Nonilex#SCOTUS on Thurs will issue more end-of-the-term rulings, potentially including whether #Trump is immune from prosecution in his federal #ElectionInterference case, whether #Jan6 #insurgents may be charged w/ #obstruction & whether #FederalRegulatoryAgencies should have their #powers reduced. Wed, the court inadvertently posted a ruling it has not yet announced that, while #litigation continues, would allow emergency #abortions to stabilize patients in #Idaho where #abortion is banned.
The first #SCOTUS ruling is in Ohio v. #EPA, which weighed the legality of a major federal initiative to improve public health by reducing #smog-forming #pollution from #PowerPlants & #factories that blows across state lines.
In a 5-4 decision, #SCOTUS stayed the #EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s “good neighbor” rule, which is meant to reduce harmful industrial pollution that blows across state lines. This comes after the court struck down another major EPA rule in 2022.
The second #SCOTUS ruling is on Harrington v. Purdue #Pharma. The high court is reversing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, blocking a controversial bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s #opioid crisis in exchange for protecting the #Sackler family that owns the company from future lawsuits.
The third #SCOTUS decision of the day is from Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, on in-house judges for the Securities and Exchange Commission. With the liberals dissenting, the court ruled that when the #SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for #securities #fraud, the defendant is entitled to a jury trial.
The decision in SEC v. Jarkesy is a significant win for #conservatives, who have long been chipping away at the #power of #RegulatoryAgencies & the so-called administrative state.
Yup. There it is. The fourth #SCOTUS ruling of the day is the #Idaho emergency-#abortion ruling that was *inadvertently* posted yesterday. The #SupremeCourt allows — for now — #EmergencyAbortions to stabilize patients in Idaho, despite the state’s strict #AbortionBan. The high court ruling applies while #litigation in the matter continues.
On the #Pharma #sackler #opiod case:
Edward Neiger, who represents thousands of victims who stood to benefit from the #PurduePharma bankruptcy settlement that the #SCOTUS blocked, called the decision “a major setback for the families who lost loves ones to overdose and for those still struggling with addiction.” In a statement, he said that “victims have been abandoned by every branch of the government.”
The #SCOTUS decision in Ohio v. #EPA deals yet another blow to the #Biden administration’s ambitious #environmental agenda. The #SupremeCourt has already struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules on #ClimateChange & #water #pollution. Notably, Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented against Thursday’s ruling, joined by the court’s liberals.
Bottom line: 4 bad decisions from the #conservative #FarRight wing, #Trump picked, #LeonardLeo picked, #FederalistSociety, #HeritageFoundation #corrupt #DarkMoney #SCOTUS.
Can we stop calling them supreme?
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