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The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands, leaving many of these valuable ecosystems at risk

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Sackett v. EPA that federal protection of wetlands encompasses only those wetlands that directly adjoin rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. This is an extremely narrow interpretation of the Clean Water Act that could expose many wetlands across the U.S. to filling…

The Conversation

Supreme Court limits EPA protection for wetlands, ruling for property rights over clean water

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday limited federal protection for millions of acres of wetlands, ruling for property rights over clean water.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court ruling will force changes to ‘waters of US’ rule - Roll Call

The Biden administration will be required to redefine federal authority to protect wetlands under the Clean Water Act.

Roll Call

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Thank Clarence Thomas for gun madness

His Bruen gun rights decision is killing Americans every day

Salon

Justice Scalia's Unpublished Dissent in Kelo v. City of New London

Its existence was revealed when Justice John Paul Stevens' papers were made public earlier this week.

Reason

What I Learned From Justice Stevens' Papers on Kelo v. City of New London

There are several interesting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.

Reason

These Senators Want the Federal Government To Verify Your Age Online

Requiring users to verify their age to use social media will degrade their privacy and cybersecurity.

Reason

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Scalia Speaks about Clinton v. Jones in the JPS Papers

Justice Stevens rejected most Justice Scalia's revisions.

Reason

The First Scalia Oral Argument Since 1976?

Will Eugene Scalia argue Murray v. UBS, after his father Antonin last argued in 1976?

Reason

Justice Alito Defends The Supreme Court In Ways Chief Justice Roberts Cannot

If Justice Thomas is the intellectual leader of the Supreme Court, Justice Alito is its heart.

Reason

Just say it: Second Amendment must go

Sooner or later, change will come: Younger Americans won't tolerate this constitutional delusion much longer

Salon

Illinois should ban cruel practice of declawing cats

Declawing is inhumane, a veterinarian writes, and already banned or considered unethical in most of the world.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal Court Halts Biden Administration's Clean Water Overreach

Hopefully the Supreme Court will soon put a permanent stop to the EPA's Clean Water Act land grab.

Reason

Federal courts tweak ethics rule for travel, meals and more

WASHINGTON — Federal courts have implemented a rare tweak to their ethics rules for Supreme Court justices and federal judges following bipartisan congressional pressure.

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Federal courts tweak ethics rule for travel, meals and more - Roll Call

Federal courts revised ethics rules for Supreme Court justices and federal judges after bipartisan congressional pressure.

Reason

Federal Agencies Keep Failing To Legally Interpret the Clean Water Act

The Biden administration is the third administration in a row to fail to issue Clean Water Act regulations that pass judicial scrutiny.

The Guardian - US

Republican Ted Cruz introduces bill to block US supreme court expansion

Texas senator claims court dominated 6-3 by conservatives after ruthless GOP power plays must remain ‘independent’

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The 'wackadoodle' foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims

A woman who put forth election-fraud claims that even she described as "pretty wackadoodle" was a source for baseless claims aired by Fox News in 2020. The network is now being sued for defamation.

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The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend the Clean Water Act

If SCOTUS finds in favor of a small-town Idaho couple in Sackett v. EPA, it could end the federal government's jurisdiction over millions of acres of land.

Reason

Don't Underestimate Clarence Thomas

Justice Thomas' footprints are all over the Court's recently concluded term.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Antonin Scalia and the uncertain future of legal conservatism

During her 2010 Senate confirmation hearings, centrist-liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan famously allowed that “we are all originalists.” In a 2015 interview at Harvard Law School honoring her then-colleague Justice Antonin Scalia, Kagan proclaimed that “we are all textualists now.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court asked to stop judges from considering ‘acquitted conduct’ during sentencing

Judges sometimes add prison time for crimes defendants were accused of — even if juries found them innocent. And the Supreme Court has turned down numerous appeals asking it to declare that the Constitution forbids it.

Reason

Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Future of Progressive Originalism

The liberal justice seems ready to fight legal conservatives on their own ground.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Guns and logic

Ignoring the nation’s epidemic of mass shootings, in June 2022, by a 6-3 margin along ideological lines, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required anyone seeking a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the home to demonstrate a specific justification for the permit. Under the…

Salon

The New Right's heated family feud

"Integralists" battle "national conservatives" over religion, capitalism and the far-right conquest of America

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