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

The Supreme Court seemed receptive April 18 to the arguments of an evangelical Christian mail carrier who quit the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to accommodate his wish not to work on the Sunday Sabbath. Over the opposition of … Continue reading Supreme Court sympathetic to Christian mail carrier who quit over Sunday deliveries

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on April 18 that New Jersey may unilaterally withdraw from the interstate compact that created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor in the 1950s to combat corruption. New Jersey decided in 2018 to leave … Continue reading Supreme Court sides with New Jersey in dispute with New York over organized crime watchdog

Wealthy Republican donor Harlan Crow says that both he and his friend, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, are victims of a “political hit job.” Crow, 73, was thrown into the national spotlight earlier this month when a left-wing media outlet … Continue reading Businessman Harlan Crow says ‘leftists’ funded ‘political hit job’ on Justice Clarence Thomas

The Supreme Court has agreed to look at class-action lawsuits filed by two women whose automobiles were seized by local governments even though they committed no crimes. The women said they were deprived of due process by two municipalities in … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear case about alleged car-seizure abuse

A Supreme Court ruling on April 14 made it easier to challenge the reach of two powerful federal agencies—the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In its new red tape-cutting decision that is … Continue reading Supreme Court rules against Biden administration in agency lawsuit dispute

A federal judge’s recent ruling striking down U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of abortion pill mifepristone is not likely to survive on appeal, legal experts told The Epoch Times. The court decision is one of many to have … Continue reading Federal judge’s decision against abortion pill may not survive appeals, legal experts say