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Dow Chemical settles case citing Supreme Court uncertainty
2016-02-27 05:44:22| Chemicals - Topix.net
In this Feb. 21, 2006 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gives the keynote speech on the debate over the role that international and foreign law should play in American judicial decision-making, during a day-long symposium at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Dow Chemical says it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the Supreme Court.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members...
2016-02-26 02:31:26| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A letter from the Supreme Court's doctor says Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice's sudden death. When Justice Antonin Scalia died 11 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.
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Supreme Court to hear major grid case without Scalia
2016-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: A consequential energy case is on the Supreme Court's docket this week as the justices hear their first arguments since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. On Wednesday, the court will hear the second high-profile case of this term where justices must weigh the divisions of state versus federal authority over electricity markets. At issue: Does a Maryland program providing incentives for new power generation improperly veer onto federal regulators' turf? Lower courts said it does. The Richmond,...
Supreme Court scuffle triggers constitutional clash
2016-02-20 10:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It only took one man`s death to give Congress an opening to extend its dysfunction to the rest of government. Republican opposition to letting President Barack Obama replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia quickly sparked a constitutional clash over the president`s right to fill Supreme Court vacancies. Democrats, who have their own history of boxing out Republicans over court nominees, are up in arms, but begrudgingly concede that Obama`s pick is unlikely to be confirmed. So as both parties...
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Will US supreme court judge death save climate plan?
2016-02-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The death of a 79-year-old Texan judge could have radically changed the mood music around US president Barack Obamas beleaguered plan to make states slash greenhouse gas emissions. Antonin Scalia was one of five members of the Supreme Court of the United States to last week vote to stay implementation of the Clean Power Plan, which mandates emission cuts from power plants. With the death of Scalia -- a distinguished justice appointed by Ronald Reagan -- theres now a 4-4 ideological split...
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