Policy · 118th Congress
Court cases test opposing views of online content moderation
The states passed the laws after social media platforms banned former President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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Policy · 118th Congress
Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards
And ethics experts questioned whether Justice Clarence Thomas should have recused himself from a case dealing with Trump administration records related to the Jan. 6 attack that likely included his wife
Policy · 117th Congress
LGBTQ, health groups see divide on digital protection bill
The moms spoke on Dec. 5 and 6 about losing their kids to cyberbullying-induced suicide, deadly TikTok challenges and fentanyl poisoning connected to Facebook and Snapchat.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Abortion rights backers see big wins in Tuesday results
Opponents spent nearly $23 million against the initiative; advocates spent more than $6 million.
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court to hear arguments over race in college admissions
Legal experts expect the 6-3 conservative majority at the high court to issue rulings before the end of the term at the end of June that curtail the use of race in admissions and possibly overturn
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court starts new term in political spotlight, tilted right
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the court as the nation’s first Black woman justice, but experts do not believe her addition to the court this term will temper the momentum of the 6-3 conservative
Congress · 117th Congress
House prepping stopgap funding bill through mid-December
If neither contender reaches the 50 percent threshold on Election Day, the race moves to a Dec. 6 runoff.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee grills FBI director on violent crime
He also acknowledged some of the agency’s shortcomings in addressing major threats, such as its inability to predict the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee airs threats against elections workers
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol also has highlighted threats against election workers, including Trump’s targeting of Georgia election workers like Ruby
Policy · 117th Congress
Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy
Republicans are concerned about the surveillance measures the government used, for example, to identify those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Congress · 117th Congress
Roe reversal spurs worries about miscarriage care
Jackson Women’s Health Organization have come in rapid succession: A doctor in South Dakota accused of inducing an abortion could be guilty of a Class 6 felony punishable by two years in prison.Â
Policy · 117th Congress
Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited
The court’s 6-3 ruling, issued Thursday, did limit the EPA’s authority to rein in those emissions, saying the agency did not have sweeping power under the law regulating carbon pollution from utilities
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court conservatives flex in term full of controversial cases
The decisions represent triumphs for a conservative legal movement that has sought for decades to remake American law and found its moment in a high court with a bolstered 6-3 conservative tilt that
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats fume, GOP lauds ruling to weaken EPA
By a 6-3 vote, the conservative majority ruled the agency does not possess broad authority to regulate pollution from electric utilities.
Congress · 117th Congress
Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak
Roberts Jr. gave final approval to surrounding the Supreme Court building with unscalable fencing, the kind that went up after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol across First Street NE.
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court teed up for major decisions over next two months
Conservative tilt Republicans have brought major cases this term to a recently expanded conservative majority that holds a 6-3 advantage on the court.
Congress · 117th Congress
Supreme Court to decide case on designer’s right to not create same-sex marriage websites
Any decision by the recently expanded 6-3 conservative majority, likely not until next year, could make this a potentially landmark case on a simmering social issue, and some Republican members of
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense appropriations likely to exceed fiscal 2022 NDAA levels
Key congressional staff disputed that figure, which would amount to a nearly 6 percent boost for Pentagon and other security accounts compared with fiscal 2021.
Policy · 117th Congress
Activists press companies on abortion with Roe v. Wade at stake
The proposals on political spending are what ESG proponents expected for the 2022 proxy season, especially after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol during Congress’ certification of the
Congress · 117th Congress
Ted Cruz: Litigious hot coffee spiller or civil rights champion?
The court has an expanded 6-3 conservative majority, and the case is among several that the court has taken up this term that closely align with long-standing Republican political priorities such