During a pre-trial hearing held Friday morning at the St. Martin Parish Courthouse, Judge Keith Comeaux heard testimony from Kevin Taliaferro, Director of Right of Ways for Energy Transfer Partners,...
...A few of the landowners, represented by lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper disagree. They claim it's unconstitutional for a private company to use...
... Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado is representing the plaintiffs. “This is a first amendment lawsuit. It harps on principles sacrosanct to our democracy and in our...
Judge Keith Comeaux will be hearing a pre-trial on Friday regarding the constitutionality of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin. Loyola University law professor Bill Quigly told KATC’...
...Migrant Justice members are named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Vermont, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Center for...
...Migrant Justice, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the ACLU of Vermont, and other plaintiffs claim the federal government is targeting activists nationwide. ... Read the full piece here.
...The company was in the process of trying to use the controversial doctrine of eminent domain to “expropriate” the land, which allows the government to seize land for the public good. But according...
...Trump is also changing asylum policy in an attempt to deter the caravans. Last Friday, he signed a proclamation that will deny asylum to immigrants who enter the U.S. without authorization...
...Rachel Meeropol, senior staff attorney and associate director of legal training and education at the Center for Constitutional Rights, points out that beyond legal fees, court costs, and travel...
...Trump is also changing asylum policy in an attempt to deter the caravans. Last Friday, he signed a proclamation that will deny asylum to immigrants who enter the U.S. without authorization ...
