The Effectiveness of Promoting Renewable Technology: Regression Analysis of Emissions
For many states, Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs) are a primary method of reducing energy-related emissions and promoting clean energy. RPSs are strengthened in several different ways, and the technology they aim to promote varies between states. The most effective method for achieving the goals of RPSs is directly increasing the clean-energy percentage goals they set [...]
The Future of The Wire Act and Online Gambling under the Biden Administration
The year 2021 could mark significant changes, among other things, to an oft argued about and imminently perplexing, sixty-year-old law–The Federal Wire Act (“Wire Act”). The change will likely be driven from the hands of President-elect Joe Biden, and more specifically, with who he selects as Attorney General of the United States. Though Biden largely [...]
Claims of fraud figure prominently in the fallout from last November’s Presidential election. Some claim that voting machines actually manipulated votes and vote counts. These claims are sufficient widespread that Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D Nevada) and Senator Tom Carper (D Delaware) refuted those claims on the Senate floor during the Electoral College debate. Nevertheless, [...]
Supreme Court vacates challenge to Delaware provision on political balance in judiciary
The US Supreme Court held Thursday that a Delaware political independent lacked standing to challenge the state’s “bare majority” and “major party” requirements because he was not “able and ready” to apply for a judicial vacancy. This decision was unanimous, with newly-confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett abstaining from participation. The case challenged a Delaware constitutional provision [...]
Federal court dismisses Trump campaign attempt to discard Pennsylvania mail-in votes
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Saturday dismissed a Trump campaign lawsuit that sought to invalidate nearly 7 million legally cast votes. This decision came on the same morning that a federal court in Georgia denied a similar attempt to disenfranchise voters. The Trump campaign brought their lawsuit in Pennsylvania [...]
Boy Scouts subject to more than 82,000 sexual abuse claims: report
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is subject to more than 82,000 sexual abuse claims in its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, according to a New York Times report published Monday. Those involved in the cases have expressed dismay over the number of claims, as the number of claims against the BSA surpasses the number of claims [...]
The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday morning in the first two cases of the 2020 term. Initially scheduled for March and April, respectively, the arguments were postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The justices heard the oral arguments by phone to maintain social distancing protocols. John Carney, the Governor of Delaware and the [...]
ABA Does the Right Thing and Stands with Law School Graduates in the Midst of the Pandemic
I have never been prouder to be a member of the American Bar Association than today when the House of Delegates voted to stand with law students and recent law graduates to send an important message to state courts and bar examiners – it is simply not safe to give an in-person bar exam at [...]
Federal judge: EPA failed to prepare implementation plans for ozone standards
A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York found Tuesday that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to prepare good neighbor implementation plans, as required by the Clean Air Act, for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA must [...]
The month of July has almost ended and the Bar Exam is just as much in flux now as it was back in April. For many applicants to the bar, the situation is changing on a daily basis. Just this past week the applicants to the Louisiana Bar were granted Emergency Diploma Privilege. Indiana was [...]
