Biden Administration May Relax EPA Rules Driving Electric Vehicles: Report Potentially bowing to dealer, automaker and union pressure, the Biden Administration may back off rules leading to wider EV adoption. InsideEVs · Feb 17, 2024
Biden's pause on LNG exports aims to consolidate climate voters The gas export pause announced by the Biden administration reflects a strategic move to consolidate climate voters ahead of the November Presidential elect... Top News · Feb 6, 2024
The Biden Administration Has Found a Way To Keep Forgiving Student Loans Through changes to income-driven repayment plans, the Department of Education is set to enact debt relief for thousands of borrowers. Reason · Jan 19, 2024
As Heat Pumps Gain Steam, Technological Hurdles Give Way To Regulatory Ones Heat pump installations are rising rapidly across the globe. There's still work to be done, experts say. International Business Times · Dec 12, 2023
China Pushes Back On Biden's New EV Tax Credit Rules China thinks the new rules run counter to the spirit of the World Trade Organization, and are anti-competitive. InsideEVs · Dec 8, 2023
Supreme Court Denies Review of Social Cost of Carbon Challenge The Court saw no reason to consider the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that the states lacked standing. Reason · Oct 10, 2023
Biden administration offers migrant crisis help: Speeds work visas for Venezuelans looking for jobs in Chicago, other cities Gov. J.B. Pritzker applauded the decision: “Since day one of this humanitarian crisis, I have heard one thing from migrant families and their advocates — they want to build better lives and work.” Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 21, 2023
Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden Six Democratic governors are warning the Biden administration that offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023
Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment. WEKU · Sep 9, 2023
Is OMB Stacking the Deck for More Progressive Cost-Benefit Analysis? The Biden Administration is revising the rules for how agencies conduct cost-benefit analyses, and some CBA experts have expressed concerns. Reason · Aug 29, 2023
As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden's US-Mexico border policies grow Immigration advocates say an online appointment system to seek asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico is out of reach for many migrants in a lawsuit marking the latest challenge to the Biden administration’s agenda The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023
Appellate Court Dismisses Case Challenging CDC Transportation Mask Mandate Because it has Become Moot A case that began with a bang ends with a whimper. The issue of whether the CDC has the power to impose mask mandates remains unresolved. Reason · Jun 23, 2023
House Oversight Committee holds ESG hearing Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. Ballotpedia · May 16, 2023
New Report on State Standing in Student Loan Case Comes Up A Few Dollars Short A new report purporting to show that Missouri's arguments for standing in Nebraska v. Biden are based on a lie fails to deliver. Reason · May 6, 2023
Reason · Apr 5, 2023 Louisiana Loses Social-Cost-of-Carbon Lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit (Again) The plaintiff states lack standing to challenge the Biden Administration's interim Social Cost of Carbon estimates
Miami Herald · Mar 30, 2023 Florida grand jury focused on unaccompanied migrant children, blasts feds in new report MIAMI — In a stunning report that may spark new hostilities between the Biden Administration and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s statewide prosecutor Thursday explicitly accused federal immigration authorities of “human trafficking” in their oversight of unaccompanied migrant children in the state.
WEKU · Mar 13, 2023 The Biden administration approves the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska Environmental advocates opposed to the oil drilling project have called it a "carbon bomb," but proponents such as Alaska politicians and labor unions say it will bring jobs and revenue to the state.
Reason · Mar 10, 2023 Federal Court Issues Flawed Decision Striking Down Missouri Gun Sanctuary Law The ruling has significant shortcomings and may be overruled on appeal. The Biden Administration's position in this litigation is wrong for much the same reasons as the Trump Administration was wrong to target immigration sanctuaries.
Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2023 ‘Repugnant’: US rebukes Israeli remark on Palestinian village US State Department condemns Israeli minister’s call for Huwara to be ‘wiped out’, calling it a ‘disgusting’ incitement.
Reason · Mar 1, 2023 A Textualist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine Critics claim the doctrine is obviously at odds with textualism. But that isn't the case.
Reason · Mar 1, 2023 Thoughts on Today's Supreme Court Student Loan Forgiveness Oral Arguments The justices seem to be clearly leaning against the Biden Administration on the merits. The procedural issue of standing is a closer call, though ultimately more likely than not to come out the same way.
Ballotpedia · Feb 28, 2023 Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes February sitting Welcome to the Feb. 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.
Reason · Feb 22, 2023 Can a Federal Court Vacate a Regulation Without First Concluding It Was Unlawful? A Ninth Circuit opinion concludes that when a federal agency seeks a voluntary remand of a contested rule, that is not enough to vacate the regulation.
Zenger · Feb 21, 2023 US Lawmakers Call On The Biden Administration To Block A UN Resolution Backing Palestine Lawmakers pressure the Biden administration to veto a prospective PA-backed resolution at the UNSC condemning Israel
Ballotpedia · Feb 21, 2023 Texas sues Biden administration over guidance to pharmacies on providing abortion-inducing drugs Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on February 7, 2023, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging July 2022 guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that, according to Paxton, violates state sovereignty by seeking “to require…