The Supreme Court returns from its summer vacation on October 7, four weeks and one day before the November 5 general election. The court’s fingerprints (as well as the fingerprints of the wealthy Republican donors who likely paid for some of the justices’ summer vacations) are already all over the upcoming election. Earlier this year, … Read more
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Long-time Precedent Abandoned: The high court rejected a doctrine granting deference to regulatory agencies in interpreting laws when Congress hasn’t clearly defined the scope of the agencies’ power. Effects Were Immediate: … Read more
President Joe Biden, marking the the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act, which ended institutionalized segregation, used the historic parallel in Austin on Monday to call for sweeping reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court, including ending the constitutional provision that provides for lifetime appointments to the bench and proposing imposing a code of … Read more