Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s power plants, a case that could hamstring the Biden administration’s plans to combat climate change.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 03/01/2022 - 5:00am
President Joe Biden last Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.
Introducing Jackson, Biden called her a “proven consensus builder” who has “a pragmatic understanding that the law must work for the American people.”
Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 03/01/2022 - 4:00am
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will be nominated for the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden last Friday, worked for seven years as a judge on the federal trial court in Washington, D.C., before Biden appointed her to the appeals court that meets in the same courthouse.
Here are excerpts from some of her notable opinions:
Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 02/28/2022 - 5:00am
The Supreme Court waded into a political clash last week between the Biden administration and Republican-led states seeking to defend a signature Trump-era immigration rule that the new administration has abandoned.
Conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices acknowledged during arguments at the high court that when a new administration comes in, it can change policy.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 3:00am
President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the White House is reiterating that he remains on track to make a final selection by Monday.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 2:00am
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a child.
Courtney Wild’s lawsuit claimed Florida federal prosecutors failed to consult victims more than a decade ago when reaching a secret plea deal with Epstein, who died in jail in New York in 2019.