Supreme Court buzz: Thomas’s legacy looms as cases drip out of the shadow docket and talk of retirement swirls around Alito. Born 1948, joined SCOTUS in 1991.
The Supreme Court has unanimously approved oil companies' move to federal court after a Louisiana jury ordered Chevron to pay over $740 million for coastal damage. The case involves decades of alleged environmental violations by Chevron and Texaco, with implications for future climate litigation and state-federal jurisdiction disputes. Today’s decision shifts the legal battleground.
Recent memos show the US Supreme Court has been increasingly using secretive, expedited procedures to make major decisions, bypassing traditional deliberation. This shift began in 2016 with the blocking of Obama's climate policy and has since impacted numerous cases, raising concerns about transparency and judicial independence.