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Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from…

Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics

The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to…

The Fate of the Fed May Turn on Two Words: ‘For Cause’

The Supreme Court has said the Federal Reserve Board’s independence warrants protection. President Trump’s effort to fire a member will test that commitment.

Can Trump Fire a Fed Governor? What to Know About the Legal Arguments

The Supreme Court has indicated that there are distinctive reasons to shield the Federal Reserve from political interference.

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.

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.

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules for Straight Woman in Workplace Discrimination Suit

The justices rejected an appeals court’s requirement that members of majority groups meet a heightened standard to win employment discrimination cases.

Supreme Court Curbs Scope of Environmental Reviews

The question for the justices was whether an agency had complied with a federal law by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of a…

Supreme Court Pauses Ruling Requiring Rehiring of 16,000 Probationary Workers

A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work…

Supreme Court Revives Law Meant to Fight Money Laundering

The Corporate Transparency Act, which requires businesses to disclose ownership information, was blocked by a federal judge as beyond Congress’s authority.