The Supreme Court has indicated that there are distinctive reasons to shield the Federal Reserve from political interference.
Category: Supreme Court (US)
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Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs
The president has crowed about the billions of dollars collected so far from tariffs. That money could be at risk if the White House loses the legal battle.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators
The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.
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Big Law Firms Bowed to Trump. A Corps of ‘Little Guys’ Jumped in to Fight Him.
Solo practitioners, former government litigators and small law offices stepped up to help challenge the Trump administration’s agenda in court after the White House sought to punish many big firms.
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Targeting Brazil, Trump Tests Legal Limit of His Tariff Powers
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.
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10 Years After the Supreme Court Legalized Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide, Here’s What Couples Think
A decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, we asked people from across the country to share stories of what the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges has meant to them.
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Supreme Court Justices Disclose International Travel and Book Deals
Annual financial disclosures revealed some of the perks of being on the Supreme Court, including international teaching and book sales.
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Companies Ask Supreme Court to Fast-Track Challenge to Tariffs
Two toy manufacturers asked the court to greatly expedite their case, in an unusual request.
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U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway
The appeals court’s decision delivered an important but interim victory for the Trump administration.