Supreme Court ruling that ‘walloped’ independent regulators sparks fear for consumers

Chicago Hemp Tax up in Smoke – Chicago Contrarian

That argument had a certain Chicago logic. The products were already being sold. Consumers were already buying them. The ordinary sales tax already applied. A separate hemp levy would have recognized the reality of the market while extracting revenue from it. ... But (Mayor Brandon) Johnson’s tax plan had a weakness. It looked like City Hall was monetizing a public health concern before proving it could control it.

'Feelings of horror:' High Court slams law tying judge appointments to ideology

The government said the law is meant to increase ideological diversity among judges. Supreme Court President Isaac Amit warned that if it remains in force, 'in 15 years we'll have politicized judges and, regrettably, our judicial DNA is liable to change'

Trump appointees are overruling DOJ lawyers scrutinizing corporate mergers

Justice leaders are blocking the enforcement of laws meant to protect consumers from price gouging, sources say. The post Trump appointees are overruling DOJ lawyers scrutinizing corporate mergers appeared first on MS NOW.

Court slaughters myth of ‘independent’ agencies: Trump can finally fire bureaucrats

The Supreme Court did something on Monday that constitutional scholars have been debating for 91 years. It overruled Humphrey’s Executor and told Congress it cannot wall off executive branch officers from presidential removal by dressing them up as “independent.” The vote was 6-3. The decision was correct. And the reaction from the Left tells you []

As Europe swelters, Paris judges say consumers aren’t to blame — TotalEnergies is

A Paris judicial tribunal has just ruled on a case brought against TotalEnergies by environmental groups and the City of Paris. The judgment does not halt the company's fossil-fuel expansion. But it does something the industry has spent half a century resisting: it holds TotalEnergies legally responsible not just for the emissions from its operations, but for the emissions produced when the oil and gas it sells are ultimately burned.