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Reconciliation language shores up EPA clean air authority - Roll Call

The climate, health care and tax bill that became law last week may buttress the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases.

Roll Call · Aug 25, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act doesn't get around the Supreme Court's climate ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, but it does strengthen EPA's future abilities

The new Inflation Reduction Act is being justly celebrated as the most significant piece of federal legislation to address the climate crisis to date. It includes about US$370 billion in incentives for everything from solar panels to electric vehicles.

The Conversation · Aug 24, 2022

Queen bees saved from certain death as war on hive-destroying varroa mite widens

The varroa mite is a honeybee parasite that kills bees' young and spreads disease and kills the entire hive.The fight to eradicate them is intense

The New Daily · Aug 5, 2022

SCOTUS leak derailed effort to save Roe

Roberts tried to sway Justice Brett Kavanaugh before an unidentified leaker blew up his efforts

Salon · Jul 26, 2022

For Legal Conservatives, Six Decades Of Folding, Followed By Sixteen Years To Draw A Full House

On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O'Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren.

Reason · Jul 25, 2022

Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers

Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v_ Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach.”

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case

The Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

AO founder John Roberts lowers stake in online electricals giant

The company recently called on investors to help it raise an extra £40m

Birmingham Post · Jul 15, 2022

New York v. United States and Nance v. Ward

Section 1983 should not be read to impose obligations on state legislatures to enact legislation.

Reason · Jul 12, 2022

Commentary: Why can’t we limit money in politics like the French?

My family and I are nearing the end of a gap year in France. One highlight of this adventure was watching the French presidential election in April in which Emanual Macron beat Marine Le Pen by a 17-point margin. As an American, it was refreshing to see how a democracy…

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022