The attorney for an Idaho couple that has been battling federal officials for years over the right to develop their own property asked the Supreme Court on Oct. 3 to rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate wetlands. Chantell and Mike Sackett had started building a new home in Priest Lake, Idaho,…
Rein in EPA’s Authority Over Wetlands, Idaho Couple Urges Supreme Court
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on DOJ ‘Filter Teams’ Used After FBI Trump Raid
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) can use its so-called “filter teams,” including the one that is being used to review documents seized at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. In the Korf v. United States case, the nine justices declined to hear a writ of certiorari (pdf)…
Supreme Court Overturns Appeals Court in Challenge to Massachusetts Gun Law Leaving Constitutionality in Question
October 3, 2022
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The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court decision on Oct. 3 that upheld one of Massachusetts’ tough gun laws, months after the high court expanded Second Amendment rights. The Massachusetts law in question, the constitutionality of which is now in doubt, imposed a lifetime ban on purchasing handguns—but not possessing them—on anyone convicted of…
Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Massachusetts Gun Law, Leaving Constitutionality in Question
October 3, 2022
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The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court decision on Oct. 3 that upheld one of Massachusetts’ tough gun laws, months after the high court expanded Second Amendment rights. The Massachusetts law in question, the constitutionality of which is now in doubt, imposed a lifetime ban on purchasing handguns—but not possessing them—on anyone convicted of…
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
October 3, 2022
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The Supreme Court on Oct. 3 rejected a challenge from 1o states to the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. Justices turned down a petition to hear the case, which says the mandate imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2021 is…
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Gun Bump Stock Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected two challenges to the federal government’s ban on gun bump stocks that was handed down in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017. Bump stocks are devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to increase their rate of fire. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) reversed…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Dies: Court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Max Baer died just months before he was slated to retire, the court said over the weekend. Baer, 74, died on Saturday at his home near Pittsburgh, the court confirmed in a news release. Other details about his death were not provided. “Pennsylvania has lost a jurist who served the…
Supreme Court Stays Order Barring Executive From Banking Industry
The Supreme Court has put a banker’s lifetime ban from the industry on hold while he pursues an appeal over the ban. The order (pdf), which also stays a $125,000 fine, came late on Sept. 29 in Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), court file 22A255. Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued the order without referring…
Dershowitz: Kagan Questioning Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Hurts the Court
The repeated criticism of fellow justices by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is hurting the nation’s top court, according to Alan Dershowitz, a professor of law emeritus at the Harvard Law School. Kagan has thrice in recent weeks criticized her colleagues, taking aim at justices appointed by former President Donald Trump after the court overturned…
Dershowitz: Justices Commenting on Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Hurts the Court
The comments by justices in recent weeks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy are hurting the nation’s top court, according to Alan Dershowitz, a professor of law emeritus at the Harvard Law School. Justice Elena Kagan has thrice in recent weeks criticized her colleagues, taking aim at justices appointed by former President Donald Trump after the…
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