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☆ US Supreme Court to weigh state laws constraining social media companies
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Supporters of the laws have argued that social media platforms have engaged in impermissible censorship and have silenced conservative voices in particular. In signing the bill in 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said, "There is a dangerous movement by some social media companies to silence conservative ideas and values. The Texas law forbids social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users from acting to "censor" users based on "viewpoint," and allows either users or the Texas attorney general to sue to enforce it. The industry groups are appealing a decision by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the Texas law, which the Supreme Court had blocked at an earlier stage of the case.

Persons: Kevin Wurm, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Greg Abbott, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Republican, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Facebook, Inc, Twitter, Justice Department, Tech, Capitol, Circuit, New, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Texas, Florida, Atlanta, New Orleans, New York

☆ Guns, agency power cases loom as US Supreme Court charts rightward path
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People line up in the rain outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 29, 2014. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose staunch conservatism rivals that of the Supreme Court. The cases test whether the Supreme Court will go as far as the 5th Circuit. "My instinct is that the Supreme Court will not go this far in most of these cases," Chemerinsky said. "I think the 5th Circuit has taken positions that the most conservative justices will accept, but I would be surprised to see a majority for these positions."

Persons: Gary Cameron, Joe Biden's, Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump's, Erwin Chemerinsky, Chemerinsky, Roman Martinez, John Roberts, pare, Martinez, Steve Schwinn, Schwinn, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Democratic, New, Circuit, Republican, University of California Berkeley Law, Constitution, Congress, University of Illinois, Thomson Locations: Washington, New Orleans, U.S, University of Illinois Chicago, Texas, New York

☆ Supreme Court charts rightward path in new term
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People line up in the rain outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 29, 2014. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose staunch conservatism rivals that of the Supreme Court. The justices this term could hear five or more appeals of 5th Circuit rulings. The cases test whether the Supreme Court will go as far as the 5th Circuit. "My instinct is that the Supreme Court will not go this far in most of these cases," Chemerinsky said.

☆ Supreme Court ethics concerns aren't going away
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The ethics concerns are not going away, according to legal experts, even as the court in its new term takes up cases that could further expand gun rights and curtail the regulatory authority of federal agencies. Some conservatives view the ethics narrative involving the court as cooked up by liberals upset at its rightward leanings. Supreme Court justices decide for themselves whether to disqualify themselves from cases due to a conflict of interest. Thomas, Alito and lawyers involved in the two cases did not respond to requests for comment. The lack of an ethics code, Fogel added, "will continue to fuel doubts, fairly or unfairly, about the court's integrity."

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Jeremy Fogel, drumbeat, John Malcolm, Malcolm, Thomas, Harlan Crow, ProPublica, Koch, Alito, Paul Singer, Singer's, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Geoffrey Stone, Fogel, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Will Dunham 私たち Organizations: U.S, Supreme, hobnobbing, Judicial, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Reuters, Heritage Foundation, Singer, Singer's Elliott Investment Management, Windstream, University of Chicago Law Locations: U.S, Texas, Alaska, Chicago, New York, Washington

Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday extended a temporary block on an order restricting the ability of President Joe Biden's administration to encourage social media companies to remove content it deemed misinformation about COVID-19 and other matters of public concern. The decision to keep the matter on hold until Wednesday gives the court more time to consider the administration's request to block an injunction issued by a lower court that had concluded that federal officials likely had violated the free speech protections of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment by coercing social media platforms into censoring certain posts. Reporting by Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Samuel Alito, Joe Biden's, Andrew Chung, Nate Raymond, Chris Reese Organizations: Supreme, Thomson

☆ Ketanji Brown Jackson urges teaching of US history of racism
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] U.S. Supreme Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson waves during a photo opportunity outside the U.S. Supreme Court following an investiture ceremony for Justice Jackson at the court in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. Jackson used part of her speech as a warning against "complacency and ignorance." "Learning about our country's history can be painful, but history is also our best teacher," she said. Jackson's speech comes at a time of conflict in several states over the teaching of history in schools, especially in Florida, which has restricted some educational efforts regarding racism, slavery and LGBTQ rights. In July, the state sparked controversy by approving new guidelines on teaching Black history, including how enslaved people acquired skills for "personal benefit."

Persons: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Jackson, Kevin Lamarque, Jackson, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Denise McNair, Ron DeSantis, Andrew Chung, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Supreme, Baptist Church, Ku Klux, Civil, Republican, African American Studies, Black, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, United States, Birmingham , Alabama, Birmingham, Florida, New York

☆ US Supreme Court's Jackson urges nation's history of racism to be taught
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] U.S. Supreme Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson waves during a photo opportunity outside the U.S. Supreme Court following an investiture ceremony for Justice Jackson at the court in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. Jackson used part of her speech as a warning against "complacency and ignorance." "Learning about our country's history can be painful, but history is also our best teacher," she said. In July, the state sparked controversy by approving new guidelines on teaching Black history, including how enslaved people acquired skills for "personal benefit." Jackson's speech echoed her dissent last June to the court's landmark ruling effectively ending college and university affirmative action policies in admissions.

President Joe Biden's administration has said it plans to appeal the 5th Circuit's decision as well. The 5th Circuit's decision partially sided with the anti-abortion groups and doctors who challenged mifepristone. In April, the Supreme Court granted emergency requests by the Justice Department and the pill's manufacturer Danco Laboratories to put on hold Kacsmaryk's order while litigation continued. Mifepristone is taken with another drug called misoprostol to perform medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all U.S. abortions. Since last year's Supreme Court decision, at least 14 U.S. states have put in place outright abortion bans while many others prohibit abortion after a certain length of pregnancy.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, mifepristone, Joe Biden's, Jessica Ellsworth, Circuit upended, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Roe, Wade, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Alamo Women's, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Danco Laboratories, New, Circuit, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Justice Department, mifepristone, Republican, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, Defending, Thomson Locations: Carbondale , Illinois, U.S, New Orleans, Amarillo , Texas, New York

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected a push by Senate Democrats to have him recuse from a tax case that involves an attorney who interviewed him for a newspaper article and helped him "air his personal grievances." Alito, in a statement attached to a routine order issued by the court in the case, Moore v. United States, said, "There is no valid reason for my recusal in this case." "Mr. Rivkin's access to Justice Alito and efforts to help Justice Alito air his personal grievances could cast doubt on Justice Alito's ability to fairly discharge his duties in a case in which Mr. Rivkin represents one of the parties," the senators stated. The case in which he is involved was never mentioned; nor did we discuss any issue in that case either directly or indirectly."

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, Evelyn Hockstein, Samuel Alito, Alito, Moore, Dick Durbin, John Roberts, Alito recuses, Charles, Kathleen Moore, David Rivkin Jr, Alito's, Rivkin, Andrew Chung, Grant McCool Organizations: Supreme, REUTERS, Democrats, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, United States, New York

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took private jet flights provided by billionaire Texas businessman Harlan Crow, according to a 2022 financial disclosure report made public on Thursday. Thomas listed trips by private jet to Dallas, Texas for a conference and to a property in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. He has faced scrutiny after revelations that he had not disclosed luxury trips paid for by the wealthy benefactor. The Judicial Conference, the policymaking body for the federal judiciary, has tightened its regulations to require disclosure of private jet trips.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Evelyn Hockstein, Harlan Crow, Thomas, Samuel Alito, Alito, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Chizu Nomiyama, Andy Sullivan Organizations: Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Judicial, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Dallas , Texas, New York, Washington

☆ Biden administration tells US Supreme Court to review social media laws
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen prior to the start of the court's 2022-2023 term in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File PhotoAug 14 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a dispute over Republican-backed laws in Texas and Florida that would undercut efforts by social media companies to curb content deemed objectionable on their platforms. Florida is seeking to revive its law after a lower court ruled largely against it, while the industry groups are appealing a separate lower court decision upholding the Texas law, which the Supreme Court blocked at an earlier stage of the case. The companies have said that without editorial discretion their websites would be overrun with spam, bullying, extremism and hate speech. Texas' law forbids censoring users based on "viewpoint."

Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden's, Andrew Chung, Sonali Paul Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Republican, Meta, Inc, Twitter, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Texas, Florida, New York

"We are confident in the legality of our nearly universally supported plan of reorganization, and optimistic that the Supreme Court will agree," the company added. Members of the Sackler family have denied wrongdoing but expressed regret that OxyContin "unexpectedly became part of an opioid crisis." They said in May that the bankruptcy settlement would provide "substantial resources for people and communities in need." In a court filing, the administration told the Supreme Court that Purdue's settlement is an abuse of bankruptcy protections meant for debtors in "financial distress," not people like the Sacklers. According to the administration, Sackler family members withdrew $11 billion from Purdue before agreeing to contribute $6 billion to its opioid settlement.

Persons: George Frey, Joe Biden's, Sackler, OxyContin, Biden, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Dietrich Knauth, Will Dunham Organizations: Purdue Pharma, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, Supreme, Purdue, . Trustee, The, Circuit, Thomson Locations: Provo , Utah, U.S, Stamford , Connecticut, Washington, New York

A pharmacist holds a bottle OxyContin made by Purdue Pharma at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S., May 9, 2019. At issue is whether U.S. bankruptcy law allows Purdue's restructuring to include legal protections for the Sackler family, who have not filed for personal bankruptcy. They said in May that the bankruptcy settlement would provide "substantial resources for people and communities in need." In a court filing, the administration told the Supreme Court that Purdue's settlement is an abuse of bankruptcy protections meant for debtors in "financial distress," not people like the Sacklers. According to the administration, Sackler family members withdrew $11 billion from Purdue before agreeing to contribute $6 billion to its opioid settlement.

Persons: George Frey, Joe Biden's, Sackler, OxyContin, Biden, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Dietrich Knauth, Will Dunham Organizations: Purdue Pharma, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, Supreme, Purdue, Circuit, U.S . Trustee, Thomson Locations: Provo , Utah, U.S, Stamford , Connecticut, Washington, New York

☆ US Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas enjoyed array of luxury perks, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File PhotoAug 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been treated to far more luxury vacations and exclusive perks from wealthy patrons than previously known, news organization ProPublica reported on Thursday, raising more questions about the lack of binding ethical standards at the court. At least twice, the late billionaire businessman Wayne Huizenga sent his personal 737 jet to pick Thomas up and bring him to South Florida, ProPublica reported. Unlike other members of the federal judiciary, the life-tenured justices have no binding ethics code of conduct, though they are subject to certain financial disclosure laws. At an event in May, Roberts said the court is considering steps to "adhere to the highest standards of conduct."

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Evelyn Hockstein, ProPublica, Thomas, Wayne Huizenga, Harlan Crow, Roe, Wade, John Roberts, Samuel Alito recuses, Alito, Roberts, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Supreme, REUTERS, Democratic, Committee, Judicial Conference, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Florida, Jamaica, South Florida, Dallas, Alaska

Smartphone with Epic Games logo is seen in front of Apple logo in this illustration taken, May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationAug 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," in its legal battle against Apple (AAPL.O), declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. Circuit Court of Appeals that effectively delayed implementing an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers barring certain App Store rules while Apple pursues a Supreme Court appeal. The 9th Circuit in April had upheld the injunction but in July put that decision on hold. Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Apple, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Epic Games, San, Circuit, Appeals, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, New York

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a ghost gun kit while announcing new measures by his administration to fight ghost gun crime at the White House in, Washington, U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File PhotoAug 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by President Joe Biden's administration to reinstate - at least for now - a federal regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms called "ghost guns" that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Tuesday found that 70% of Americans support requirements that ghost guns have serial numbers and be produced only by licensed manufacturers. There were about 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported in 2021 to the ATF as having been recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations - a tenfold increase from 2016, according to White House statistics. Biden's administration on July 27 asked the justices to halt O'Connor's ruling that invalidated a Justice Department restriction on the sale of ghost gun kits while it appeals to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden's, District Judge Reed O'Connor, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, O'Connor, Sellers, Alito, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: White, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, District, Conservative, Control, Bureau, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Gun Control, Justice, Coalition, Reuters, White House, Circuit, Appeals, Firearms Policy Coalition, Constitution, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Fort Worth , Texas, New Orleans, Texas, United States, U.S, New York

☆ Alito says Congress lacks authority to regulate US Supreme Court, Wall Street Journal reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that Congress lacks the power to regulate the court, in an interview published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday a week after Senate Democrats advanced a bill to impose an ethics code. The Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee last week approved the bill, which would mandate a binding code for the court following revelations that some justices - including Alito - had failed to disclose luxury trips funded by wealthy benefactors. "I know this is a controversial view, but I'm willing to say it," Alito said in the interview published in the Journal's opinion section. "No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period." That bill, which cleared the committee on an 11-10 party-line vote, is unlikely to gain the Republican support needed to pass Congress.

Persons: Samuel Alito, Alito, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, preemptively, ProPublica, Thomas, Harlan Crow, Sheldon Whitehouse, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell Organizations: Conservative U.S, Supreme, Wall, Democrats, Democratic, Republicans, Republican, Thomson Locations: Alaska

July 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court's decision to strike down a regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms known as "ghost guns" that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. The administration asked the justices to halt a Texas-based federal judge's nationwide ruling that invalidated a Justice Department restriction on the sale of ghost gun kits while it appeals to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. The administration warned that allowing the judge's ruling to stand would enable an "irreversible flow of large numbers of untraceable ghost guns into our nation's communities." The rule clarified that ghost guns qualify as "firearms" under the federal Gun Control Act, requiring serial numbers and manufacturers be licensed. Several plaintiffs, including two gun owners and two gun rights advocacy groups, challenged the rule in federal court in Texas.

Persons: Samuel Alito, Alito, Joe Biden's, Sellers, Judge Reed O'Connor, Andrew Chung, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Supreme, Circuit, Appeals, Department, federal Gun Control, Thomson Locations: Texas, New Orleans, Texas . U.S, New York

July 27 (Reuters) - Epic Games on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple Inc (AAPL.O) that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Circuit Court of Appeals to pause its ruling that upheld an injunction against Apple. The decision gave Apple 90 days to pursue an appeal at the Supreme Court. In the closely-watched case, Epic filed its antitrust lawsuit in 2020 challenging Apple's App Store practices. Epic told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the 9th Circuit's standard for putting cases on hold is "far too lenient."

Persons: Apple, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Apple Inc, San, Circuit, Appeals, Apple, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, United States, New York, Washington

The administration asked the justices to halt a Texas-based federal judge’s nationwide ruling that invalidated a Justice Department restriction on the sale of ghost gun kits while the administration appeals to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. The rule clarified that ghost guns qualify as “firearms” under the federal Gun Control Act, requiring serial numbers and manufacturers be licensed. Several plaintiffs, including two gun owners and two gun rights advocacy groups challenged the rule in federal court in Texas. U.S. Judge Reed O’Connor on July 5 issued a nationwide order blocking the rule, finding that the administration exceeded its authority in adopting it. Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York and John Kruzel; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Sellers, Judge Reed O’Connor, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Circuit, Appeals, Department, federal Gun Control, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, White House, Thomson Locations: Texas, New Orleans, Texas . U.S, ”, New York

The cases involve what has come to be known as the "administrative state," the agency bureaucracy that interprets laws, crafts federal rules and implements executive action. It also could overturn a decades-old precedent that helps federal agencies defend their regulatory actions in court. The case involves a lawsuit by trade groups representing the payday loan industry against the agency that enforces consumer financial laws. The companies asked the court to overturn its own precedent that calls for judges to defer to federal agency interpretation of U.S. laws, a doctrine called "Chevron deference." The court's embrace of the "major questions" doctrine has provided a seismic shift in its approach toward agency power.

Persons: Brianne Gorod, Jonathan Adler, Joe Biden's, Sarah Harris, Elena Kagan, Thomas McGarity, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Environmental Protection Agency, Constitutional, Center, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, University of Texas, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Cleveland, New Jersey, New York, Washington

☆ US Supreme Court to decide legality of SEC in-house enforcement
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. The case represents the latest legal attack against the actions of the SEC, which enforces various federal laws that protect investors. The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has signaled skepticism toward expansive federal regulatory power. The justices in 2018 faulted the way the commission selected its in-house judges, and in April allowed targets of actions by the SEC and other regulators to immediately mount challenges to agency processes in federal court. The SEC charges against Jarkesy and his firm proceeded before an in-house judge.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Evelyn Hockstein, George Jarkesy, Jarkesy, Paring, hemming Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Supreme, Securities, Exchange Commission, REUTERS, SEC, Patriot28, Circuit, Jarkesy Locations: Washington , U.S, Houston, disgorge, Constitution’s, ”

[1/3] Web designer Lorie Smith, plaintiff in a Supreme Court case who objects to same-sex marriage, poses for a portrait at her office in Littleton, Colorado, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday is poised to rule on whether a Christian web designer from Colorado has a right to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages based on constitutional free speech protections - a case that could upend state anti-discrimination laws. The liberal justices during the argument said a decision favoring Smith could empower certain businesses to discriminate. Smith thus is free to sell whatever she wants, including websites with biblical passages stating an opposite-sex vision of marriage. The Supreme Court has supported religious rights and related free speech claims in recent years in other cases.

Persons: Lorie Smith, Kevin Mohatt, Smith, preemptively, Joe Biden's, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Alliance Defending, Thomson Locations: Littleton , Colorado, U.S, Colorado, Denver, Colorado's, Littleton, New York

The liberal justices, including Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson, found themselves in the role of the dissenting minority in some of the nine-month term's biggest cases. The conservative justices invoked the "major questions" doctrine, a muscular judicial approach that gives judges broad discretion to invalidate executive agency actions of "vast economic and political significance" unless Congress clearly authorized them. In those cases, the conservative justices were unified in the majority and the liberal justices dissented. In that case, the liberal justices were joined by one conservative justice, Trump appointee Brett Kavanaugh, in dissenting on the new test. The justices on Friday agreed to decide whether a 1994 federal law that bars people under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms violates the Constitution's Second Amendment.

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