Supreme Court

A look at the Supreme Court and those who serve on that court.

The Supreme Court and the nightmare facing Democrats even if Kamala Harris wins | Vox

The Supreme Court and the nightmare facing Democrats even if Kamala Harris wins | Vox

You may not like the agreed upon rules but that's how the game is played by. The Democrats just need to put on their grown up pants, win some more seats in the US Senate by advancing policies popular in a majority of the states needed to win. And they need to play hard ball with appointments just like the Republicans do. 

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Supreme Court just made it harder for federal agencies to regulate in sweeping ruling : NPR

The U.S. Supreme court on Friday undid decades of regulatory law, making it far more difficult for federal agencies to issue rules and regulations that carry out broad mandates enacted by Congress. Along ideological lines, the court reversed a 40-year-old precedent that has governed what agencies can and cannot do in interpreting federal statutes.

The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago. Indeed, the vote was unanimous in declaring that when a statute is ambiguous, courts should defer to reasonable agency interpretations of what it means.

Conservative justices seem poised to weaken power of federal agencies – POLITICO

Conservative justices seem poised to weaken power of federal agencies – POLITICO

onservative justices on the Supreme Court on Wednesday pressed the Biden administration on whether ambiguous laws passed by Congress should be interpreted by judges, rather than by federal bureaucrats.

The high court’s eventual ruling could hand courts — including the Supreme Court itself — more power to strike down regulations on health care, the environment, immigration and virtually all other policy areas that are administered by federal agencies. That would strip power from the executive branch and make it harder for Joe Biden and future presidents to defend their regulatory agendas against legal challenges.