The U.S. Supreme Court refused last week to hear a taxpayers’ challenge to the constitutionality of Washington state’s new capital gains tax after it was upheld by the state’s supreme court. The decision came days before Washington Secretary of State … Continue reading US Supreme Court refuses challenge to Washington state tax as repeal referendum gathers steam

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to block the redrawing of state legislative districts in Michigan that a federal court ordered after finding the district maps violated the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA). The Supreme Court rejected an … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t intervene in dispute over Michigan state legislative districts

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in the high-profile case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Eugene Glossip after the state admitted that it made mistakes in the case and announced its support for the appeal. The … Continue reading Supreme Court accepts death row appeal of Oklahoma inmate after state admits errors

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an arbitration dispute brought by drivers against a delivery company. The drivers allege that the company misclassified them as independent contractors, failed to pay minimum and overtime wages, and failed to give them … Continue reading Supreme Court accepts third arbitration dispute this term

A group of freelancers is suing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) over a new rule that encourages employers to classify independent contractors as employees. Independent contractors perform services for companies but are not deemed employees. Many companies retain them … Continue reading Freelancers sue Labor Department over new contracting rule

A bureaucracy-empowering judicial doctrine that critics blame for the explosive growth of the U.S. government in recent decades should be overturned, the Supreme Court heard on Jan. 17. The court may overturn the so-called Chevron deference doctrine that the Supreme … Continue reading Supreme Court conservatives appear open to rolling back power of federal agencies

The Supreme Court heard on Jan. 16 the appeal of a Texas farmer suing his state’s transportation department for damaging his family’s farm. The case, Devillier v. Texas, arises out of a series of inverse-condemnation cases filed in Texas state … Continue reading Supreme Court considers landowners’ claims against Texas for flood damage

The Supreme Court won’t consider whether an Indiana middle school was required to let a transgender girl use the boys’ bathroom. The ruling comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit affirmed a lower court’s injunction last … Continue reading Supreme Court declines to take up transgender bathroom case

The U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed an appeal by Alaska aimed at reinstating its government union dues deduction system that the state argued was designed to safeguard state employees’ constitutionally protected free speech rights. The system required that unionized employees register … Continue reading Supreme Court declines Alaska lawsuit over automatic deduction of union dues

The Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of an El Salvadoran citizen whose immigration visa was denied in part because a visa officer thought his tattoos indicated gang membership. The government argues that under federal law the visa … Continue reading Supreme Court to review case of man denied green card over suspected gang membership

Legal experts are divided over how the Supreme Court will rule in an upcoming challenge to federal regulations that relaxed restrictions in 2016 and 2021 on the commonly used abortion pill mifepristone. Advocates for mifepristone say the current system by … Continue reading Supreme Court to rule on biggest abortion case since overturning of Roe v. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court will review Starbucks’s appeal against a lower court’s order to rehire labor activists in Memphis, Tennessee. The activists were dismissed following their disclosure of a union organizing drive to local media. For years, the coffee chain … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear Starbucks appeal over fired Memphis labor activists

The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit about whether Uber drivers who work principally in a single state can rely on the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to opt out of mandatory arbitration agreements they signed. The drivers said Uber miscategorized them … Continue reading Supreme Court puts the brakes on drivers’ lawsuit against Uber

A federal judge ordered a California school district to reinstate teachers who were forced to conceal the transgender status of young students from parents. U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez issued an order on Jan. 10 directing the Escondido Union … Continue reading Federal judge sides with teachers who object to secretive gender transition policies

U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of a bankrupt company’s claim that court fees that it paid should be refunded after the nation’s highest court struck down the law authorizing the fee schedule in 2022. The case is Office of … Continue reading Supreme Court skeptical of bankrupt company’s demand for court fee refund

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Jan. 10 to an Arizona man contesting his drug convictions because the state presented a substitute expert witness to testify against him at trial who never analyzed the confiscated drugs. In Smith v. Arizona, … Continue reading Supreme Court looks at drug case where lab evidence was contested

The Supreme Court should curb the power of governments to use the permitting process to force property owners to pay large development fees, the court heard on Jan. 9. In the case, homeowner George Sheetz is suing El Dorado County, … Continue reading Supreme Court asked to limit local government power over development impact fees

The Supreme Court will strike down the use of a key federal law in the Biden administration’s ongoing prosecutions of Jan. 6 defendants and in the process shut down the government’s case against hundreds of defendants, legal experts predict. If … Continue reading A Supreme Court win is in the cards for Jan. 6 defendants, lawyers predict

The U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed Venezuela’s request to review a ruling allowing creditors to pursue assets of CITGO Petroleum’s parent company. The decision removes an obstacle to an upcoming court-ordered auction of shares in CITGO’s parent, the government-owned oil concern, … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t take case that could block sale of Venezuelan oil assets

The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal by X, formerly known as Twitter, that challenged a law preventing the company from disclosing how often the federal government sought monitoring of social media users. X had said the U.S. … Continue reading Supreme Court declines X’s challenge to surveillance gag order