Today's Supreme Court ruling barring nationwide injunctions could empower the federal government to engage in large-scale violations of the Constitution. Exactly how bad the consequences will be depends on the extent to which other remedies can be used to forestall them.
Other than the Chief, Justice Kagan wrote the fewest opinions.
The two newest justices spar over universal injunctions.
Justice Barrett writes for the Court's majority that universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable power of federal courts.
The NO FAKES Act imposes censorship, threatens anonymity, and regulates innovation.
The deployment of National Guard soldiers on a DEA drug raid is a serious test of whether the Posse Comitatus Act means something or not.
This pivot to privately funded research could reduce the burden on taxpayers and lead to more scientific breakthroughs.
"it is clear that he, at the very best, acted with culpable neglect of his professional obligations."
Any decisions made by U.S. Steel's executives and shareholders will require approval from Trump, his appointees, or his successors.
It explains how these much-maligned doctrines can be valuable tools for constraining power grabs by presidents of both parties.
The significance of the Supreme Court's decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County
The liberal justice faults the majority for leaving deportees to “suffer violence in far-flung locales.”
Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) discusses the War Powers Resolution he co-sponsored with Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), the Israel-Iran conflict, and why the antiestablishment left and right must work together.
Hochul's plan for the government to lead in building a new nuclear power plant is a surprising one, given New York's history of using top-down policies to shut down the energy source.
Presidents have chafed against the War Powers Resolution since it was first signed.
They are prominent legal scholars and Supreme Court litigators from opposite sides of the political spectrum.
And the court declines to so find when the proposed class counsel filed a brief containing "a wholesale fabrication of quotations and a holding on a material issue" (presumably stemming from using AI and not adequately checking its output).
A lawsuit against the genomics company "imposes top-down restrictions" rather than "establishing clear rules" or "letting companies equip individuals with better tools to manage their privacy," says one expert.
Plus: housing reform is killed in Connecticut, bonus ADUs are gutted in San Diego, and two decades of Supreme Court-enabled eminent domain abuse.
Publicly funded homes in some cities are costing taxpayers more than $1 million per unit, but Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would increase funding for these inefficient projects.
The Senate parliamentarian says the 10-year AI moratorium may be passed by a simple majority through the Senate's budget reconciliation process.
"If H.B. 71 goes into effect, Students will be subjected to unwelcome displays of the Ten Commandments for the entirety of their public school education. There is no opt-out option," the court's opinion reads.
Plus: A criminal justice case that managed to unite Alito and Gorsuch.
The parliamentarian ruled it cannot be enacted as part of a reconciliation bill not subject to the filibuster.
How the Colorado Supreme Court has nullified Colorado constitutional limits on taxes, debt, and corporate privilege.
For some restaurants in the state, local shrimp sales account for 90 percent of their revenue.
On this anniversary, I have posted two new articles related to one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions.
The strikes violate both the Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Act. Whether they are good policy is a more difficult question. This could turn out to be a rare instance where one of Trump's illegal actions has beneficial results.
Trump's attack on Iran plainly violates the War Powers Act. Limits on executive power are most important when they are inconvenient.
The provision requires litigants seeking preliminary injunctions against illegal government actions to post potentially enormous bonds.
Why Sen. Mike Lee's plan to sell public land doesn't go far enough
A federal judge didn't buy the Trump administration's claims about why it was keeping Khalil in an federal immigration detention center.
Iranians are already beginning to flee to neighboring countries.
Although the appeals court said the president probably complied with the law he invoked to justify his California deployment, it emphasized that such decisions are subject to judicial review.
The ruling is the latest in long line of court decisions striking down executive efforts to attach conditions to federal grants that were not approved by Congress.
But that's not what the law says.
Social Security’s board of trustees expects the program to be insolvent in eight years.
Plus: The Supreme Court upholds a state ban on transgender care for minors.
A religious group using psilocybin mushrooms in ceremonies "put the State of Utah's commitment to religious freedom to the test," a federal judge wrote.
A Biden-era rule mandates two-person freight crews. But the government admits it lacks evidence that is necessary—and is instead relying on "common sense."
With the culture war blazing, not even the Supreme Court could agree on the medical facts of the case.
The government's lawyer told a 9th Circuit panel the president's deployments are "unreviewable," so he need not even pretend to comply with the statute on which he is relying.
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