after California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced he was suing carmakers over vehicle pollution, and the state passed a new law to limit greenhouse gas emissions, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman announced it was putting together […]