Mon 2/27 - State Solicitors General at SCOTUS, Salt Lake disaster, and the Major Questions Doctrine

In today’s episode we have state solicitors generals and the supreme court, an impending environmental disaster at the Great Salt Lake, and the major questions doctrine may spell doom for Biden’s student loan relief plan.

• State Solicitors General to Have Big Week at US Supreme Court - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/state-solicitors-general-to-have-big-week-at-us-supreme-court

• Time Is Running Out for Lawmakers to Save the Great Salt Lake - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/time-is-running-out-for-lawmakers-to-save-the-great-salt-lake

• U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘major questions’ test may doom Biden student debt plan - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-courts-major-questions-test-may-doom-biden-student-debt-plan-2023-02-23/

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