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Lydia Wheeler

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Legal affairs reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Send tips to: lydia.wheeler@wsj.com

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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate President Trump’s tariffs was the biggest win in the Liberty Justice Center’s 15-year history. The group also paid a price for it, highlighting the perils of taking on the Trump administration.
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How a Conservative Nonprofit Won a Huge Case Against Trump and Suffered for It
The Liberty Justice Center lost donors because it successfully challenged the president’s global tariffs, while the companies who benefited have declined to donate.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Good morning from a sunny Washington where the Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the lawfulness of President Trump’s tariffs starting at 10. We’re live blogging the proceedings. Follow along here: www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Trump Tariffs Case at Supreme Court Today; Dow Futures Waver — Live Updates
Supreme Court justices will weigh whether Trump lawfully levied global tariffs without Congress's approval. Follow along for live updates, news and analysis.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Here's why former federal prosecutors say the Trump administration's case against New York AG Letitia James might never make it to trial. w/@cryanbarber.bsky.social www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Trump Got His Fraud Case Against Letitia James. Winning It Is a Different Question.
Former prosecutors say the U.S. government doesn’t normally bring mortgage-fraud allegations like those against New York’s attorney general.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Excited to announce I’ve joined The Wall Street Journal as a legal affairs reporter based in D.C. Today is my first day with this talented team. Send tips on court cases, controversies and legal issues to lydia.wheeler@wsj.com or contact me securely on Signal: LWheeler.72
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
NEW: The US Supreme Court is fueling criticism that it’s treating presidential administrations differently and acting as a partisan partner of Donald Trump in continuing to greenlight his policies without any explanation. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court Faces Heat After Unexplained Rulings for Trump
The US Supreme Court is fueling criticism that it’s treating presidential administrations differently and acting as a partisan partner of Donald Trump in continuing to greenlight his policies without ...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
NEWS: Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is rejoining Cooley LLP, where she worked before representing President Joe Biden’s administration at the US Supreme Court. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Biden SG Elizabeth Prelogar to Rejoin Cooley After Harvard Stint
Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is returning to Cooley LLP, where she worked before representing President Joe Biden’s administration at the US Supreme Court.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The Fourth Circuit had the second-highest number of its rulings reviewed by the Supreme Court and they reversed every one. The data suggests attorneys have been testing the waters to see if the liberal-leaning court could counterbalance the conservative Fifth Circuit.
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Fourth Circuit Loses at Supreme Court With Every Ruling Reversed
Among the federal appeals courts, the Fourth Circuit was the biggest loser at the US Supreme Court this term.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Good morning from the Supreme Court on the last day of the term. We’re expected to get 6 rulings starting at 10 on Obamacare preventive services, religious opt outs to LGBTQ-themed books in elementary school, and Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We've got 6 decisions coming from the Supreme Court tomorrow, which is the last day of the term. They involve Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, an age verification law for porn sites in Texas, and Obamacare's no-cost coverage of preventive health services. Today's big ruling:
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Supreme Court Backs State Bid to Defund Planned Parenthood (1)
The US Supreme Court ruled for South Carolina in its bid to exclude a Planned Parenthood affiliate from its Medicaid program.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called textualism “incessantly malleable” and accused her colleagues of giving the perception that the Supreme Court favors moneyed interests over ordinary citizens in two pointed dissents issued Friday.
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Jackson Goes It Alone in Rebuke of Supreme Court Colleagues
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called textualism “incessantly malleable” and accused her colleagues of giving the perception that the Supreme Court favors moneyed interests over ordinary citizens in on...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Good morning from a Supreme Court that’s getting a face lift. More opinions are coming at 10. We’re waiting for rulings on religious opt outs for LGBT books in school, enforcement of Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions and Obamacare coverage for certain preventive health services.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported making over $2 million off her memoir last year, according to her financial disclosure released Tuesday. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justice Jackson Reports Earning Over $2 Million for Memoir (1)
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported making over $2 million off her memoir last year, according to her financial disclosure released Tuesday.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
My colleague @kimberlyrobinsn.bsky.social will answer all your burning questions about the Supreme Court and its cases this term. Join the discussion on Reddit starting at 1 pm ET.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We'll get opinions from the court starting at 10. Join the media and refresh this page incessantly: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/sli...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The US Supreme Court is pausing automated email notifications for court actions after it accidentally sent alerts in pending cases three days early last week. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court Pauses Auto Notifications After Software Glitch
The US Supreme Court is pausing automated email notifications for court actions after it accidentally sent alerts in pending cases three days early last week.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Have a tip related to the Supreme Court, its cases or the parties involved? Do you know about something happening with its staff, security or operations? Share it with me privately on Signal.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The Supreme Court agreed to hear several cases corporate America brought seeking to rein in class actions this term only to later say they shouldn’t have taken the appeals. It’s an emerging and potentially worrisome pattern. @kimberlyrobinsn.bsky.social and I report on why.
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Supreme Court Keeps Rejecting Class Action Cases After Arguments
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear several cases corporate America brought seeking to rein in class actions this term only to later say they shouldn’t have taken the appeals.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We'll get Supreme Court opinions starting at 10 am. The justices have 33 cases left to decide.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Conservative justices all but invited additional gun rights cases and advocates will soon have multiple chances to try again for a constitutional right to own an AR-15.
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Conservative Justices Welcome Assault Weapon Ban Challenges
Conservative justices all but invited additional gun rights cases and advocates will soon have multiple chances to try again for a constitutional right to own an AR-15.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Supreme Court rejects two major gun cases, leaving in place a Maryland ban on so-called assault weapons and a Rhode Island ban on high-capacity magazines.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Tfw your mom texts on a Saturday morning that she’s going to your little hometown library’s very impressive book sale and asks what books you want her to try to find 🥰📚😍
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Trump’s angry at judges he nominated even as his policies are faring better with his appointees. The wins don’t appear to be enough for Trump, who attacked the adviser he relied on to fill vacancies. The move risks alienating the conservative legal movement that helped elect him in 2016.
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Trump Risks Alienating Traditional Conservatives with Leo Attack
President Donald Trump’s anger at the courts is extending to judges he nominated even as his policies fare better among his appointees.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
President Trump slammed the Federalist Society and it's former leader on Truth Social, calling Leonard Leo a "sleazebag." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Slams Ex-Federalist Society Leader Leo After Tariff Ruling
President Donald Trump said he was “disappointed” in the Federalist Society and called out as a “sleazebag,” the group’s former leader Leonard Leo, who served as an influential adviser on judicial nom...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Supreme Court reined in environmental impact studies and in doing so told courts they have to defer to agencies. But the justices weren't limiting their decision last term in Loper Bright. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court Curtails Sweeping Environmental Impact Studies (2)
The US Supreme Court reined in the scope of environmental impact studies and in doing so said courts must defer to agencies when considering if they’re detailed enough.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Only one decision from the Supreme Court: Seven County Infrastructure v. Eagle County, Colorado. Court reversed DC Circuit decision 8-0. Gorsuch recused. Case deals with an environmental impact statement for railroad line construction.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Good morning from the Supreme Court where we'll get opinions starting at 10 am ET. You can find those posted here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/sli...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court splits evenly major church-state case, thwarting an effort in Oklahoma to create the nation’s first faith-based charter school. 4-4 split doesn’t set a nationwide precedent.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to halt a lower court ruling that forces it to answer questions and turn over documents about Elon Musk's DOGE. Solicitor General John Sauer argues DOGE is a "presidential advisory body" that's not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A federal district court judge in California has already cited the Supreme Court's language in granting temporary relief in a class action. www.bloomberglaw.com/public/docum... Story updated to reflect ruling.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Tucked into the Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Donald Trump from sending additional Venezuelans to a Salvadoran prison is subtle but significant language that could provide broad relief from other administration policies even if the justices limit the use of nationwide injunctions.
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Justices Give Alternative Path to Block Trump Orders Nationwide
Tucked into the Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Donald Trump from sending additional Venezuelans to a Salvadoran prison is subtle but significant language that could provide broad relief f...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The Supreme Court just extended its order that blocked the Trump administration from deporting more Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“The sources that the executive branch are citing are radical, fringe views,” Elora Mukherjee of Columbia Law School tells @lydiawheeler.bsky.social. “They are not accurate, thorough, complete understandings of the Fourteenth Amendment.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Backs Birthright Citizenship Curbs with ‘Fringe’ Scholarship
The Trump administration is citing a short student piece to defend the legality of the president’s executive order restricting automatic birthright citizenship.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The Supreme Court isn't scheduled to issue opinions until May 15, which is the same day as arguments on Trump's emergency requests to partially enforce his birthright citizenship order.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
No new cases granted this morning. Here's the Supreme Court's full order list. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 02/05/2025
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to let Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have access to sensitive Social Security information, escalating a privacy fight that could affect millions of people.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court for DOGE Access to Social Security Data
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to let Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have access to sensitive Social Security information, escalating a privacy fight that could affect millions of people.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
New episode of "Cases and Controversies" out now. @kimberlyrobinsn.bsky.social and I talk about an uncomfortable exchange in court this week and why we think Chief Justice John Roberts is likely to be the pivotal vote in a bid to create the nation's first religious charter school.
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Supreme Court Debates Bid for First Religious Charter School
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Quite the scene at the Washington Hilton tonight where protesters stormed a ballroom while Charles Koch was accepting an award from the Cato Institute. Several got onto the edge of the stage while Koch was speaking.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Justice Alito still seems bothered by the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themed books in a Maryland elementary school. Though it’s been over a week since the US Supreme Court heard that fight, Alito referenced the case during Wednesday’s arguments over a religious charter school.
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Alito Invokes LGBTQ+ Books in Catholic Charter School Argument
Justice Samuel Alito still seems bothered by the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themed books in a Maryland elementary school.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Good morning from the Supreme Court where the justices will consider if states must include religious schools in their taxpayer-funded charter school programs. The case could create the nation’s first religious public school.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Only opinion out of the Supreme Court today in a technical case over how federal hospital reimbursements are calculated for hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients. Opinion: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Lot of chatter going on about today's unusually hostile Supreme Court arguments involving attorney Lisa Blatt. I wrote about Blatt's casual candor and direct argument style last year when she became the first woman to hit 50 arguments at the court.
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Fifty-Time Supreme Court Litigator Keeps Justices on Their Toes
Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Obamacare is back at the Supreme Court in a challenge to its no-cost coverage requirements for certain preventive health care. GW professor emerita Sara Rosenbaum explains why the case is more about power than public health on this week's episode of "Cases and Controversies." Listen here:
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Obamacare Is Back at Supreme Court in Preventive Care Fight
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Lots of confusion out there about what Scotus will consider on birthright citizenship. It's actually pretty clear: They are NOT ruling on the legality of Trump's EO, though the subject will surely come up and the decision will determine whether the restrictions go into partial effect right away. 1/3
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Supreme Court announces it will hear arguments on May 15 over Trump's requests to partially enforce his executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The Trump administration is defying court orders and there isn’t much the Supreme Court can do to stop it. Trump's willingness to skirt court orders is illustrating just how little power the federal judiciary has to enforce its decisions.
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Trump Defying Court Orders Is ‘Stress Test’ for the Judiciary
The Trump administration is defying court orders and there isn’t much the Supreme Court can do to stop it.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The Supreme Court announces Thursday will be an opinion day.
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
President Donald Trump is heralding victories from the Supreme Court that legal experts say are short-term, procedural, and incremental wins at best in his effort to unilaterally advance immigration and federal spending priorities. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Hypes Incremental Wins at Supreme Court as Big Victories
President Donald Trump is heralding victories from the Supreme Court that legal experts say are short-term, procedural, and incremental wins at best in his effort to unilaterally advance immigration a...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
NCLA’s lawsuit and Cato’s signature on the ACLU’s brief signal conservative and libertarian leaning groups are starting to push back against Trump’s broad use of executive power, @lydiawheeler.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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First Conservative-Leaning Groups Push Back on President Trump
Among the torrent of lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s policies is one filed by a more surprising litigant: a group that’s pushed causes dear to the right with funding from conservative me...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A group that’s spent the last four years attacking companies for promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and other “woke” policies is now taking aim at federal regulators in the next big swipe at the administrative state to reach the Supreme Court. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Resurrected Consumer Group Leads Next Attack on Regulators
A group that’s spent the last four years attacking companies for promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and other “woke” policies is now taking aim at federal regulators in the next big swipe at the a...
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Lydia Wheeler @lydiawheeler.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Supreme Court agrees to hear a challenge to state bans on "conversion therapy," which tries to change a child's sexual orientation or gender identity. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court Will Review Ban on LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’
The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether scores of state and local governments are violating the Constitution by barring licensed counselors from trying to change a child’s sexual orientation o...
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