March 19, 2024
Via: Washington's Top NewsA divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally as a legal battle over the measure continues to play out. The conservative […]
March 4, 2024
Via: Fox NewsThe U.S. Supreme Court sided unanimously with former President Trump in his challenge to the state of Colorado’s attempt to kick him off the 2024 primary ballot. All nine justices ruled in favor of Trump in the case, which will […]
February 20, 2024
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Sidney Powell and other lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump over $150,000 in sanctions they were ordered to pay for abusing the court system with a sham lawsuit challenging the […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
January 18, 2024
Via: ArsTechnicaThe Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine, one of the most important principles guiding federal regulation for the past 40 years. The doctrine, named for a 1984 court case involving Environmental Protection Agency air […]
December 27, 2023
Via: Fox NewsThe Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to remove former President Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. The decision comes after the Colorado Supreme Court last week disqualified Trump from appearing on that state’s ballots in 2024. […]
November 7, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a federal law that prohibits people from having guns if they are under a court order to stay away from their spouse, partner or other family members. The justices are hearing […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
August 29, 2023
Via: Fox NewsThe Biden administration finalized revised environmental regulations impacting bodies of water Tuesday in response to a Supreme Court decision in May upending the original version. In a joint announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]
August 24, 2023
Via: Federal News NetworkAs they try to pad their state Supreme Court majority in a presidential battleground, Democrats in Pennsylvania now hope to harness the same voter enthusiasm for protecting abortion rights that has already helped their side to a string of high-profile […]
Energy & Environment, Industry
July 27, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsThe Supreme Court on Thursday allowed construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline had been blocked by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
July 10, 2023
Via: JD SupraOn June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Biden v. Nebraska, striking down the Department of Education’s (DOE) student loan debt relief program (announced in August and covered by InfoBytes here) that would have provided between […]
June 29, 2023
Via: Fox NewsRepublican presidential candidates are applauding the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority to severely limit the use of race in determining college admissions. In a 6-3 decision announced on Thursday, the justices ruled that the use of race […]
June 29, 2023
Via: Fox NewsThe U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on affirmative action Thursday, rejecting the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice […]
June 6, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsWithin hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said […]
February 22, 2023
Via: Federal News NetworkThe Supreme Court is weighing Wednesday whether Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be sued over a 2017 Islamic State group attack on a Turkish nightclub based on the argument the platforms assisted in fueling the growth of the terrorist organization. […]
January 20, 2023
Via: Washington's Top NewsEight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court said it has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights. The report released by the court Thursday is the apparent […]
November 1, 2022
Via: Fox NewsAfter lengthy and heated oral arguments Monday, Supreme Court experts say the justices are likely to bar the use of affirmative action in college admissions. “This proved to be a full-contact oral argument for both the advocates and the justices,” […]
August 29, 2022
Via: POLITICOAs House Democrats brace for a potential leadership shakeup if they lose power this fall, Chuck Schumer and his team are settling in across the Capitol regardless of who is in charge. All four top Senate Democratic leaders, including the […]
August 9, 2022
Via: Fox NewsA federal appeals court on Tuesday paved the way for the House Ways and Means Committee to obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service – a move the former president has long pushed back on. The decision […]
August 2, 2022
Via: Washington's Top NewsKansas on Tuesday was holding the nation’s first test of voter feelings about the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, with people throughout the state deciding whether to allow their conservative Legislature to further restrict or ban abortion. […]
July 21, 2022
Via: Fox NewsThe Supreme Court on Thursday refused to freeze a lower court ruling that prevented the Biden administration from prioritizing for deportation only illegal immigrants who pose the greatest risk to public safety. The vote was 5-4, with conservative Justice Amy […]
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