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Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository 1 Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Criminal Law Commons , Cultural Heritage Law 2 International Law Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons ... Economics and Political Science (LL.M. in Human Rights Law). t Able of c ontents 64 65 68 69 71 74 75 78 80 81 85 86 90 91 i . i ntrod Uction Throughout the summer and fall of 2022, an audacious climate
. Candidate , May 2024 , Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law; B.S. , Political Science , Philosophy, 2019 , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. To my family, friends, and my boyfriend ... political speech, which refers to constitutionally protected speech and generally cannot be regulated in most instances.74 Second, even if speech is commercial, assertions of fact are separate from assertions
the advent of a federal regulatory scheme.10 This legal watershed moment represented a compromise between opposing political forces — Republicans and conservative Democrats, and New Deal Democrats ... rule.119 This proposal came after public comment and hearings reflected changing political sentiments and backlash from the motor vehicle industry cited economic difficulties.120 Subsequently, the agency
issue, companies have historically taken advantage of communities with limited political power, leveraging their authority to secure necessary permits with lower transaction costs, thereby exerting ... case of the few permits it issues or indirectly through comments and political pressure for state-issued permits.180 The guidance provides a set of principles for regional air permitting staff to apply
Commons , Law and Philosophy Commons, Law and Politics Commons, Law and Race Commons, Law 3 Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons, Supreme Court of the United States Commons 4 Other Law Commons ... , Michelle, in Chicago and began his political career there. Id. (delving into Obama’s link to Chicago). Other competing areas included Hawaii, where President Obama was born, and New York City, where Obama
Employment Law Commons, Law and Economics Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons, Law and Politics Commons, Law and Psychology Commons, Law and Race Commons, Law and Society Commons, Law Enforcement and ... , laws focused on conserving natural resources rather than encouraging general sustainable behavior. See id. (summarizing expansion of political understandings of environment). 57. Luther, supra note 55
two decades indicate financial underinvestment across political parties and primarily stagnating outcomes. I. INTRODUCTION Notable environmental disasters, such as the Santa Barbara Oil Spill and the ... Cuyahoga River Fire in 1969, prompted Congress to move forward with a variety of new laws to protect the environ* Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Service
Policy Commons, Human Rights Law Commons , Judges Commons, Jurisdiction Commons, Jurisprudence Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons, Law and Politics Commons, Law and Psychology Commons, Law and Race ... environmentally-just future.218 The United States’ leadership must also play a more active and diligent role in implementing guidance.219 Presidents, regardless of political affiliations, should commit to improving
for a variety of reasons, including lack of funding or lack of political representation.62 When public centralized systems exist in an area, residents must use that system.63 If centralized systems do ... , supra note 12, at 25-26 (noting economic vulnerability and lack of political representation for minority communities). 131. See Davies, supra note 45 (interviewing Catherine Coleman Flowers advocating
, raising fears of undue political influence.210 An Inspector General Report confirmed these fears, finding the 2018 nonconditional dicamba registration strayed from EPA protocols and was a result of ... political influence.211 Despite the subsequent nonconditional registration, the National Family Farm Coalition decision can still have a profound impact on future pesticide litigation.212 First, the Ninth
environmentalists’ growing activism in response to increasing litigation). 71. Id. (discussing rising litigation’s impact on climate change accountability). due in part to the issue’s highly political nature.72 The ... countered the majority’s opinion.193 WHAT WE WOULD PAY TO SPEND LESS DAYS WARM ON THE SAND: BP P.L.C.’S UNLIKELY BUDDING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT The Court’s decision on a simple civil procedure
. (321) 322 VILLANOVA ENVIRONMENTAL LAw JOURNAL [Vol. XXII: p. 321 emitters under the tort theory of public nuisance.4 Given the widely perceived lack of meaningful political action regarding global ... partisan debate surrounding the issue and the problem's truly global scope, it should come as no surprise that the political question doctrine has emerged as an obstacle for climate change litigants. 7 All
. Meghan Keneally , Their Pay, Age, Political Leanings and More: 6 Supreme Court Questions Answered , ABC NEWS (Oct. 1 , 2018 , 4 :43 PM), https://abcnews.go .com/US/pay -age-political-leanings-supreme-court ... -questions-answered/ story?id=58204713 (explaining key questions about Supreme Court including political leanings). 158. See Va . Uranium, Inc., 139 S. Ct . at 1900- 09 ( interpreting preemption from
), https://www.martindale.com/legal-news/article_olshan-frome-wolosky-llp_2519885.htm (explaining principles-based disclosure philosophy). Principles-based disclosure represents a system of disclosure ... Widger School of Law; B.A. , Political Science , 2015 , University of Massachusetts, Amherst. To my family and friends - thank you for the love and support .
: Address Political Resistance to Rebuilding Prisons. Not surprisingly, politics plays a significant role in deciding what funds will be allocated toward prisons and for what purpose. Individuals working ... correctional institutions. While the private prison industry has political influence,78 there is increasing opposition to its participation in the criminal justice system. Thus, any funding for repairing our
trails from pipelines. * J.D., 2021, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University; B.A., Philosophy, 2016, Dickinson College. I would like to thank Professor Andrew Carter for his ... challenges unique to their long and skinny shapes.30 When two long and skinny resources intersect, the intersection becomes a flashpoint in the practical, legal, and political disputes concerning the resources
natural and man-made environments relate to each other, and characteristically has cultural roots.”33 In his book Hyperobjects, Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World, Timothy Morton highlights ... , PHILOSOPHY AND ECOLOGY AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD (Cary Wolfe ed. 2013). 35. Id. at 99-107. 36. Id. 37. Todd Stern, How to Shift Public Attitudes and Win the Global Climate Battle, YALE SCH. OF THE ENV’T
distribution of environmental hazards.”26 This is because affluent communities are often able to “leverage their economic and political clout” to deflect unwanted facilities from their neighborhoods.27 ... . Robert D. Bullard, Environmental Blackmail in Minority Communities, in REFLECTING ON NATURE: READINGS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY 132, 134 (Lori Gruen & Dale Jamieson eds., 1994) (noting affluent
review petitions based on the merits without potential political intervention from the states.196 The decision in Friends of Animals also ensures FWS follows the ESA’s intent and purpose.197 Vacation of
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL regarding the statutory mechanisms the government must implement to help protect the environment.8 More recently — notwithstanding the renewed political interest in space exploration
