Supreme Court rules CITGO subsidiary must cover oil spill costs

An oil refining company has to cover cleanup costs that the owner of a vessel it was using incurred for a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River, the Supreme Court found March 30. The ruling in the case, cited as CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. (CARCO) v. Frescati Shipping Co. Ltd., clarifies liability for spills and other maritime accidents in the future, clearing up a disagreement over contract boilerplate. CARCO was supposed to ensure the safe arrival of a tanker it chartered to deliver crude oil from Venezuela to the company’s refinery near Philadelphia, the court determined. Because CARCO failed to do what … Continue reading Supreme Court rules CITGO subsidiary must cover oil spill costs

Group hopes state Supreme Court forces Minnesota to provide data in election fraud investigation

An electoral integrity group that claims tens of thousands have voted illegally in Minnesota is awaiting a state Supreme Court decision in its lawsuit aimed at forcing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to release public data from the statewide election … Continue reading Group hopes state Supreme Court forces Minnesota to provide data in election fraud investigation

Supreme Court rejects $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against Comcast

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a $20 billion civil rights lawsuit filed against Comcast Corp. by a black television programmer who was angry that the cable service refused to carry his company’s channels, in a series of rulings issued on March 23. At the same time, in separate rulings, the court also upheld Kansas’s abolition of the insanity defense and found North Carolina couldn’t be sued for copyright infringement. In Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, Comcast had declined to do business with Los Angeles-based Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), which is owned by black entrepreneur and comedian Byron Allen. Comcast said there … Continue reading Supreme Court rejects $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against Comcast

Conservatives say left using CCP Virus as pretext to impose nationwide mail-in voting

The political left in the United States is leveraging the pandemic caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to promote fraud-prone mail-in balloting in order to steal elections, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton and other conservatives say. The thinking among conservatives is … Continue reading Conservatives say left using CCP Virus as pretext to impose nationwide mail-in voting

Obama defends Obamacare, attacks Republicans as challenge in Supreme Court looms

Former President Barack Obama is defending the Obamacare law as election season heats up and as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a legal challenge about a court ruling that invalidated his signature domestic legislation. “It’s been 10 years since we passed the Affordable … Continue reading Obama defends Obamacare, attacks Republicans as challenge in Supreme Court looms

Despite decisive losses, Sanders expected to keep running

News Analysis Weak recent showings in key states mean self-described democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’s quest for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination is doomed, political observers told The Epoch Times, even though the candidate himself has vowed to remain in the race. In … Continue reading Despite decisive losses, Sanders expected to keep running

Supreme Court to hear Trump administration’s appeal about endangered species report

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to review a lower court ruling that would force it to make public sensitive documents from its internal deliberations about changing the regulations for power plants’ cooling water intake systems. It was a rare victory of sorts for the Trump administration, which has suffered a string of defeats in the courts on environmental matters, largely pertaining to its efforts to promote the development of made-in-America energy projects. The high court approved without comment the government’s petition last week in the case cited as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club. The … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear Trump administration’s appeal about endangered species report

NFL asks Supreme Court to reconsider class action over Sunday Ticket TV

The Supreme Court may soon rule on whether an appeals court decision that revived a class-action lawsuit claiming that DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, which bundles all NFL games into a package available exclusively to subscribers of the company’s satellite television service, runs … Continue reading NFL asks Supreme Court to reconsider class action over Sunday Ticket TV

Supreme Court considers law that requires admitting privileges for abortion docs

WASHINGTON—A Louisiana law that requires abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place should be upheld because it protects women’s health, the state’s solicitor general told the Supreme Court on March 4 as protests raged outside. Oral … Continue reading Supreme Court considers law that requires admitting privileges for abortion docs