Vox4 hours agoThe Supreme Court hands Biden the smallest possible victory in its "Remain in Mexico" caseverified_publisherVox - Ian MillhiserEverything about the Supreme Court’s handling of Biden v. Texas, an important immigration decision it handed down on Thursday, emphasizes how easily the Court can sabotage President Joe Biden’s policies — even as it rules narrowly in Biden’s favor. The case involves the so-called “Remain in Mexico” …
Vox5 hours agoWhy America’s allies are worried about the end of Roeverified_publisherVox - Jen KirbyThe United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade just as President Joe Biden was preparing to leave for Europe for meetings with America’s closest allies, first at the Group of Seven and then at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit. A president’s foreign trip is sometimes a respite …
Vox6 hours agoThe Supreme Court’s big EPA decision is a massive power grab by the justicesverified_publisherVox - Ian MillhiserWest Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency strikes down a federal environmental regulation of power plants that never took effect, that the Biden administration has no intention of reinstating, and that would have accomplished absolutely nothing even if it had be enforced. Nevertheless, the …
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VoxThe US’s first Black woman senator on what Ketanji Brown Jackson brings to the Supreme Courtverified_publisherVox - Li ZhouEditor’s note, June 30: This story was updated after Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to office as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court. For Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the Senate, much of what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson experienced during her confirmation process …
Vox8 hours agoThe Supreme Court’s EPA ruling isn’t the only legal attack on the environmentverified_publisherVox - Umair IrfanThe Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a decision that says the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants without authorization from Congress, drastically limiting the policy tools the EPA can use to address climate change. The …