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D.C. Circuit Declines to Reconsider Decision Concluding CEQ Lacks Authority to Issue NEPA Regulations

D.C. Circuit Declines to Reconsider Decision Concluding CEQ Lacks Authority to Issue NEPA Regulations
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Was It Legal for Trump to Fire Seventeen Inspectors General Without Notice?

Was It Legal for Trump to Fire Seventeen Inspectors General Without Notice?
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Is Humphrey's Executor in the Crosshairs?

Is Humphrey's Executor in the Crosshairs?
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D.C. Circuit Website Update

D.C. Circuit Website Update
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Justice Thomas Is Not Happy with the Sixth Circuit (Again)

Justice Thomas Is Not Happy with the Sixth Circuit (Again)
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What Process Is Due Before Property Is Destroyed?

What Process Is Due Before Property Is Destroyed?
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Debating Birthright Citizenship (Again)

Debating Birthright Citizenship (Again)
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Can a School Require Students to Learn about Sexuality and "Cisnormativity" Over Parents' Religious Objection?

Can a School Require Students to Learn about Sexuality and
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Climate Tort Suits

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Climate Tort Suits
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari for Braidwood Nondelegation Claim

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari for Braidwood Nondelegation Claim
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Another Study on Flavored Vaping Products the FDA Can Ignore

Another Study on Flavored Vaping Products the FDA Can Ignore
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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Becerra v. Braidwood Management

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Becerra v. Braidwood Management
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FERC Not Required to "Second Guess" State Energy Choices Under NEPA

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Why Did the D.C. Circuit Make It More Difficult to Find Opinions? -- Redux

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 1.7.2025 12:11 PM Last fall, I noticed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had redesigned portions of...

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"There Is, Technically, No Snail Darter," But the Snail Darter Still Delayed the Tellico Dam

Endangered species Jonathan H. Adler | 1.4.2025 12:59 PM In the 1970s, the discovery of the Tennessee snail darter in the Tellico River was used to...

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The Socio-Economic Backgrounds of American Academics

Academia Jonathan H. Adler | 12.30.2024 12:15 PM Does an individual's socio-economic background affect their likelihood of success in academia or...

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Could the FDA's Approach to Vaping Cause an Increase in Smoking?

Vaping Jonathan H. Adler | 12.29.2024 10:42 PM In early December, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Food and Drug Administration v. Wages...

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White House Vetoes Bipartisan Bill to Create Needed Judgeships

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 12.24.2024 9:49 AM Yesterday the White House issued a statement by President Biden indicating he is vetoing the...

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A Final(?) Attempt to Resurrect the Kids Climate Case

Climate Change Jonathan H. Adler | 12.24.2024 11:17 AM The plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States--aka the "kids climate case"--are back at the...

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Montana Supreme Court Recognizes State Constitutional Right to a "Stable Climate System"

Climate Change Jonathan H. Adler | 12.23.2024 5:43 PM Last week, in Held v. Montana, the Montana Supreme Court held that the Montana Constitution's...

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Sheldon Gilbert to Lead Federalist Society

Jonathan H. Adler | 12.14.2024 3:19 PM Today the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies announced that attorney Sheldon Gilbert will...

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Supreme Court Adds Two Potentially Significant Cases to OT2024 Docket

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 12.13.2024 6:05 PM Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in two potentially significant cases, one...

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Congress Passes Legislation to Create Needed Judgeships, but Biden May Veto

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 12.12.2024 5:02 PM The Judicial Conference has called for the creation of additional judgeships -- primarily district...

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The DOGE Daze of Regulatory Reform

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 12.12.2024 2:30 PM The new "Department of Government Efficiency" (aka "DOGE"), led by Elon Musk and Vivek...

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Supreme Court DIGs NVIDIA

Jonathan H. Adler | 12.11.2024 10:01 PM This morning the Supreme Court dismissed NVIDIA v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB as improvidently granted. This...

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Ohio Legislator Proposes Criminalizing Planting a Flag at Midfield

Sports Jonathan H. Adler | 12.11.2024 5:53 PM Ohio Rep. Josh Williams is proposing a new law to make planting a flag at midfield after winning a...

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Justice Jackson Authors First Decision of OT2024

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 12.10.2024 10:56 AM This morning the Supreme Court issued its first signed decision in an argued case for October...

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DC Circuit Finds Some FINRA Authority Violates Private Nondelegation Doctrine

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 11.24.2024 7:45 AM On Friday–the same day the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case raising the private...

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Nondelegation Case

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 11.23.2024 12:45 PM Yesterday, as predicted, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Federal Communications...

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Federal Courts Still Lack Authority to Issue Advisory Opinions

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 11.20.2024 7:43 PM It is not often that federal court opinion begins by referencing the Judiciary Act of 1789, but...

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Abolish the EPA

Energy & Environment Jonathan H. Adler | From the December 2024 issue The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have a typical origin...

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Supreme Court Refuses to Resurrect the Kids Climate Case

Climate Change Jonathan H. Adler | 11.13.2024 2:22 PM In yesterday's Orders List, the Supreme Court denied the petition for a write of mandamus in ...

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Federal Judge Rescinds Decision to Take Senior Status

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 11.10.2024 7:57 PM In October 2023, Judge Algenon Marbley of the Southern District of Ohio announced his intention to...

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Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Refuses to Enjoin D.C. Magazine Cap

Second Amendment Jonathan H. Adler | 11.1.2024 4:26 PM On Tuesday, in  Hanson v. District of Columbia , a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

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On Punishing Speech vs. Punishing Conduct

Campus Free Speech Jonathan H. Adler | 10.30.2024 2:45 PM Cornell University recently sanctioned students who were involved in a protest that...

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Why Has the D.C. Circuit Made It More Difficult to Find Opinions?

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 10.30.2024 8:05 AM The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently "upgraded" the opinion archive on its...

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Supreme Court Refuses to Remove RFK Jr. from Wisconsin and Michigan Ballots

Donald Trump Jonathan H. Adler | 10.29.2024 6:39 PM In two unsigned orders, the Supreme Court has denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr's applications for...

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Will the City of Cleveland Sue to Keep the Browns from Moving to the Suburbs?

Sports Jonathan H. Adler | 10.24.2024 8:34 AM Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam have announced plans to relocate the team to Brook Park,...

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"The Truth of Erasure"—A Defense of Universal Remedies

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 10.23.2024 10:42 PM The Ohio Solicitor General's office is a frequent litigant challenging federal agency...

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Justice Pat DeWine on Interpreting the Ohio Constitution

State Constitutional Law Jonathan H. Adler | 10.23.2024 6:42 PM Most discussions of constitutional interpretation focus on the interpretation of...

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Supreme Court to Tackle Who Can Sue Agencies Where and for What

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 10.21.2024 10:59 AM This morning the Supreme Court denied certiorari in a case asking the justices to...

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Pildes on the Election's Guardrails

Election 2024 Jonathan H. Adler | 10.20.2024 11:03 AM Multiple political commentators and media outlets have spun narratives of potential election...

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Justices Alito and Sotomayor on How Courts Read Dicta

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 10.19.2024 7:53 AM Catching up on Supreme Court oral arguments, I was struck by the following exchange in  Royal...

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Justice Kagan Does Not Like INS v. Chadha

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 10.19.2024 8:16 AM Another interesting tidbit from the oral argument in Royal Camin USA v. Wullschleger concerned...

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D.C. Circuit Grants En Banc Review to Consider Reviewability of FEC Enforcement Discretion

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 10.17.2024 8:14 PM On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a petition for...

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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Biden EPA Power Plant Rule

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 10.17.2024 3:06 PM This past spring, in Ohio v. EPA , a 5-4 Supreme Court stayed the implementation of an...

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The Appointments Clause Goes Fishing

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 10.11.2024 1:59 PM Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Regional Fishery Management Councils are tasked with...

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The First Real Judicial Filibuster

Judiciary Jonathan H. Adler | 10.11.2024 10:36 AM On May 9, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals to...

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Business and the Roberts Court Revisited

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 10.10.2024 10:22 PM The Roberts Court has long been described as a "pro-business" court. News reports summarizing...

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Sixth Circuit Allows Enforcement of Ohio Law Barring Foreign Expenditures on Ballot Initiatives

Sixth Circuit Jonathan H. Adler | 10.8.2024 6:07 PM Today a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the state of...

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