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Religious-themed student housing raising constitutional questions

2013-10-04 16:30:00| American School & University

New housing at Troy University in Alabama is among a wave of religious-themed housing at public higher-education institutions Schoolhouse Beat read more

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In France, fracking ban faces constitutional test

2013-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PRI: Forever is a long time. Definitely way too long for opponents of Frances first-in-the-world ban on hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. Back when it was passed in 2011, many thought the ban would be the final word on fracking in France. The controversial method of injecting water, chemicals and sand deep underground to produce shale gas and oil would never be used here. Instead, shale gas, or gaz de schiste, is still a hot topic, in large part because an American drilling company is...

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Former Florida Hog Farmer Awarded $505,000 over Constitutional Amendment

2013-07-31 16:54:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: U.S. Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog Florida passed the first constitutional amendment in 2002, prohibited the housing of pregnant sows in gestation crates. And now, Florida is marking up another first, with an appellate court decision affirming a ruling that awarded a producer $505,000 plus interest for improvements to his property that were made useless by the amendment. read more

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