Tag: Supreme Court

Wednesday's oral arguments were over the narrow issue of court jurisdiction for lawsuits opposing the Waters of the U.S. rule. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Energy and Environment

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: With Trump in office, isn’t the case over EPA water rule moot?

John Siciliano · October 11, 2017 7:25 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's office said Wednesday he is reviewing the chamber's "blue slip" tradition. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Grassley’s office says he’s in charge of judicial nominee ‘blue slip’ tool, after Mitch McConnell pledges to kill it

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 6:43 pm

SCOTUS Will Hear a Case About Public-Sector Unions, and Democrats Are Terrified

Alice B. Lloyd · October 11, 2017 3:08 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Senate Republicans will now view the blue slip "as simply notification of how you're going to vote, not as an opportunity to blackball" a judicial nominee. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mitch McConnell to scrap Senate’s ‘blue slip’ tool for obstructing judicial nominees

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 2:13 pm

The 90-day ban on foreign nationals entering the U.S. expired and has since been replaced by different guidance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court drops one of two cases challenging Trump’s travel ban

Ryan Lovelace, Mandy Mayfield · October 11, 2017 12:19 am

The advocates' request to the high court came soon after the Mississippi law went into effect Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

LGBT advocates ask Supreme Court to strike Mississippi law that lets people refuse service to gay couples

Ryan Lovelace · October 10, 2017 6:49 pm

The chief justice asked Obama's Supreme Court nominee to run the "senior executive arm" of the conference, which makes recommendations to Congress regarding legislation involving the judiciary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Chief Justice John Roberts picks Merrick Garland for new job

Ryan Lovelace · October 10, 2017 5:18 pm

Former West Virginia coal mining executive Don Blankenship was convicted and served jail time for attempting to violate federal mine safety standards after the death of 29 miners in 2010.

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court rejects former coal CEO’s appeal over mining disaster

John Siciliano · October 10, 2017 4:13 pm

Any new climate rules should be as neutral as possible. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

EPA, do us all a favor and don’t pick favorites

Washington Examiner · October 10, 2017 4:01 am

The real smashers of norms have always been Democrats. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Who’s breaking America’s norms now?

Noemie Emery · October 10, 2017 4:01 am

Scalia on American Exceptionalism

Terry Eastland · October 9, 2017 3:45 pm

Killer Celebrities

Philip Terzian · October 9, 2017 1:10 pm