Law Students Fight For Workplace Protections
From today’s NPR News: Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks. But those students can get a harsh surprise…
In Landmark Case, Supreme Court To Rule On Trump’s Bid To Control Independent Agencies
From today’s ABC News: For more than 100 years, independent government agencies have regulated American monetary policy and stock trades, transportation systems and election campaigns, consumer product safety and broadcast…
Supreme Court Pauses Injunction Against Trump Firing Thousands of Federal Workers
From today’s NPR News: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration’s firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees to go forward, at least for now. Without addressing the…
Starbucks Ruling by SCOTUS Curbs Labor Regulator’s Authority
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult…
SCOTUS Rules CFPB Funding Constitutional
From today’s NPR News: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the structure used to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal agency tasked…
Rideshare Companies Ask SCOTUS To Reexamine California Worker-Protection Law
From today’s SCOTUSblog: he Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana was a victory for employers seeking to enforce mandatory arbitration clauses in the face of a…
SCOTUS Rules Arizona GOP Legislators Must Testify About Voting Laws
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that two Arizona lawmakers must testify about their reasons for supporting state laws requiring proof of citizenship for voting…
SCOTUS Skeptical of Constitutional Challenge to CFPB
From today’s NPR News: n a major Supreme Court case involving the structure of government, a majority of justices seem inclined to uphold the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…
Supreme Court May Undermine Consumer Rights
From today’s Politico News: Democrats who created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a decade ago thought they could shield the agency from political pressure by funding it through the Federal…
SCOTUS Rejects “Independent State Legislature” Theory In Major Victory for Voting Rights
From today’s CBS News: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a controversial theory that would have given state lawmakers unfettered power to set the rules for federal elections in their…