Jan Wolfe

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jan Wolfe

Decision will lift one legal barrier to the work done by the cost-cutting groupWASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for members of the Department of Government Efficiency, a cost-cutting group once led by Elon Musk, to access sensitive Social Security Administration records.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jan Wolfe

The high court, in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, said a Cincinnati-based appeals court erred by requiring Ames to show “background circumstances” suggesting the employer was hostile to straight people—which wouldn’t have been required had a gay employee claimed discrimination.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jan Wolfe

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court made it easier for workers to sue for reverse discrimination in a ruling that allowed a woman to pursue a claim that she was denied a job promotion because she is straight. The unanimous decision on Thursday revives a lawsuit brought by Marlean Ames, who alleged the Ohio state agency where she works denied her a promotion, and then demoted her, because she is heterosexual. She said that both her old job and the one she had sought were given to gay people.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jan Wolfe |Alex Leary

A federal appeals court put on hold the ruling that voided President Trump’s tariffs, while it considers the administration’s challenge to the decision. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it was pausing Wednesday’s decision from the U.S. Court of International Trade until it can hear further legal arguments. 🎧 Learn more from our What's News podcast or read on below:

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jess Bravin |Jan Wolfe

In tariff case and others, courts are finding the president’s expansive view of executive authority clashes with decisions that limit its reachWASHINGTON—During the Biden administration, conservative challengers won Supreme Court victories that limited the president’s power to craft policy in matters from student-debt relief to air pollution. Now, those precedents are returning to haunt one of their greatest champions: President Trump.