Dec 09 Analysis: This Supreme Court case could affect how federal agencies consider environmental and climate impact By J.B. Ruhl, The Conversation Should bureaucrats be required to think through the extended effects of decisions like funding a highway intersection or approving an offshore wind farm?… Continue reading
Dec 09 Supreme Court rejects challenge from Wisconsin parents on school guidance for transgender students By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Sixteen Republican-led states had urged the court to take up the parents' case. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 9:24 Supreme Court hears arguments in most significant trans rights case to reach bench By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan The Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case on transgender rights. The justices are weighing whether a Tennessee law barring gender-affirming care for minors violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution. The decision will have major implications for… Continue watching
Dec 04 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors In arguments that passed the two-hour mark Wednesday, five conservative justices voiced varying degrees of skepticism of arguments made by the Biden administration and lawyers for Tennessee families challenging the ban. Continue reading
Dec 02 Medical care for transgender minors at stake in Supreme Court case By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case involving Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 18. Continue reading
Dec 02 LISTEN: Supreme Court seems unconvinced FDA blocking of flavored vapes popular with youths unfair By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A 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. Continue reading
Nov 28 Supreme Court to hear case on crackdown of sweet vapes popular with kids By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration has denied more than a million marketing applications for candy or fruit flavored products, part of a wider crackdown that advocates say helped drive down teen nicotine use after an epidemic-level surge in 2019. Continue reading
Nov 13 Ted Olson, conservative lawyer who argued Bush recount and same-sex marriage cases, dies at 84 By Associated Press Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country’s best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 12 Supreme Court rejects request by ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows to move Georgia case By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Meadows was one of 19 people indicted in Georgia and accused of participating in an illegal scheme to keep then-president Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. Continue reading
Nov 12 Ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case delayed by judge By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been set to rule Tuesday. Instead, he told Trump's lawyers Tuesday he'd delay the ruling until Nov. 19. Continue reading