Justice Neil Gorsuch gives two-word warning to Biden over Supreme Court reforms President has proposed term limits and ethics code for Supreme Court The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2024
Biskupic Part III Confirms What We Already Knew: Justice Alito Lost Majority Opinions in NetChoice and Trevino. There is little here that can't be gleaned from the docket and the split opinions. Reason · Jul 31, 2024
Trump Values Judicial Independence Only When It Benefits Him His criticism of President Joe Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reform is hard to take seriously. Reason · Jul 31, 2024
Experts: Kim Davis threatens LGBT rights Legal experts say Kim Davis' appeal won't outlaw same-sex marriage — but could help fuel future attacks on rights Salon · Jul 28, 2024
Delay of Texas death row inmate's execution has not been the norm for Supreme Court, experts say Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was only 20 minutes away from being executed when the U.S. Supreme Court granted his request to stay his lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024
Two SCOTUS Cases Show How an Unaccountable Administrative State Hurts 'Ordinary People' Contrary to progressive criticism, curtailing bureaucratic power is not about protecting "the wealthy and powerful." Reason · Jul 3, 2024
Why the End of Chevron Could Be a Win for Immigrants “Immigration is an area of the law where the partisan alignments break down over Chevron.” Reason · Jul 2, 2024
Gorsuch Apes NIMBY Government Lies in Supreme Court's Grants Pass Decision Plus: A disappointing first round of "Baby YIMBY" grant awards, President Joe Biden endorses rent control, and House Republicans propose cutting housing spending. Reason · Jul 2, 2024
SCOTUS Repudiates Doctrine That Gave Agencies a License To Invent Their Own Authority The Court says Chevron deference allows bureaucrats to usurp a judicial function, creating "an eternal fog of uncertainty" about what the law allows or requires. Reason · Jun 28, 2024
Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron: What It Means for the IRS A landmark decision from SCOTUS fundamentally alters the administrative law landscape and impacts federal agencies, including the IRS. Kiplinger · Jun 28, 2024
What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision Friday by the Supreme Court The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on homeless encampments. Here’s what it means for Texas. The ruling comes amid a nationwide surge in homelessness as high rents put pressure on low-income households and pandemic-era protections expire. The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2024
Supreme Court criminalizes homelessness allowing laws that arrest people who sleep in public areas Conservative majority of the Supreme Court allowed local ordinaces that criminalize homelesness to continue The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024
The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2024 Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become The court’s current justices are some of the most hostile to labor rights in modern US history
International Business Times · Jun 28, 2024 US Supreme Court Rejects Opioid Settlement That Shields Sackler Family The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family, which controlled the drugmaker, from future litigation.
The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024 Supreme Court sidesteps case on whether federal law on medical emergencies overrides Idaho’s abortion ban On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by the federal government regarding whether Idaho’s abortion ban conflicts with a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. The law requires emergency rooms to provide stabilizing care for patients experiencing medical emergencies regardless of…
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 Divided Over Purdue Pharma Deal, SCOTUS Unites in Accepting a Dubious OxyContin Narrative The majority and the dissenters agree that the drug was "central" to "the opioid crisis," even though there is little evidence to support that thesis.
Salon · Jun 27, 2024 Alito dissent signals "gathering storm" As Justice Jackson noted, the court kicked the can down the road because it's currently "politically inconvenient"
The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024 Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against an estimated US$6 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on June 27, 2024, that would have shielded the Sackler family – which owned and controlled the company – from legal liability.
France 24 · Jun 27, 2024 US Supreme Court rejects $6 billion OxyContin settlement shielding Sackler family The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $6 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, who owned the company and earned tens of billions as it flooded the country with the highly addictive drug, from future civil lawsuits over the role they played in…
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 SCOTUS Rules SEC's In-House Handling of Securities Fraud Cases Violates the Right to Trial by Jury The decision rejects a system in which the agency imposes civil penalties after investigating people and validating its own allegations.
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 The Facial Challenge Analysis In Rahimi Seems Inconsistent with Lopez Why did Lopez, who was paid $40 to bring a gun to a school, succeed on a facial challenge, but the Court wouldn't even consider Rahimi's circumstances?
Reason · Jun 21, 2024 The Supreme Court Again Strengthens the Right to a Jury Trial in Criminal Sentencing Paul Erlinger was sentenced to 15 years in prison based largely on a determination made by a judge—not a jury.
The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2024 US supreme court opened Pandora’s box … and Ten Commandments law flew out Louisiana’s demand to display the religious text in public schools is part of an effort to make the US a theocratic state