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The morning read for Wednesday, May 3

The morning read for Wednesday, May 3

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • New documents show how Sandra Day O’Connor helped George W. Bush win the 2000 election (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
  • Dueling narratives at the Senate hearing on the Supreme Court (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
  • Democrats call for new supreme court ethics rule amid Clarence Thomas scandal (Chris Stein, The Guardian)
  • Justices Wrestled With Court’s Power in Landmark
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EU Pharma Legislation Review Series: National MA Procedures Including the Mutual Recognition Procedure and Decentralized Procedure

The European Commission (the “Commission”) wants to “avoid unnecessary administrative and financial burdens for applicants and competent authorities.”  As such, the Commission’s proposal for a revised Directive on the Union Code Relating to Medicinal Products for Human Use (the “Directive”) retains the Decentralized Procedure (“DCP”) and Mutual Recognition Procedure (“MRP”).  Chapter III of the Directive sets out the new procedures for national marketing authorizations (“MAs”).  This includes a purely national MA procedure granted in a single Member State … Read the rest

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Supreme Court will consider major case on power of federal regulatory agencies

Supreme Court will consider major case on power of federal regulatory agencies

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Nearly 40 years ago, in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Supreme Court ruled that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute as long as that interpretation is reasonable. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider its ruling in Chevron.  

The question comes to the court in a case brought by a group of commercial fishing companies. They challenged a rule issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service that requires the fishing industry to pay … Read the rest

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Biden Declares May As Jewish American Heritage Month

Yesterday President Biden issued a Proclamation (full text) declaring May to be Jewish American Heritage Month. The Proclamation reads in part:

 Jewish Americans continue to enrich every part of American life as educators and entrepreneurs, athletes and artists, scientists and entertainers, public officials and activists, labor and community leaders, diplomats and military service members, public health heroes, and more…. 

All Americans — including business and community leaders, educators, students, athletes, entertainers, and influencers — must help confront bigotry in all

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The morning read for Friday, April 28

The morning read for Friday, April 28

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • McConnell Praises Supreme Court’s Ethics Amid Outcry Over Clarence Thomas Trips (Laura Litvan, Bloomberg)
  • All 9 Supreme Court justices push back on oversight: ‘Raises more questions,’ Senate chair says (Devin Dwyer, ABC News)
  • US Supreme Court ruling could turbocharge lawsuits against oil companies (Joanna York, France 24)
  • The Supreme Court’s Current Crisis Recalls the
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The morning read for Thursday, April 27

The morning read for Thursday, April 27

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

  • Supreme Court Wary of Windfall in Seizure of Condo for Unpaid Taxes (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
  • ‘Inside baseball’: Critics say academia has ‘troubling’ influence with the Supreme Court (Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News)
  • Supreme Court’s new ethics declaration stops short of concrete action (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
  • Ex-US appeals judge says Supreme Court needs
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Environmental Disclosures: CDP announces plastics to be added to Reporting Platform for first time

On April 19, 2023, the influential CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) announced that nearly 7,000 organizations worldwide can disclose their plastic-related impacts for the first time, as CDP’s global environmental disclosure platform opens for 2023 reporting. CDP is adding plastic-related reporting to its online platform in response to a request from more than 740 investors with US$ 136 trillion in assets.

Last October, CDP reported that a record of around 20,000 organizations (over 18,700 companies representing over half of global market capitalization … Read the rest