Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court on Thursday, making history as she succeeds retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Continue reading “Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Sworn In As First Black Woman On Supreme Court”Kagan Turns Conservative Justices’ Recent Love Affair With History Against Them In EPA Case
Justice Elena Kagan, in a sly section of a searing dissent, uses historical antecedents to prove that Congress has always delegated broad power to agencies.
Continue reading “Kagan Turns Conservative Justices’ Recent Love Affair With History Against Them In EPA Case”Stragglers
From TPM Reader JR …
Continue reading “Stragglers”Hi, Illinois reader here.
I just called the DC offices of Senators Durbin and Duckworth. Both liberal stalwarts, obviously, but neither staffer showed particular awareness of the question of whether the filibuster will need to be suspended to enact abortion protections.
Neither seemed clear on any kind of promise that the Senate would do something concrete if people vote in the Fall.
Ex-Trump WH Aide Details Why Hutchinson Switched Lawyers Weeks Before Damning Testimony
Former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah on Thursday detailed the series of events that led to the damning testimony Cassidy Hutchinson — a former top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows — delivered during a Jan. 6 Select Committee public hearing this week.
Continue reading “Ex-Trump WH Aide Details Why Hutchinson Switched Lawyers Weeks Before Damning Testimony”TPM Readers Prayers Answered!
Over the last couple weeks I’d shared reports from TPM Readers struggling to get a response from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on whether she supports making Roe law and changing the filibuster rules to allow that bill to get a straight up or down vote. This morning I chatted with Shaheen’s Communications Director Sarah Weinstein who confirmed to me that Shaheen not only supports making Roe federal law (which she and 48 other Democrats attempted to do a few weeks ago) but also “supports amending the filibuster rules so a bill to codify Roe could pass by simple majority.”
Continue reading “TPM Readers Prayers Answered!”SCOTUS Will Hear Case Next Term That Could Transform Election Law
After knee-capping the federal government’s ability to address greenhouse gases and other national regulatory issues Thursday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case next term that could effectively eliminate the role of state courts and dramatically increase the power of state legislatures in questions of federal election law, a potentially huge win for the right in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2020 election theft attempt.
Continue reading “SCOTUS Will Hear Case Next Term That Could Transform Election Law”Biden Announces Support For Abortion Rights Filibuster Exception
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his support for the Senate to create an exception to the filibuster in order to codify abortion rights into federal law.
Continue reading “Biden Announces Support For Abortion Rights Filibuster Exception”SCOTUS Shackles EPA’s Authority To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants
The Supreme Court issued a major ruling Thursday curtailing the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate power plant emissions, and sent a shot across the bow of executive agency power in general.
Continue reading “SCOTUS Shackles EPA’s Authority To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants”Jan. 6 Committee Slaps Pat Cipollone With Subpoena
The House Jan. 6 Committee subpoenaed Pat Cipollone, who served as then-President Donald Trump’s chief White House counsel, on Wednesday evening.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Committee Slaps Pat Cipollone With Subpoena”Busy Day At SCOTUS
The term ends.
Stephen Breyer retires.
Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as his replacement.
But before all that, the last big case TPM cares about will be issued shortly after 10 a.m. ET.
Background on the EPA case here.
Kate’s story on the oral arguments in the EPA case here.
More a little later.