The Supreme Court agreed on May 1 to look at a federal investor protection law after a Wall Street whistleblower claimed his former employer fired him for refusing to paint an unjustifiably rosy picture of market outlooks. The law concerned is the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which was approved by Congress after accounting fraud…
‘Novel’ Rule on Adult and Child Gender Transitioning Hits Snag
A Missouri judge has ordered a two-week hold on the nation’s first attempt to regulate medical gender-transitioning of adults and minors via a consumer-protection rule. Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo’s May 1 ruling comes amid a national and international debate over the safety and effectiveness of transgender medical procedures in general. Disagreements usually have centered on the…
Missouri Judge Temporarily Blocks New Restrictions on Transgender Procedures
A Missouri judge has ordered a two-week hold on the nation’s first attempt to regulate medical gender-transitioning of adults and minors via a consumer-protection rule. Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo’s May 1 ruling comes amid a national and international debate over the safety and effectiveness of transgender medical procedures in general. Disagreements usually have centered on the…
Supreme Court Takes Up Major Case That Could Roll Back Power of Federal Government
May 1, 2023
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The Supreme Court decided on May 1 to consider rolling back a bureaucracy-empowering legal doctrine when it determined it will hear a case challenging a U.S. Commerce Department rule on fisheries inspectors. The court’s ultimate ruling could alter the current balance of power between Congress, executive agencies, and the nation’s judiciary by tearing away at…
Gun Rights Activists Petition Supreme Court to Block Restrictive Illinois Gun Law
Illinois-based gun rights activists are petitioning the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to block a local ordinance and a state bill that substantially restricts gun rights. The petition (pdf), which will be considered by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, challenges two laws. One, a local ordinance in Naperville, Illinois, prohibits the sale of so-called…
Gun Rights Advocates Petition Supreme Court to Block Restrictive Illinois Gun Law
Illinois-based gun rights advocates are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to block a local ordinance and a state measure that substantially restrict gun rights. The petition (pdf), which will be considered by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, challenges two laws. One, a local ordinance in Naperville, prohibits the sale of so-called assault-style weapons; the other, an…
Indiana Law Mandating Burial or Cremation After Abortion Can Stay, Supreme Court Rules
May 1, 2023
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The Supreme Court turned away a challenge on May 1 to Indiana’s law requiring the cremation or burial of the remains of aborted babies. The lawsuit is one of many nationwide that have been adjudicated in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe…
Schumer Threatens Legislation if Texas Federal Court Won’t Discourage Judge-Shopping
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) threatened to push legislation to force a federal district court in Texas that has repeatedly ruled against the Biden administration to discourage alleged forum shopping by Republican plaintiffs. Schumer and Democrats are angry that Texas-based Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, has issued a series…
Supreme Court Justice Says He Thinks He Knows Who Leaked Draft Abortion Opinion
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he thinks he knows who leaked a draft opinion in a major abortion case. “I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible,” Alito told the Wall Street Journal. The leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was authored by Alito, a George W. Bush appointee. Politico…
State Supreme Court Gives Republicans Major Win in Key Swing State
The North Carolina Supreme Court on April 28 overturned a prior ruling that struck down alleged partisan gerrymandering, giving the state GOP a chance to come up with new congressional lines that favor Republicans. In a 5–2 ruling (pdf), the state’s highest court struck down an order that was previously issued by the same court. The…
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