Supreme Court to weigh bid by energy companies to end state-court climate change suits

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an effort by energy companies to end a lawsuit filed in state court that seeks billions of dollars in damages for the impacts their fossil-fuel products have had on the global climate. The decision from the Supreme Court could impact the ability of state … Read more

Utah’s Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn congressional map with Democratic-leaning district

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Supreme Court rejected on Friday an appeal by Republican lawmakers and left in place a congressional map that gives Democrats a high chance of picking up one of the state’s four Republican-held U.S. House seats in the fall. In the order signed by Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, the court … Read more

FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling

FedEx sued the Trump administration Monday, seeking a “full refund” of all tariffs it paid the government under the overturned International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his presidential authority when he deployed the act to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all U.S. trading partners. “Accordingly … … Read more

Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil, gas companies trying to block climate lawsuits

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change. The conservative-majority court agreed to take up a case from Boulder, Colorado, among a series of … Read more

Why did the Supreme Court rule against tariffs? Here’s what the justices said.

In one of its most significant decisions of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs on Friday. The tariffs had been one of Mr. Trump’s signature policies, but the court held – in a 6-3 decision that split the court’s six conservative justices – that the president could not … Read more