Supreme Court

Farm interests group are eyeing President Trump’s pick for Supreme Court justice.  Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley’s panel will hold confirmation hearings on elevating Brett Kavanaugh, to the Supreme Court sometime in early fall, after reviewing hundreds of the Judge’s decisions.  But, Grassley said K...

The Environmental Protection Agency has sent a final rule to the White House that would prevent the Waters of the U.S. Rule from taking effect. The EPA rushed the rule to the White House because of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling placing the legal jurisdiction of the rule in federal district courts, not federal appeals courts, where a stay was issued against the original rule...

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by Missouri to hear a case against California by six states.  Led by Missouri, the states sought to overturn a California law setting requirements for housing egg-laying hens.  California voters approved the law in 2008, but Missouri, along with Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky and Iowa challenged the law.   ...

Thanks to a 4-4 deadlock Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked President Obama's effort to prevent more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation.   "I see this as a true win for the Constitution of the United States," Representative Dan Newhouse said Thursday morning.  "It und...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on President Obama’s executive order that created the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA, program by the end of June.   Immigration attorney Eamonn Roach said it will be decided if undocumented workers with children born in the U.S. will be...

A federal court order shows arguments on the merits of a lawsuit against the Waters of the U.S. rule will likely be scheduled beyond February of next year.   According to DTN, a court order this week from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati appears to keep the stay in place blocking the rule through that time.  The fed...

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled landowners may challenge the federal government whenever the Army Corps of Engineers tries improperly to dictate land usage with regulations designed to protect water.  American Farm Bureau senior counsel for public policy Danielle Quist says the ruling means provides farmers and ranchers options against the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of E

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that landowners can challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “judicial determinations” on wetlands in court.   The ruling could have broad ramifications because it raises questions about the future of the Clean Water Act, which prohibits “the discharge of any pollutant” without a permit into “navigable waters,” which it defines, in turn, as “the waters