Administrative Law

Supreme Court decision in wetlands case will impair flood control, affect water quality, Kavanaugh warns

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday in its bid to classify an Idaho property as protected wetlands.

May 25, 2023 1:06 PM CDT

Gorsuch’s Title 42 statement is ‘a remarkable jeremiad against COVID mitigation policies,’ law prof says

Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a lengthy statement criticizing “rule by indefinite emergency edict” Thursday, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order related to a COVID-19-pandemic-era immigration policy.

May 22, 2023 2:40 PM CDT

‘I don’t understand this theme that FDA can do no wrong,’ says 5th Circuit judge on mifepristone approval

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans on Wednesday appears ready to restrict approval of the abortion medication mifepristone.

May 18, 2023 9:30 AM CDT

Oregon’s former top administrative judge gets prison time in child pornography case

Oregon’s former top administrative law judge has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after his guilty plea to 10 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse. Judge Andrew Erwin of Washington County, Oregon, sentenced Judge John Michael Mann, the former chief administrative law judge for the state, on May 11.…

May 15, 2023 9:45 AM CDT

Supreme Court could limit agency power after agreeing to reconsider Chevron deference

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider overruling a 1984 decision that established Chevron deference—the principle that federal courts should defer to reasonable federal agency views when Congress passes ambiguous laws.

May 1, 2023 11:51 AM CDT

Gun owner who challenged ban on bump stocks wins in latest 6th Circuit decision

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a gun owner who challenged a federal regulation that bans bump stocks—the devices that dramatically accelerate gunfire on semi-automatic rifles.

Apr 27, 2023 9:11 AM CDT

Alito ‘packed a lot of grievance’ in dissent as Supreme Court allows access to abortion pill—for now

Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to allow continued full access, for now, to the abortion medication mifepristone. But Alito spoke only for himself in a written dissent; Thomas did not indicate the reason for his dissent.

Apr 24, 2023 11:03 AM CDT

Alito keeps abortion drug access in place to give SCOTUS more time to act on emergency request

Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday extended an administrative stay to give the U.S. Supreme Court more time to consider an emergency request to allow full access to the abortion drug mifepristone during a challenge to its approval.

Apr 19, 2023 3:10 PM CDT

Will former top administrative judge be third Oregon attorney to receive probation in a child porn case?

A May 11 sentencing date has been set for Oregon’s former top administrative law judge after his guilty plea to encouraging child sexual abuse in a child pornography case.

Apr 18, 2023 4:10 PM CDT

Why the 5th Circuit is allowing abortion pill sales but pausing expanded access to the drug

Updated: Anti-abortion doctors and medical associations likely sued too late to revoke the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, a federal appeals court has ruled in temporarily staying part of an April 7 decision by U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of Texas.

Apr 13, 2023 10:44 AM CDT

Supreme Court decision in wetlands case will impair flood control, affect water quality, Kavanaugh warns

Gorsuch’s Title 42 statement is ‘a remarkable jeremiad against COVID mitigation policies,’ law prof says

‘I don’t understand this theme that FDA can do no wrong,’ says 5th Circuit judge on mifepristone approval

Oregon’s former top administrative judge gets prison time in child pornography case

Supreme Court could limit agency power after agreeing to reconsider Chevron deference

Gun owner who challenged ban on bump stocks wins in latest 6th Circuit decision

Alito ‘packed a lot of grievance’ in dissent as Supreme Court allows access to abortion pill—for now

Alito keeps abortion drug access in place to give SCOTUS more time to act on emergency request

Will former top administrative judge be third Oregon attorney to receive probation in a child porn case?

Why the 5th Circuit is allowing abortion pill sales but pausing expanded access to the drug

Supreme Court sides with deaf student in quest for damages for inadequate education

Ex-judge is suspended after secret recording by possible rival candidate revealed threat

Federal appeals court strikes down ATF rule banning rapid-fire bump stocks

Judge ruled on traffic citations before hearing date to cover for planned absence, ethics complaint alleges

Chief justice temporarily continues Title 42 policy that expelled asylum-seekers based on COVID-19 dangers

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