Argument analysis: Justices divided in procedural battle between Baltimore, oil companies in climate fight Kannon Shanmugam argues for BP and other fossil fuel companies (Art Lien) In a speech at Harvard Law School in 2015, Justice Elena Kagan told the audience that “we’re all textualists now” – that is, that any effort to interpret a statute begins (and often ends) …
The Supreme Court and the President’s Pardon Power
By AMY HOWE
Correction appended. WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 16, 2021 — It was on January 1, 2021 that the was first written. The Constitution gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.” In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences …
By AMY HOWE