The U.S. Supreme Court may issue decisions on Jan. 17 in pending cases, which could include TikTok’s request to block a law forcing it to change owners or shut down on Jan. 19. Late on Jan. 16, the court updated … Continue reading Supreme Court may rule on TikTok ban on Friday
The U.S. Supreme Court declined a request from Massachusetts residents to review a lower court’s rejection of their challenge to federal approval of offshore wind turbines that generate electricity. The decision to deny the petition in Nantucket Residents Against Turbines … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to offshore wind turbines in Cape Cod
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Jan. 15 in favor of pet owners, finding a state court may consider their lawsuit against pet food makers after the consumers withdrew their federal claims. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the 9–0 opinion … Continue reading Supreme Court rules 9–0 for pet owners in pet food fraud case
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined on Jan. 15 to allow a Texas law requiring age verification to access porn websites to stand. The court heard more than two hours of oral argument in Free Speech Coalition Inc. v. Paxton. … Continue reading Supreme Court seems unlikely to block Texas age verification law for porn access
The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 considered the case of a retired Florida firefighter with Parkinson’s disease who sued her former employer for discrimination over post-employment benefits. Karyn Stanley had to accept disability retirement at the age of 47 … Continue reading Supreme Court grapples with disabled former firefighter’s discrimination suit
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 13 against hearing an appeal in a racial gerrymandering case where North Dakota took the unusual step of asking the justices to reconsider its own lower court victory. A gerrymander is the political manipulation … Continue reading Supreme Court declines North Dakota redistricting appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 rejected an emergency application to block the Washington Medical Commission from investigating licensed physicians in the state over their criticism of COVID-19 policies. The Washington state commission considers the doctors’ dissenting views on the disease to be potentially dangerous misinformation that should be suppressed. The physicians counter that just because they have medical licenses they don’t surrender their free speech rights under the First Amendment. The nation’s highest court rejected the application for an injunction in Stockton v. Ferguson. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. The doctors previously asked … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t block state from probing doctors who question COVID-19 policies
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the federal government’s appeal of a lower court ruling halting the expansion of defenses that student loan borrowers can use to contest repayment. An association of colleges challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s rule setting the procedures that student borrowers can follow to establish that they were defrauded by the schools they attended and thereby qualify for student loan forgiveness. Some borrowers claim that schools defrauded them by using unethical recruitment tactics or by advertising exaggerated post-graduation job placement figures. The court granted the government’s petition in U.S. Department of Education v. … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to government proposal to extend relief for student borrowers
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions on Jan. 15 in pending cases, possibly including the TikTok appeal. The court announced on its website that “it may announce opinions” on Jan. 15, without providing specifics. During oral arguments … Continue reading Supreme Court may decide TikTok’s fate on Jan. 15
Three doctors are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a California agency from investigating them over their opposition to state-approved COVID-19 policies. The California Medical Board considers the expression of the doctors’ dissenting views on the disease as potentially … Continue reading Doctors ask Supreme Court to block California board from penalizing certain COVID-19 views
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Jan. 10 to review the constitutionality of an Affordable Care Act provision that allows a panel to mandate that insurers cover preventive medical services without cost to patients. The new decision was issued as an unsigned order in Becerra v. Braidwood Management Inc. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. The case has not yet been scheduled for oral argument. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Obamacare statute, was enacted in 2010. According to the government’s petition, the law created the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to review constitutionality of Obamacare mandate panel
U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of TikTok’s request to halt a federal law requiring indirect owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Jan. 19 or cease U.S. operations. Their comments came on Jan. 10 in a dramatic … Continue reading Supreme Court seems skeptical of TikTok’s bid to overturn forced divestiture law
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider on Jan. 24 whether to hear an appeal from a Maryland father on behalf of his son who was injured in a police shooting. The case deals with qualified immunity, a rule … Continue reading Supreme Court to decide if it will hear qualified immunity case from Maryland
The Supreme Court will consider Jan. 10 if a federal law that forces Chinese tech company ByteDance to sell TikTok will take effect on Jan. 19. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was signed by President Joe … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear arguments on TikTok ban
Legal experts differ about how they think the Supreme Court will rule on a federal law requiring Chinese tech company ByteDance to sell TikTok by Jan. 19 or be shut down in the United States. The court heard arguments on … Continue reading Supreme Court considers TikTok ban: What to know
The Supreme Court has stated that on Jan. 10, it will consider a petition asking it to invalidate a local Illinois law that forbids outreach within a so-called bubble zone outside abortion clinics. The announcement came in a Jan. 6 … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider pro-life challenge to abortion counseling ban
The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 31, 2024, for an emergency order resurrecting a federal anti-money laundering law that lower courts blocked weeks earlier. The statute, known as the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), … Continue reading Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reinstate beneficial ownership reporting rule
Chief Justice John Roberts said on Dec. 31 that the federal judiciary faces growing challenges ranging from violent threats against judges, to disinformation, to elected officials urging that court rulings be ignored. Roberts, who as chief justice of the United … Continue reading Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence under threat
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will decide on Jan. 10, 2025, whether to hear an unusual racial gerrymandering appeal from North Dakota. The court made the announcement about the case known as Walen v. Burgum in a docket entry … Continue reading Supreme Court to decide on Jan. 10 if it will hear unusual redistricting appeal
The Senate Judiciary Committee urged Congress to require the Supreme Court to enforce judicial ethical standards in an investigative report that was released on Dec. 21. Action on the report seems unlikely as Republicans gear up to assume control of … Continue reading Senate Judiciary Committee report calls for ethics changes at Supreme Court