The Supreme Court narrowly upheld a voter-approved animal welfare law in California on May 11 that bans the sale of pork from hogs unless the animals were raised in a space that exceeds industry norms. The court split 5–4 in its … Continue reading Supreme Court upholds restrictive California pork production law
Two parents are suing state and local officials in Massachusetts in federal court for heavy-handed treatment during a bungled investigation into allegations of child abuse that were later discredited. The plight of the family received national attention in December 2022, … Continue reading Parents who had children taken in police raid sue Massachusetts in federal court
Texas billionaire Harlan Crow refused to answer questions from a Democratic senator who is examining whether gifts such as luxury vacations that Crow gave his friend Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated U.S. tax law. The relationship between Crow and … Continue reading Harlan Crow refuses to answer Democrats’ questions about Justice Thomas, casts probe as illegitimate
Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, seemed to express sympathy in 2000 for elements of a controversial GOP-backed legal theory that would recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, according to the recently unveiled … Continue reading Ex-Supreme Court justice more sympathetic to GOP-backed election theory than previously thought
The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which … Continue reading Supreme Court inches closer to decision in major redistricting case
A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is pushing back against a new report that claims a wealthy Republican donor paid for the private school tuition of the justice’s grandnephew. During the presidency of Donald Trump, Mark Paoletta was … Continue reading ‘Another attempt to manufacture a scandal’: friend of Clarence Thomas hits back at new report targeting the justice
Democrats told a tense oversight hearing that the Supreme Court must adopt a code of conduct governing justices’ behavior or Congress will impose one on them, while Republicans pushed back, saying Democrats have manufactured a phony ethics crisis to justify … Continue reading Democrats say Supreme Court should adopt code of conduct as Republicans allege partisan attack
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 … Continue reading Supreme Court takes up Wall Street whistleblower retaliation case
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 … Continue reading Supreme Court takes up major case that could roll back power of federal government
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 … Continue reading Indiana law mandating burial or cremation after abortion can stay, Supreme Court rules
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 … Continue reading Schumer threatens legislation if Texas federal court won’t discourage judge-shopping
Teachers from a California middle school are suing officials in their school district in federal court over policies that they say force them to conceal the transgender status of young students from parents. The lawsuit happens to come after President … Continue reading California teachers sue school district over transgender policy allegedly forcing them to lie to parents
A 94-year-old Minnesota homeowner’s lawyer told a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court on April 26 that local governments should not be allowed to take the full value of a home as payment for much smaller property tax debts—a practice critics call … Continue reading SCOTUS sympathetic to 94-year-old grandmother in ‘home equity theft’ dispute
The Supreme Court revived a lawsuit filed by Virginia property owners challenging the seizure of their land to make way for a natural gas pipeline. The court’s decision, which came April 24 in an unsigned order with no recorded dissents, … Continue reading Supreme Court sides with landowners whose land was sought for pipeline
Senate Democrats’ efforts to impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court and get Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about Supreme Court ethics policies are fraught with problems, legal experts told The Epoch Times. Congressional Democrats … Continue reading IN-DEPTH: Democrats’ push to impose ethics code on Supreme Court won’t work, legal experts say
A defaulting borrower told the Supreme Court on April 24 that he should be able to sue an Indian tribe based in Wisconsin for allegedly aggressive collection efforts he claims drove him to attempt to take his own life. In … Continue reading Indian tribe tells Supreme Court it cannot be sued
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Americans can sue government officials who block them on social media, an issue that also arose during former President Donald Trump’s time in office. The Supreme Court’s ruling in the matter, which … Continue reading Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media
A Colorado man’s lawyer told the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19 that the man was unfairly convicted of making threats against an entertainer because his intent in trying to communicate with her was never taken into account. The case … Continue reading Convicted cyberstalker cites 1st Amendment in his defense at Supreme Court
A bank controlled by the Turkish government isn’t immune from criminal prosecution in U.S. courts for allegedly helping Iran defy U.S. economic sanctions, the Supreme Court ruled 7–2 on April 19. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S., also known as Halkbank, is 75 percent … Continue reading SCOTUS rules Turkish bank not immune from prosecution in Iran sanctions violation case
The Supreme Court seemed open on April 18 to revive whistleblower lawsuits against pharmacy operators SuperValu and Safeway for allegedly submitting false Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement claims for prescription drugs they sold. The case is considered to be important because it could … Continue reading Whistleblowers tell Supreme Court pharmacy chains should pay for alleged fraud