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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
Read full article: Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conductA nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.
Supreme Court doesn't seem convinced FDA was unfair in blocking flavored vapes as teen use increased
Read full article: Supreme Court doesn't seem convinced FDA was unfair in blocking flavored vapes as teen use increasedA majority of Supreme Court justices didn’t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.
Supreme Court seems likely to allow class action to proceed against tech company Nvidia
Read full article: Supreme Court seems likely to allow class action to proceed against tech company NvidiaThe Supreme Court seems likely to keep alive a class-action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading investors about its dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency.
A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign
Read full article: A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaignWhen he was president, Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court with three nominees, and in the process shifted the court's ideological balance to the conservative right.
Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book
Read full article: Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new bookSupreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations.
Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court's new ethics code
Read full article: Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court's new ethics codeJustice Elena Kagan says the U.S. Supreme Court should bolster its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it.
Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term
Read full article: Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court termDonald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court have gotten most of what they wanted this term — from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile.
Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness
Read full article: Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessnessThe Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election.
Sotomayor's dissent: A president should not be a 'king above the law'
Read full article: Sotomayor's dissent: A president should not be a 'king above the law'The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a “king above the law,” in the use of official power, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a biting dissent that called the majority opinion on immunity for former President Donald Trump “utterly indefensible.”.
The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
Read full article: The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decisionThe Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections.
7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
Read full article: 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC pollAs the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a major case involving former President Donald Trump, 7 in 10 Americans think its justices are more likely to shape the law to fit their own ideology, rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority.
Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals
Read full article: Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel revealsSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court.
Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book payments
Read full article: Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book paymentsJustice Clarence Thomas is belatedly acknowledging more travel paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals.
Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hit
Read full article: Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hitThe Supreme Court has sided with a music producer in a copyright case, allowing him to seek more than a decade's worth of damages over a sample used in a Flo Rida song.
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfers
Read full article: Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfersThe Supreme Court has made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims under federal civil rights law, even when they are not demoted or docked pay.
The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
Read full article: The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealersThe Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul.
Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility
Read full article: Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civilityWith the Supreme Court’s approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again
Read full article: Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president againThe prevailing view among legal experts before the Supreme Court heard argument in a case to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot was that the justices wouldn't take that step.
The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
Read full article: The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stakeThe Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to an attack on the Securities and Exchange Commission
Read full article: Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to an attack on the Securities and Exchange CommissionConservative Supreme Court justices seem open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud, in a case that could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies.
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement
Read full article: The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcementThe new Supreme Court code of conduct agreed to by all nine justices does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them.
The Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases that have echoes of Donald Trump
Read full article: The Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases that have echoes of Donald TrumpThe Supreme Court is wrestling with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts.
The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by the justices
Read full article: The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by the justicesThe Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least two feet long crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides.
The Supreme Court opens its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers
Read full article: The Supreme Court opens its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealersThe Supreme Court has opened its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers and rejections of hundreds of appeals, including one from an attorney who pushed a plan to keep former President Donald Trump in power.
Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
Read full article: Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceedU.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she supports an ethics code for the court but that there wasn't consensus among the justices on how to proceed.
In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents
Read full article: In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedentsOverturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades.
The Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loans
Read full article: The Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loansA sharply divided Supreme Court has effectively killed President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans.
Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be used
Read full article: Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be usedA divided Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them
Read full article: Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy themThe Supreme Court is curtailing the federal government’s power to protect some wetlands.
Why the Supreme Court tiptoeing past a key social media shield helps Big Tech
Read full article: Why the Supreme Court tiptoeing past a key social media shield helps Big TechGoogle, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models.
Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of Prince
Read full article: Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of PrinceThe Supreme Court says the 2016 publication of an Andy Warhol image of the singer Prince violated a photographer’s copyright.
Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett
Read full article: Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney BarrettA nominee to the Connecticut Supreme Court has told state lawmakers that she would not have signed a 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett for a federal appeals court position if she knew Barrett would later vote to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion protections as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rican journalists seeking records from financial oversight board
Read full article: Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rican journalists seeking records from financial oversight boardThe Supreme Court has ruled against an organization of Puerto Rican journalists in its quest for documents from the financial oversight board created to deal with the island territory’s bankruptcy.
Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
Read full article: Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptionsThe Supreme Court seems inclined to rule against a man convicted of violating immigration law for offering adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to citizenship.
Justices OK overtime pay for $200,000-a-year oil rig worker
Read full article: Justices OK overtime pay for $200,000-a-year oil rig workerThe Supreme Court has ruled that an energy company employee who earned more than $200,000 a year still qualified for overtime pay under a federal law meant to protect blue-collar workers.
Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social media
Read full article: Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social mediaIn its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seems unlikely to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter who was killed in a terrorist attack.
High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight
Read full article: High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fightThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to get phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party.
High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row case
Read full article: High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row caseA lawyer for a man on Arizona’s death row has told the U.S. Supreme Court that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death.
Arizona GOP leader wins temporary halt to record turnover
Read full article: Arizona GOP leader wins temporary halt to record turnoverSupreme Court justice Elena Kagan is temporarily blocking the turnover of phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common ground
Read full article: Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common groundJustice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights.
Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate's race bias claim
Read full article: Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate's race bias claimA divided Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didn’t get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interracial marriage.
Justice Kagan cautions Supreme Court can forfeit legitimacy
Read full article: Justice Kagan cautions Supreme Court can forfeit legitimacySupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is cautioning that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to.
Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case
Read full article: Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race caseThe 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.
Supreme Court won't let Biden implement immigration policy
Read full article: Supreme Court won't let Biden implement immigration policyThe Supreme Court won’t allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.
Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
Read full article: Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retireeUntil last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes.
WATCH LIVE: Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justiceThe first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is set to be sworn in as the court's 116th justice on Thursday.
Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms
Read full article: Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison termsThe Supreme Court has made it easier for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in prison terms for cocaine crimes.
Supreme Court rules out suing police for Miranda violations
Read full article: Supreme Court rules out suing police for Miranda violationsThe Supreme Court has ruled law enforcement officers can’t be sued for money damages when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by failing to provide the familiar Miranda warning before questioning them.
Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship, similar to blocked Florida law
Read full article: Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship, similar to blocked Florida lawA divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Supreme Court rules against inmates in right-to-counsel case
Read full article: Supreme Court rules against inmates in right-to-counsel caseThe Supreme Court has ruled along ideological lines against two Arizona death row inmates who had argued that their lawyers did a poor job representing them in state court.
Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
Read full article: Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to BreyerThe fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, “befuddled” lawyers and justices alike.
AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation
Read full article: AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmationMore Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.
High court rules for state in case of man shackled at trial
Read full article: High court rules for state in case of man shackled at trialThe Supreme Court says that a federal appeals court was wrong to order Michigan to retry or release a convicted murderer because his rights were violated when he was shackled at trial.
Supreme Court revives fight over painting stolen by Nazis
Read full article: Supreme Court revives fight over painting stolen by NazisThe Supreme Court is keeping alive a California man’s hope of reclaiming a valuable impressionist masterpiece taken from his family by the Nazis and now on display in a Spanish museum.
Jackson confirmation takes Biden political story full circle
Read full article: Jackson confirmation takes Biden political story full circleTearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
Read full article: Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme CourtThe Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era water rule, for now
Read full article: Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era water rule, for nowThe Supreme Court has reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
Read full article: Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from casesReports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case.
High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case
Read full article: High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race caseJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater.
Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
Read full article: Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting mapsThe Supreme Court has thrown out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state’s Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin’s top court, a win for Republicans that also makes it unclear what boundaries will be in place for the fall election.