Those who see any intrusion of religious concerns into public life as a profound threat to American democracy are having a field day with the recent
federal court rulings in Tennessee and Alabama, upholding suits brought by concerned parents.
Although similar nonprofits engaged in politics in past elections, their use exploded in 2010, particularly in tandem with super PACs, taking advantage
of federal court rulings that paved the way for a new role for outside - spending groups in elections.
A Pennsylvania
federal court ruled on November 6, 2012 that the FCRA was constitutional since it regulated information disseminated for private purposes for a fee, and not to the public.
The
recent federal court ruling against a coal lease in Colorado rejected the Bureau of Land Management's argument that quantifying the climate change impacts from leased coal is impossible, stating, «But a tool is and was available: the social cost of carbon protocol.»
Won dismissal of disability discrimination lawsuit against energy company,
with federal court ruling that unrestricted access authorization was an essential job function at a nuclear power plant (2015 WL 1456769)
Four months later a Republican judge in a
Pennsylvania federal court ruled in favor of the parents, issuing an eloquent defense of evolutionary theory — and a scathing rebuke to those who support intelligent design (ID) as a scientific alternative.
In addition, the Department of Justice has dismissed its appeal of the
Seattle federal court ruling that suspended the first order (13769) on Tuesday.
California federal court ruled in favor of Chrysler Group LLC after being accused of giving a competing dealership an unfair advantage through vehicle discounts disguised as rent assistance....
Voucher supporters plan to appeal the
latest federal court ruling against the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program, moving the controversial program a step closer to a possible test before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the
first federal court ruling (PDF) concerning attempts by city and state jurisdictions to regulate the use of drones, a judge denied a requirement by a city near Boston regarding local registration and significant bans on where and how low they can fly.
A bill introduced into the Texas Senate late last week would prohibit the State Commission on Judicial Conduct from pursing disciplinary action against a state judge who refused to
obey federal court rulings.
Georgia federal court rules that fact issues remain as to whether real estate professionals, who were retained to preserve and market a foreclosed property, were operating under the control of the Fannie Mae because of the extensive rules imposed upon the real estate professionals through Fannie's listing agreement.
Kentucky federal court ruled that sellers in a class - action lawsuit had failed to produce evidence demonstrating a conspiracy existed to fix commission rates by brokerage firms.
The recent
federal court ruling also noted how increased supplies of cheap coal must be considered in the context of other methods of generating electricity, to reject BLM's argument «that the same amount of coal will be burned whether or not» a particular coal lease is approved:
This article highlights a favorable
federal court ruling for a firm client in a case involving a proposed casino in Massachusetts.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today said it will appeal an April 27
federal court ruling denying the organization's motion to halt implementation of Vermont's mandatory GMO labeling law pending further litigation.
Super PACs like those, as well as secretive nonprofit groups — both spurred by the 2010 Citizens United decision and
other federal court rulings — allowed extremely wealthy activists to play in presidential and congressional politics like never before.
A bevy of
unfavorable federal court rulings blocked the implementation of Trump's initial attempt at temporarily barring arrivals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Somalia via executive order in January, prompting the administration to announce it would issue a new fiat instead of defending the original.
Following three state appellate court rulings in the second appellate division in September 2017 requiring healthcare agencies to pay home care workers for all their hours on 24 - hour shifts, Governor Cuomo's Department of Labor issued «emergency regulations» in October consistent with
contrary federal court rulings allowing payment for only 13 hours.
It's the latest step in a lengthy, drawn - out process that has frustrated environmental groups and led to a 2012
federal court ruling ordering the agency to weigh in on the matter (ClimateWire, Sept. 9, 2014).
A
surprise federal court ruling in 2013 legalized gay marriage for Utah - triggering a fierce battle in a state where Mormon church values control the Legislature and every aspect of public life.
A 40 - year - old landscape painting once valued at $ 10m and signed «Pete Doige» was not made by the artist Peter Doig, a
Chicago federal court ruled on Tuesday.
The federal coal leasing program amounts to a major fossil fuel subsidy, favoring coal at the expense of cleaner forms of generating electricity.A recent
federal court ruling rejected BLM's argument that increasing the supply of coal would not increase carbon pollution, in part because coal competes with cleaner methods of generating electricity.
The ruling, based on an appeal brought by the Bush Administration, overturned a
landmark federal court ruling that banned mountaintop removal mining on the grounds that it violates the Clean Water Act.
Among the rule sets it offers are
most federal court rules and the rules of 22 state courts and the District of Columbia.
mobi formats — of
U.S. federal court rules have been published, jointly by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School and CALI, The Center for Computer - Assisted Legal Instruction.
On his New York Personal Injury Law Blog, Eric Turkewitz writes that although Houston criminal defense attorney Mark Bennett is «live - twittering» today (here) while his protege picks a jury, at least one
federal court ruled just last week that the federal rules prohibit tweets from court.
And don't expect the tight U.S. focus embraced by most of the mainstream media: A given post is just as likely to cover a prosecution or the actions of a legislature from a nation halfway across the world as a
stateside federal court ruling.
A headline - making new
federal court ruling regarding discrimination and the rights of transgender people in the workplace may not immediately affect workers in New Jersey, but it could play a role in the not - too - distant future.
Prosecutors complained that Bulger's lawyers were tainting the potential jury pool and violating
local federal court rules governing lawyers by talking to reporters about the case and attacking the credibility of the government's witnesses.
«Today's
federal court ruling puts women's health ahead of politics,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
New
Jersey federal court rules that the patent is directed at an abstract idea and thus may not be eligible for patent protection.