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Fed Circ Upholds VA Cutoff on Resuming Disability Benefits

August 9, 2021
Partially disabled veterans whose benefits are suspended when they are recalled to active duty are not automatically entitled to benefits once their tours of duty end, a divided federal appeals court held. In a 2-1 decision Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a Veterans Affairs regulation under which the veteran…
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EPA Sued Over Colorado Mine Catastrophe

August 7, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency has been sued for taking over property adjacent to the 2015 Gold King Mine catastrophe in Colorado to stage cleanup equipment and projects, and keeping it, never paying for it or even for renting it. The case seeks millions of dollars in damages and has been submitted to the U.S. Court…
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Prominent Law Professor Sues His School Over Vaccine Policy

August 7, 2021
Imposing a constitutionally dubious vaccine policy at a public university that not only has some of the top classical liberal law professors in the country but is also intimately connected with a global network of freedom advocates is a recipe for a lawsuit. That’s exactly what George Mason University learned recently when it imposed a school-wide vaccine mandate for students, faculty,…
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Colorado mine owner seeks US compensation over 2015 spill

August 6, 2021
The owner of an inactive southwestern Colorado mine that was the source of a disastrous 2015 spill that fouled rivers in three Western states has sued the U.S. government, seeking nearly $3.8 million in compensation for using his land in its cleanup. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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NCLA Sues GMU Officials Over Their Refusal to Recognize Prof.’s Naturally-Acquired Covid Immunity

August 6, 2021
  NCLA Litigation Counsel Jenin Younes joins Cheddar News to explain how George Mason University is threatening employees with disciplinary action that includes “unpaid leave or possible loss of employment” if they don’t comply with the public university’s vaccine mandate. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Why I’m Suing Over My Employer’s Vaccine Mandate

August 6, 2021
In a few weeks I will begin my 24th year as a law professor at George Mason University. Last year I volunteered to teach in person, even though I’m in my 50s. Teaching law is my job and I owe my students my best. I also knew I could do it safely. During the spring…
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