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Texas school finance system is constitutional, court rules
2016-05-16 19:15:00| American School & University
State Supreme Court says formula for distributing aid is flawed, but meets constitutional requirements. read more
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Exxon fights subpoena in widening climate probe, citing violation of its constitutional rights
2016-04-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate News: The company has turned over more than 10,000 pages of records to the New York attorney general, but is resisting a new demand filed under anti-racketeering laws. Exxon chief executive Rex Tillerson is leading a fight against a subpoena in the Virgin Islands' climate fraud investigation. Credit: Getty Images ExxonMobil Corp. sued to block a subpoena issued last month by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands seeking almost 40 years of documents on climate change. In his demand for...
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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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Groundbreaking Ruling: State Has Constitutional Obligation to Stem Tide of Global Warming
2015-11-20 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Late last night, King County Superior Court Judge Hollis R. Hill issued a groundbreaking ruling in the unprecedented case of eight youth petitioners who requested that the Washington Department of Ecology write a carbon emissions rule that protects the atmosphere for their generation and those to come. In a landmark decision, Judge Hill declared [the youths] very survival depends upon the will of their elders to act now, decisively and unequivocally, to stem the tide of global warming before...
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North Carolina Supreme Court says voucher program is constitutional
2015-07-24 17:50:00| American School & University
The 4-3 ruling overturns a lower court opinion that the program impermissibly used public funds for religious purposes. read more
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