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When the feds don’t regulate … will the states?
Aug 5, 2024
Legal scholars and lawmakers are still trying to come to grips with the potential long-term consequences of the overturning of the Chevron deference, including what it means for state-level regulators.
Supreme Court delivers expensive victory for tribal health care
Jul 11, 2024
The decision is a win for tribal self-governance, but puts new pressure on the Indian Health Service's already stretched federal budget.
With end of "Chevron deference," Supreme Court changes how agencies, lawmakers work
Jun 28, 2024
The ruling drains power from government agencies and could force lawmakers to write statutes more precisely.
What the Supreme Court's SEC decision means for the administrative state
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sofia Terenzio
Jun 27, 2024
The ruling could minimize federal agencies' power to make and enforce policy.
SCOTUS leaves the door open for tribal nations to expand into online gaming
Jun 21, 2024
The Supreme Court left in place an agreement between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the state of Florida, which gives the Seminole Tribe the exclusive right to offer online sports betting statewide.
SCOTUS weighs policy on policing homeless people amid a national housing shortage
by
Amy Scott
and Sarah Leeson
Apr 22, 2024
The justices will debate if enforcing a public camping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, violated the Eighth Amendment.
Supreme Court session opens with a challenge to federal regulators' powers
Oct 2, 2023
The doctrine instructs courts to defer to federal agencies on details where the law is unclear, so long as that guidance is “reasonable."
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As student loan repayments are set to restart, the Education Department looks to ease the transition
Jul 3, 2023
For one thing: the first year after payments restart, borrowers who fall behind won’t be penalized.
New federal law seeks to protect pregnant workers
by
David Brancaccio
and Erika Soderstrom
Jun 30, 2023
Here’s what you need to know about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA, for now
by
Andy Uhler
Jun 18, 2020
But the Supreme Court’s decision today was narrow. The Trump administration or Congress could renew efforts to end the program.