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The right-wing justices declared open season on regulations that don’t just protect the environment, health, and safety, but the economy too.

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SCOTUS coup and education wars

A decision about fishing regulations could lead to a massive rollback of progressive policies across the board.

A Koch-owned company is exploiting bankruptcy law to avoid responsibility for their asbestos assets and rewrite judicial precedent.

The anti-obscenity law is unenforceable and probably unconstitutional. Conservatives still want to use it to ban medication abortions.

In a topsy-turvy ruling, the conservatives on the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a VRA-compliant congressional map while the liberals dissented.