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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

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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