Tag: SCOTUS
Supreme Court blocks Trump’s ’emergency’ tariffs
The Court ruled that the IEEPA does not grant the president authority to levy tariffs, as that power belongs exclusively to Congress under the Constitution.
Supreme Court will hear Exxon’s effort to crush climate lawsuits
Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.
Supreme Court to weigh same-sex marriage challenge from former Kentucky clerk...
At a Nov. 7 conference, justices will decide whether to revisit the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide.
We found that more than 170 US citizens have been held...
Videos of U.S. citizens being mistreated by immigration agents have filled social media feeds, but there is little clarity on the overall picture. So ProPublica investigated.
MAGA men, rage, and the road to nowhere
And no less unfortunately, we’re speeding down it quickly with a maniac in the driver’s seat, and it lacks the guardrails of a law-abiding Supreme Court and a constitutionally aware secretary of defense.
First, a massive Medicaid attack, then come the midterms, then Republican...
Is this country under attack by an authoritarian enemy?
Juliana v. US: Supreme Court decision brings 10-year climate case to...
"Our Children's Trust remains committed to working with young people to hold their government accountable and we will see the federal government back in federal court very soon."
Supreme Court rejects lawsuit aimed to block climate change suits against...
The Republican effort fell short in stopping Democratic-led states from using their own state courts to sue the fossil fuel industry.
Supreme Court upholds Virginia voter purge, risking thousands’ right to vote...
Virginia’s controversial voter roll purge raises alarms over disenfranchisement and sets a national precedent, impacting voting rights for eligible citizens.
Whitehouse report reveals Trump White House manipulated FBI Kavanaugh investigation, ignored...
According to the report, the FBI was directed by the White House to conduct only a small number of interviews, focusing on a limited group of witnesses.
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Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf
Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.