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WASHINGTON (CN) A law that has been the key to the development of natural gas pipelines for 80 years was challenged by New Jersey at the nation’s highest court Wednesday.
The founding fathers’ understanding of federal land takes and the role private companies have in executing those seizures were central themes during the virtual U.S. Supreme Court hearing.
“This court has said repeatedly that taking land is under common law, why doesn’t this fall within the 11th Amendment itself?” asked Justice Neal Gorsuch, a Donald Trump appointee, who appeared concerned at the idea of the private gas company PennEast being allowed to bring a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey, which might otherwise be shielded by sovereign immunity granted by the constitution despite powers given to companies under the Natural Gas Act of 1938.
Critics decry new Oklahoma law that protects drivers who unintentionally run over or kill protesters Marquise Francis
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law last week that offers legal protections for drivers who “unintentionally” kill or injure protesters if they are attempting to “flee the scene.”
House Bill 1674, which passed last week thanks to overwhelming Republican support, also makes it a misdemeanor offense to obstruct a roadway.
The new law was passed in response to Black Lives Matter demonstrations that took place in Oklahoma and much of the country last summer in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
The result of the case could have far-reaching ramifications for tens of millions of public school students.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on schoolspeech that could be the most influential on the topic since the famous 1969 case Tinker v. Des Moines.
The dispute stems from Snapchat posts by a high school sophomore after she did not make a varsity cheer team. But it could have implications for tens of millions of students nationwide, and to what extent schools are allowed to regulate and punish students for speech that happens outside of school.
It pits the school district against Christian groups; the Biden administration against the ACLU; and anti-bullying advocates against student rights groups.
Leiden Law School and the Center for Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court (CEC-SCJN) have signed a memorandum of understanding, to carry.
Term limits were tested out by the Continental Congress and proved a disaster. Congressmen became instant lame duck, easily compromised, because citizens lost all leverage, power, and influence, as they lost half their right to vote.
Term limits come with guaranteed lengths in office robbing people of both their right to quickly vote corrupt congressmen out of office, and to also re-elect congressmen who continually demonstrate constitutional loyalty. A term limit canât deliver that loyalty but does deliver identical bureaucratic policies currently directed by political parties.
The Constitution doesnât need to be changed. Congressmen need to stop betraying their contract with the American people and their oath of office. Marriage pledges 100% fidelity. When a congressman breaks his 100% contract of fealty with constituents, heâs not trustworthy or faithful. Term limit and balanced budget amendments are but Trojan Horses that invade the Constitutions security, and wi