It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
Louisiana voters who successfully challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander had asked the justices to quickly return the case to the lower courts, clearing the way for a new map.
A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.
The Trump administration urged the justices to rely on earlier terse emergency rulings and explain “what to make of this court’s interim orders.”
She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid.
The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution offshore.
Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden.
A collection of historic flags, some with provocative associations, was removed from the plaza outside City Hall for Mayor Daniel Lurie’s inauguration. By Friday, they were flying again.
The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s who in the eyes of the Trump team must prove his loyalty to the president-elect.