Supreme Court halts Biden’s ‘good neighbor’ plan to curb smog
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Supreme Court Overturns Opioid Settlement That Shielded Sacklers From Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a hotly contested deal that shielded members of the billionaire Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic.
Clarence Thomas acknowledges trips with billionaire Harlan Crow in financial disclosure
WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas reported a 2019 trip to Bali with billionaire friend Harlan Crow in his annual financial disclosures report released Friday — a previously reported instance of the justice's cozy relationship with the real-estate mogul.
Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a business-backed challenge that could have scuttled the federal agency set up to protect consumers from shady financial services practices.
Supreme Court Rejects Payday Lender Effort To Gut The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism is not unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
Schumer may let controversial Biden nominee with 'problematic' ties quietly expire: expert
A controversial judicial nominee proposed by President Biden will expire at the end of the 118th Congress in just months, and some experts are speculating that this is just what the president and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are planning for.
Supreme Court won't let former Trump aide Peter Navarro out of jail while he appeals sentence
The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by Peter Navarro, a former advisor to ex-President Donald Trump, to get out of jail while he appeals his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The order rejecting Navarro's application for release pending appeal stated only that his request was addressed to Justice Neil Gorsuch and referred to the court, which denied it. It was the second time in six weeks that the high court shot down Navarro's efforts to pause his jail sentence while he continues to fight a guilty verdict on two counts of contempt of Congress. Navarro, 74, surrendered to a federal prison in Miami on March 19 to begin serving his sentence. Navarro was indicted after re
Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's nearly three-hour oral argument Thursday, it seems apparent that at minimum, there will be no Trump trial on charges of obstructing the 2020 election until after the election this November.