The Court unanimously ruled the plaintiffs in that case lacked standing. But they might end up getting what they wanted more fully than anyone else involved in the legal battle over student loan forgiveness.
The Supreme Court did not overturn the standing holding of MAssachusetts v. EPA, but it may have left it on life support.
The 8-1 decision is a major win for Biden and executive enforcement discretion. I think the Court got the right result, but for the wrong reasons.
Years after the Ninth Circuit ordered the case dismissed, it is brought back to life with a surprising trial court order.
The Supreme Court ruled that home equity theft qualifies as a taking, and that state law is not the sole source for the definition of property rights. The ruling is imprecise on some points, but still sets an important and valuable precedent.
The Supreme Court has accepted certiorari in Carnahan v. Maloney to consider whether members of Congress can sue to force disclosure of information from the General Services Administration.
A new report purporting to show that Missouri's arguments for standing in Nebraska v. Biden are based on a lie fails to deliver.
The decision may even be unanimous.
The appeals court's unpublished order avoids some of the district court's errors, but still has some significant problems, especially with regard to standing.
On Good Friday, two district courts issued decisions on the FDA's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
And this lawsuit faces many of the same administrative law hurdles as does AHM v. FDA.
ADF's Erin Hawley responds to my post on the jurisdictional problems in AHM v. FDA and I reply.
There's been lots of heat, but very little light in coverage and commentary about the lawsuit seeking to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone.
The justices seem to be clearly leaning against the Biden Administration on the merits. The procedural issue of standing is a closer call, though ultimately more likely than not to come out the same way.
Legal scholar Michael Dorf claims Supreme Court should rule on this basis. But the doctrine doesn't apply to this case, and is dubious anyway.
A few thoughts on the states' brief and their amici
arguing against standing, even though the program is unlawful.
In this Federalist Society podcast on a major immigration case currently before the Supreme Court, I go over the issues at stake, and make some tentative predictions about the case's likely outcome.
Like the first case, it will be argued in February. In the meantime, the plan remains blocked.
This post covers significant developments in cases challenging Biden's loan-forgiveness plan other than the one Supreme Court has decided to hear.
In the meantime, the justices left in place a lower court injunction against the plan. That probably doesn't bode well for the Biden Administration's chances of winning.
The Supreme Court's resolution of this procedural issue may be a preview of the justices' views on the ultimate resolution of the student loan forgiveness litigation.
The decision overrules a trial court ruling and likely paves the way for a decision on the merits striking down the program.
The ruling is based on badly flawed reasoning, and may well be overturned on appeal. Even if it isn't, the plaintiff states have an obvious way to get around it.
A federal judge denied PLF's motion to block implementation of the policy. But denial is "without prejudice," and PLF can quickly refile the case.
The lawsuit has a more conventional - and stronger - basis for standing than that filed yesterday by the Pacific Legal Foundation.
It was filed by Pacific Legal Foundation public interest lawyer Frank Garrison, and includes a novel strategy for getting around the problem of standing.
The likely answer is "yes." There are three types of potential litigants who probably qualify.
The Solicitor General and NGO respondents argue that the petitioners lack appellate standing to challenge the D.C. Circuit's interpretation of the Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
The decision is wrong, but consistent with previous precedent. Yet it also threatens to create a road map for circumventing constitutional rights. Fortunately, the latter can be prevented.
No, Justice Alito's opinion for the Court did not endorse standing-through-inseverability.
A handy index of my writing on this improbable ACA challenge.
A slightly deeper dive into today's California v. Texas decision rejecting the effort to turn constitutional litigation into a game of Jenga.
The article explains the Court's ruling, and why the plaintiff states deserved to lose on the main issue.
The Supreme Court ruled the right way, but arguably for the wrong reason.
The Supreme Court properly concludes that there is no standing to challenge a legal provision that has no effect.
Another way to understand what originalists are doing.
If the Supreme Court opts to dismiss the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act on standing grounds, this will not leave the ACA particularly vulnerable to future challenge.
The Court made the right decision and demonstrated its independence. But it may not still claims that the election was somehow stolen from Trump.
Plaintiffs may have had standing in NFIB v. Sebelius, but they don't in California v. Texas.
The opinion was written by prominent conservative Judge David Sentelle.
The FCC did not even seek to defend its authority to impose the conditions.
At the same time, the court punts on whether the House has standing to challenge allegedly unlawful expenditure by Executive Branch.
The Supreme Court shows a willingness to enforce limits on Article III standing.
In a brief exchange during a recent oral argument, the Justice suggested the Court should reconsider giving states "special solicitude" under Massachusetts v. EPA
The plaintiffs' quarrel is with the statute book, not the defendants.
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