A Supreme Court ruling on April 14 made it easier to challenge the reach of two powerful federal agencies—the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In its new red tape-cutting decision that is a defeat for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court took steps to rein in the…
Supreme Court Rules Against Biden Administration in Agency Lawsuit Dispute
US Supreme Court Won’t Halt Student Loan Class-Action Settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block a class-action legal settlement that would cancel more than $6 billion in debt owned by former students of universities who claimed they were misled about job prospects. The high court rejected an emergency request from three for-profit Lincoln Educational Services Corp., for-profit American National University Inc., and…
Oil Companies Urge Supreme Court Not to Allow Climate Change Lawsuit to Proceed in State Courts
Energy companies are urging the Supreme Court to keep a Biden administration-backed environmentalist lawsuit accusing the industry of accelerating climate change in federal court where they may have an advantage. The lawsuit is part of an effort to force action on the climate change issue through the courts, as opposed to having elected lawmakers make…
Israel Rejects Claim Mossad Backed Judiciary Overhaul Protests
Israel’s government on Sunday rejected claims raised in documents allegedly leaked from the Pentagon that leaders of its foreign intelligence service Mossad had supported nationwide protests against a proposed overhaul of Israel’s judiciary. The New York Times on Saturday published an assessment it attributed to a Central Intelligence Update from March 1 that Mossad leadership…
Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Restore Bump Stock Ban
The Biden administration on Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that halted a federal ban on “bump stocks,” with the Justice Department requesting the high court reimpose a ban on the devices until it hears the case. Bump stocks, which are accessories that let semi-automatic firearms…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Denies Wrongdoing
After a news report highlighted luxurious vacations Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly accepted from a wealthy friend, Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to report the trips. In a new statement, Thomas denied any wrongdoing and vowed to follow new reporting requirements imposed on the federal judiciary. Thomas’s critics in Congress promptly…
Supreme Court’s Decision Will Hurt Patients in Canada
Commentary Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada announced it was not willing to hear an important health care court case. Patients should know, the court’s decision is anything but good news. Dr. Brian Day, founder of the Cambie Surgery Centre in British Columbia, was hoping to build on a 2005 Supreme Court ruling that found…
SCOTUS Refuses to Reinstate West Virginia Law Keeping Males Off Female Sports Teams
The Supreme Court refused on April 6 to lift a federal appeals court order blocking West Virginia’s law preventing male athletes from playing on school sports teams designated for females. Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from the court’s refusal to remove the injunction. West Virginia enacted the Save Women’s Sports Act…
Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Brought by Man Who Served 24 Years for Rapes He Did Not Commit
April 5, 2023
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The Supreme Court decided against hearing the wrongful conviction lawsuit of a Wisconsin man who spent 24 years behind bars for two rapes he did not commit. The Court denied the petition of Daryl Holloway on April 3 in an unsigned order without explaining why. No justices dissented. A petition is granted and oral arguments…
Supreme Court Won’t Hear United Airlines Employee’s Claim She Was Fired for Taking Family-Medical Leave
The Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal of a former United Airlines employee who claims she was unlawfully dismissed for taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The court denied the petition for review in Parker v. United Airlines, court file 22-817, in an unsigned order on April 3….
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