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NBC News reports:
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a ruling that could benefit former President Donald Trump.
The justices on a 6-3 vote handed a win to defendant Joseph Fischer, who is among hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants — including Trump — who have been charged with obstructing an official proceeding over the effort to prevent Congress’ certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.
The court concluded that the law, enacted in 2002 as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act after the Enron accounting scandal, was only intended to apply in limited circumstances involving tampering with physical evidence.
The Washington Post reports:
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a constitutional challenge to anti-camping laws that allow cities to ban homeless people from sleeping in public spaces — a decision that has significant implications for how local officials address the nation’s homelessness crisis.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court said homelessness is not a status protected by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, even when a community offers no access to indoor shelter for homeless people.
Writing for the majority, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said the problem of homelessness is complex, but the Eighth Amendment “does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights and responsibilities from the American people and in their place dictate this Nation’s homelessness policy.”
Courthouse News reports:
The Supreme Court overruled a key administrative law ruling Friday, tossing out four decades of precedent and limiting the government’s ability to interpret federal laws.
Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council gave deference to federal agencies’ interpretation of statutes. For 40 years, the precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency expertise.
Two years ago, the conservative supermajority created a carveout from Chevron, allowing judges to discard agency deference if the contested regulation concerns a major question. The justices already used the broad ruling to question the government’s authority to regulate air pollution and forgive student loans.
The Supreme Court’s first decision is Grants Pass. By a 6–3 vote, the court holds that penalizing homeless people for sleeping outside when there is no available shelter does NOT violate the 8th Amendment. All three liberals dissent. https://t.co/O6Qpov4OqU
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass wipes out significant precedent in the 9th Circuit that had protected homeless people from punishment when they slept outside due to lack of shelter. Per Gorsuch, the court holds that penalizing such people is not “cruel and unusual.”
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 28, 2024
#BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Friday overruled Chevron, a key administrative law ruling, tossing out four decades of precedent and limiting the government’s ability to interpret federal laws. @KelseyReichmann https://t.co/n4XMbikMkB
— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) June 28, 2024
The conservative Supreme Court just upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections — delivering a potentially lucrative victory to business interests. https://t.co/kprB7FIcOU
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 28, 2024
In third and final #SCOTUS ruling of the day, Chief Justice Roberts narrows the scope of the federal obstruction statute used in many of the January 6 prosecutions:https://t.co/1V2jETnnBy
6-3 majority; Justice Barrett dissents, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 28, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: Supreme Court rules on key January 6 case https://t.co/BRrdVlzM17
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 28, 2024