Walking Jay Leno’s Path: The Family Member in Decline

In each instance where we write about the domestic problems of the rich and famous we try to note that their resources make their lives and their choices inherently different. Last year we covered the Costner divorce and the fight over whether reasonable needs of children included a beachfront house in Malibu.

Friday’s news about comedian Jay Leno is a case where fame and fortune offer no difference between their lives and ours. Mr. Leno filed a petition in California … Read the rest

Justices decline to block Biden policy on social costs of greenhouse gases

Justices decline to block Biden policy on social costs of greenhouse gases

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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea from Louisiana and nine other states to bar federal agencies from considering the social costs of greenhouse gases as part of their decision-making process. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices declined to reinstate a district-court ruling that had temporarily blocked the Biden administration from using the cost estimates. There were no dissents recorded from Thursday’s order.

The dispute in which the justices declined to intervene began last year, after President … Read the rest