ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: US supreme court end-of-term decisions could transform key areas of public life (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)  Ranchers hail, environmentalists fear Supreme Court clean water ruling (Lillie...

ShareThe Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Supreme Court has issued a number of decisions in recent years limiting the reach of the federal wire-fraud statute, which outlaws the use of “the wires” – including internet...

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court Sharply Limits the EPA’s Ability to Protect Wetlands (Emma Ricketts, Inside Climate News) How Supreme Court’s EPA ruling will affect U.S. wetlands, clean water (Timothy Puko...

ShareIn 2016, a Minnesota county sold 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler’s condo at auction after she failed to pay her property taxes for several years. The sale yielded $40,000; Hennepin County kept not only the $15,000 in taxes, penalties, and costs that Tyler owed it, but also the $25,000 that was left over. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the...

Share This article was updated on May 25 at 12:55 p.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday established a more stringent test to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to a wetland. The ruling was a setback for the Environmental Protection Agency and a victory for an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, who have been battling with the federal...

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Biden administration backs Google in song lyrics case at Supreme Court (Blake Brittain, Reuters) The Supreme Court gift list: Paintings, guns, and a sculpture of a hand (James Romoser,...