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PublishedJuly 25, 2024
Supreme Court immunity ruling has no effect on Trump’s hush money conviction, Manhattan DA says
The former president's lawyers had asked a judge to overturn his conviction for falsifying records.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2024
Opinion: The Chevron doctrine is dead, long live the Chevron doctrine
Do we really want courts deciding complicated questions of science and medicine? We don't – and Maine can do better.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
Supreme Court ruling could affect Maine communities’ policies about homeless campers
Some cities said they do not anticipate any immediate changes in response to Friday's ruling, including in Augusta.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
Pollution curbs, noncompete bans put at risk by Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling
The court’s decision to undercut the ability of administrative agencies to interpret vague laws also casts a long shadow over efforts to online privacy laws, approvals of some drugs and net neutrality.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
The Supreme Court rejected an opioid settlement that could have brought Maine $20 million. What now?
While the parties will now have to renegotiate a new settlement, Maine is expecting to receive about $235 million over the next 18 years from other opioid settlements.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
Supreme Court says cities can ban homeless people sleeping outdoors
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court reversed an appeals court ruling that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, delivers victory to business interests
The 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections.
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on downwind pollution
The high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has increasingly reined in the powers of federal agencies, including the EPA, in recent years.
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Supreme Court rejects nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
The settlement would have shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
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PublishedJune 14, 2024
Las Vegas shooting survivors alarmed at U.S. Supreme Court’s strike down of ban on rifle bump stocks
The Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire accessory that allows a rate of fire comparable to that of machine guns, was nixed in a 6-3 majority opinion.
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