States seek to limit animal rights investigations by restrictive “Agricultural Gag” laws. Two recent Eighth Circuit cases hold Iowa’s Ag-Gag laws do not violate the First Amendment.
On February 16, the D.C. District Court vacated Florida’s assumption of permitting under section 404 of the Clean Water Act, finding it violated the Endangered Species Act.
Courts rejected removal of climate change cases to federal court. Now, some challenge state cases on preemption grounds. Will the Supreme Court grant review?