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

Energy companies are urging the Supreme Court to keep a Biden administration-backed environmentalist lawsuit accusing the industry of accelerating climate change in federal court where they may have an advantage. The lawsuit is part of an effort to force action … Continue reading Oil companies urge Supreme Court not to allow climate change lawsuit to proceed in state courts

After a news report highlighted luxurious vacations Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly accepted from a wealthy friend, Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to report the trips. In a new statement, Thomas denied any wrongdoing and vowed … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas denies wrongdoing: Thomas says he had been advised hospitality from close friends ‘was not reportable’

Then-President Donald Trump retweeted an Epoch Times article of mine back on May 12, 2020, at 6:27 a.m. I forgot to post it here at the time. Anyway, Trump wrote: “A great time to have strong Borders, and we now … Continue reading Back when Donald Trump retweeted my article

The Supreme Court refused on April 6 to lift a federal appeals court order blocking West Virginia’s law preventing male athletes from playing on school sports teams designated for females. Two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented from … Continue reading SCOTUS refuses to reinstate West Virginia law keeping males off female sports teams

The Supreme Court decided against hearing the wrongful conviction lawsuit of a Wisconsin man who spent 24 years behind bars for two rapes he didn’t commit. The court denied the petition of Daryl Holloway on April 3 in an unsigned … Continue reading Supreme Court rejects lawsuit brought by man who served 24 years for rapes he did not commit

The Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal of a former United Airlines employee who claims she was unlawfully dismissed for taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The court denied the petition for review … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear United Airlines employee’s claim she was fired for taking family-medical leave

The Supreme Court refused—over the dissent of three liberal justices—on April 3 to take up an appeal by a death row prisoner in Louisiana who was seeking a new sentencing hearing. The inmate, David Brown, argued the prosecution improperly withheld … Continue reading Supreme Court declines to hear death sentence appeal where prosecution allegedly withheld evidence

The Supreme Court gave an elementary school student with disability-related behavioral issues permission to move forward with a discrimination lawsuit against a California school district under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Supreme Court ruled on April 3 that a … Continue reading Supreme Court allows disabled student to pursue discrimination suit against Los Angeles schools

It is unclear if Supreme Court justices will have to comply with new regulations requiring members of the federal judiciary to publicly disclose more information about personal hospitality, gifts, and benefits they receive from outside sources, lawyers told The Epoch … Continue reading Lawyers say Supreme Court justices not subject to new gift reporting rules

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a pregnancy crisis center are suing members of direct-action group Jane’s Revenge in federal court for violent attacks against pro-life counseling agencies. The two lawsuits, which were filed March 29 in federal court in … Continue reading Florida sues far-left groups for attacks on pregnancy centers

The Supreme Court seemed generally sympathetic to the claim of the wife of a delinquent taxpayer that the IRS had gone too far in her case in secretly summonsing third-party bank records. Throughout the hearing on March 29, the justices … Continue reading Supreme Court suggests IRS went too far in tax enforcement case

A licensed marriage and family counselor is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Washington state law that prohibits counseling against gender transitions. Counselor Brian Tingley, who is a practicing Christian, says the state’s counseling censorship law violates his freedom of … Continue reading Christian counselor asks Supreme Court to invalidate law forbidding talk against gender transitions

The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of Montana property owners who claim the U.S. Forest Service cheated them by unilaterally changing the terms of a decades-old public access agreement affecting their private land. The March 28 decision split the court’s … Continue reading SCOTUS issues ‘major victory for property rights’ in Forest Service dispute: attorney

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging a serial lawsuit filer who has sued more than 600 hotels over their alleged failure to post disability accessibility information on their websites. Activists say they are only helping to enforce … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider case of litigious disability activist

The Supreme Court decided on March 27 to not take up an industry challenge to steel import tariffs that then-President Donald Trump imposed in 2018 on U.S. national security grounds. President Joe Biden has left the tariffs, which Trump said … Continue reading Supreme Court leaves Trump’s steel import tariffs intact

The maker of Jack Daniel’s whiskey told the Supreme Court on March 22 that a dog toy maker whose chew toy parodies a bottle of the Tennessee distiller’s product violated its trademark. The case deals with the interplay of the First … Continue reading Jack Daniel’s tells Supreme Court dog toy infringes its trademark