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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Legal Ping-Pong: D.C. Circuit Restores, Then Supreme Court Removes, Rebecca Slaughter as FTC Commissioner

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Earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled President Trump’s removal of Democrat commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was unlawful. In a 2-1 decision, the panel held...more

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Qualified immunity for law enforcement officers

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Originating from a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding the termination of government employees in retaliation for speaking out about the Nixon Administration, the doctrine of qualified immunity has been the law of the...more

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Efforts to Effectively Dismantle the Department of Education Move Forward

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We previously examined President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education (DOE, or Department) and, in his words, return “education back to the states.” Since that time, two significant...more

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A New Two-Step Dance: Supreme Court Decision Complicates Relief for Government Grant and Contract Terminations

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Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Under the...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules NLRB Structure Likely Unconstitutional

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On August 19, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two other companies by barring the NLRB from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases on the grounds that the Board’s structure likely...more

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Litigation Minute: A Year After Loper Bright: Lessons From a Legal Shake-Up

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What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the US Supreme Court overturned the 40-year-old doctrine established in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.,...more

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Supreme Court Allows President Trump to Remove Democratic CPSC Commissioners

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In a significant decision with broad implications for the structure and independence of federal regulatory agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court on July 23, 2025, granted President Trump’s request to remove three Democratic...more

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Contributing to Reform: Congress Seeks Public Input on Reforming Universal Service

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Following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) authority to administer the Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund), a bipartisan, bicameral group of members of Congress...more

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Enduring Delegations - Supreme Court Rejects Nondelegation Challenges to the FCC’s Administration of the Universal Service Fund in...

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The nondelegation doctrine prevents Congress from giving away too much of its legislative power to other entities. After a strong showing in 1935, the nondelegation doctrine has remained dormant, with the Supreme Court...more

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The Administrative State, a Three-Legged Stool, the Supreme Court and FCC v. Consumers’ Research

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, a case involving the question whether Congress’s delegation of authority to the FCC to implement provisions...more

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Supreme Court Lets CPSC Firings Stand—For Now

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Capping off two months of legal drama, the Supreme Court has stayed the ruling of U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox, which ordered the immediate reinstatement of the three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)...more

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Pharma company challenges the US False Claims Act: what’s at stake for whistleblowers and government enforcement?

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A pharmaceutical company is currently appealing a record USD1.6 billion judgment in the US, arguing that a key part of the US False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional. This case, now before the Court of Appeals for the...more

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Seven County Infrastructure Coal. v. Eagle Cnty., Colo. – Supreme Court's "Course Correction" on NEPA Already Steering Decisions...

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The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, on May 19, 2025, clarifying that the scope of judicial review of federal agency environmental...more

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Another Step Toward Overruling Humphrey’s Executor and Granting Plenary Presidential Removal Authority

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Recently, the Supreme Court in a case involving President Trump’s without cause firing of the Democratic Commissioners on the Consumer Products Safety Commission stayed an order that had been issued by the U.S. District Court...more

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Fire Democratic CPSC Commissioners, For Now

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On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, granted the Trump Administration’s request to stay a permanent injunction that had ordered the reinstatement of three Democratic CPSC Commissioners: Mary Boyle,...more

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Reinstated Democratic NCUA board members fired by Trump return to work, as the Supreme Court allows Trump’s firing of Democrats on...

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Two reinstated National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) board members participated in a board meeting on July 24, even as the Supreme Court signaled that three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission...more

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Associations Can Continue Winning Nationwide Injunctions After Supreme Court Ruling

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The US Supreme Court’s recent decision in CASA v. Trump, 606 US ___ (June 27, 2025), sharply limited the ability of individual plaintiffs to obtain nationwide injunctions....more

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Supreme Court allows Education Department to fire employees; Is CFPB Staff Next?

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In another case that may not augur well for the CFPB staff, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump Administration to continue dismantling the Education Department, lifting a court order that had required the rehiring of as...more

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From Fired to Rehired: CPSC Chaos Reaches Supreme Court

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The fired U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Democrats are back in their seats and stirring the pot, prompting the Trump administration to make an emergency plea to the Supreme Court for relief. What started as...more

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The New NEPA: Federal Agencies Overhaul Procedures for Environmental Reviews

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On July 3, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”), and the Departments of Energy (“DOE”), Interior (“DOI”), Transportation (“DOT”),...more

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Supreme Court allows massive firing of government employees, but CFPB case is on separate track

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In Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, a case on its emergency docket  that could have implications for the CFPB, the Supreme Court issued a brief opinion allowing the Trump Administration to fire tens of...more

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US Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow Against the Administrative State

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Key takeaways - - Federal district courts are no longer required to defer to the FCC's interpretation of statutes in civil enforcement proceedings. - Regulated entities can now challenge prior federal agency interpretations...more

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Supreme Court’s Ruling Could Raise Significant Risks for OSHA’s Operations

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On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay in Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, No. 24A1174, permitting the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14210, which...more

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Plans to Reduce Federal Workforce

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On July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower-court judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce and restructure the federal workforce,...more

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Practical Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Injunction Ruling on Employers

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On June 27, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Trump v. CASA, Inc. that limited the power of federal district courts to issue universal injunctions....more

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