The past decades have seen a growing interest in, and utilisation of, outer space. Ease of access to space has increased alongside the rise of more affordable and small-scale technologies, and as a consequence space has become a congested and competitive environment. This has resulted in an increase in the number of nations with space [...]
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California dispatches: after recall victory, Newsom goes ‘all out’ to right wrongs in California
JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. Less than a month after his recall victory, a re-energized Governor Gavin Newsom has gone on the offensive, signing numerous bills and [...]
US Supreme Court rules Natural Gas Act can authorize pipeline companies to take State property
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey that the Natural Gas Act can grant private companies authority to take state-owned property to build a pipeline. Under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), a company seeking to build an interstate pipeline must obtain a certificate from the Federal Energy Regulatory [...]
US Supreme Court removes immigration cases from calendar, takes up gas pipeline case
The US Supreme Court released an order on Wednesday granting the Biden administration’s request to remove oral arguments for challenges on now-defunct Trump administration immigration policies. The Supreme Court’s order separately granted a writ of certiorari in a natural-gas pipeline case. The removed cases, Mayorkas v. Innovation Law Lab and Biden v. Sierra Club, are [...]
Environmental Personhood: Recent Developments and the Road Ahead
Introduction A legal personality or a juristic personality is an entity other than a natural being which the law deems capable of holding such rights and duties which are normally accorded to human beings exclusively. The rights accorded can range from a few legal rights which the according authority conceives to be cardinal to the [...]
California lawmaker pushes to make PG&E a publicly owned utility after wildfires
California Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 219 to the state legislature Monday in an attempt to make PG&E a publicly owned utility. The move comes a year after the company filed for bankruptcy, stemming from liability for the 2017 and 2018 California wildfires. SB 219 would “authorize the authority to acquire, by eminent domain, the [...]
Appeals court finds police owe nothing for destroying man's home
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the Greenwood Village Police Department acted lawfully when they destroyed Leo Lech’s home. The police pursued a suspected criminal, Robert Seacat, to Lech’s house, where they entered into a 19-hour standoff with the police that left the home uninhabitable. The police used increasingly aggressive tactics [...]
US Supreme Court allows Virginia Uranium mining ban to stand
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) does not preempt Virginia Law from prohibiting the mining of Uranium. The Supreme Court, in a 6-to-3 plurality judgment, sided with the State of Virginia’s right to regulate the Uranium industry. “But both courts found missing from the AEA [...]
Iowa Supreme Court of rules Dakota Access Pipeline valid use of eminent domain
The Supreme Court of Iowa ruled Friday that the Dakota Access Pipeline is a valid use of eminent domain in the state of Iowa. The Dakota Access Pipeline is set to be one of the largest oil pipelines in North America, running from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to reach a refinery in [...]
Bipartisan immigration bill unveiled despite lack of support from White House
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an immigration proposal on Wednesday as more Republicans offered support for immigration reform. Senator Lindsey Graham announced that Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lamar Alexander (TN), Lisa Murkowski...