New Delhi The Supreme Court has directed luxury car maker BMW India Private Ltd to pay Rs 50 lakh as compensation to a customer for supplying a defective car in 2009. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra set aside an order of the Telangana High … Read more
The right-wing majority on the Supreme Court last month upended a 40-year legal precedent that has governed how federal agencies are able to set rules, in a decision legal experts say will do sweeping damage to the regulation of everything from health care to student loan forgiveness to environmental protections and more. The consequences for … Read more
When the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled earlier this month that presidents are immune from criminal charges for laws they allegedly break while performing official duties, Adav Noti, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, thought back to the final weeks of Donald Trump’s time in the White House. Faced with an embarrassing defeat to … Read more
The former president’s lawyers wrote in papers made public Thursday that prosecutors rushed to try Trump in April and May while the high court was still considering his immunity claims. “Rather than wait for the Supreme Court’s guidance, the prosecutors scoffed with hubris at President Trump’s immunity motions and insisted on rushing to trial,” Trump’s … Read more
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced Thursday that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a September hearing to look at “the immediate legal and policy ramifications” of the Supreme Court’s decision last month that grants Donald Trump full immunity for “official acts” he took as president. “During this upcoming hearing, we will examine the … Read more
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) didn’t let Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) “unconstitutional” talk go without a fact check following her tense questioning of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday. The conspiracy theorist Republican pointed to the Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which … Read more
In a letter sent last week, two Democratic senators called on the U.S. attorney general to put together a special counsel investigation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over a series of potential ethical and tax law violations. Recent reports have found that Thomas has repeatedly failed to disclose travel, gifts and other benefits given … Read more
The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week’s Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment. In a letter being sent Tuesday to … Read more
Mary Trump said Monday’s stunning Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity further underscores just how important it is that Donald Trump never returns to the White House. “I believe unequivocally that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are the best way to make sure that doesn’t happen,” the former president’s niece wrote in … Read more
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is sounding the alarm after the Supreme Court ruled in Donald Trump’s favor on Monday and granted presidents broad immunity for official acts while in office. “I really did not expect that they would do this,” she said. “Donald Trump and his counsel asked for this 100% absolute immunity thing, which was … Read more
