4 d. ago Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now, declining to act on the Trump administration’s effort to immediately remove her from the central bank. In a brief unsigned order, the high court said it would hear arguments in January over Republican President Donald Trump’s […]

Politics

9 d. ago Food agency will remain on B.C. ostrich farm while Supreme Court decides whether to allow farmers’ appeal

The SCC usually takes one to three months to decide whether it will grant “leave to appeal”

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2 w. ago Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to enforce transgender and nonbinary passport policy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations that conform with birth certificates. The Justice Department appealed a lower-court order allowing people use the gender or “X” identification marker that lines up with […]

Sport

2 w. ago Secret B.C. trial awards damages to informant whose identity was compromised

In highly redacted judgment to preserve anonymity of "Named Persons," B.C.Appeal Court dismissed his appeal asking for increase in damages allowed by lower court

Events

3 w. ago EU’s Green Finance Label for Nuclear, Gas Is Allowed, Court Says

The European Union was entitled to include gas and nuclear energy in its green rulebook allowing the technologies to tap subsidies and cheaper finance, the bloc’s second highest tribunal ruled in a challenge brought by Austria.

Science

3 w. ago Chief justice lets Trump remove member of Federal Trade Commission for now

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of high-profile firings allowed for now by Supreme Court. Trump first moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but she sued and lower courts ordered her reinstated because […]

Society