Critics of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rule are asking a federal appeals court to permanently scrap the now-paused regulation, arguing it would impose an “extraordinary burden” on companies to comply. In a brief filed Friday with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Center for Public Policy…

Several business groups have urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to vacate the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s controversial climate disclosure rule, calling it “unlawful several times over.” In an opening brief Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and similar advocacy organizations told the St. Louis-based appeals court that the challenged rule…

… The ban was challenged by a Texas gun store owner, Michael Cargill, who purchased two of the devices in 2018, turned them over to the government after the prohibition was implemented and then promptly sued to get them back. The federal rule made possession of a bump stock a crime punishable by up to…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a bump stock does not transform a firearm into an automatic weapon, striking down a federal rule that banned bump stocks… Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, sued the government after he was forced to surrender several “bump stocks” under the ATF’s rule. He argued the agency…

The Supreme Court sided with Starbucks on Thursday in a labor dispute over reinstating workers. The justices rejected a lower court ruling approving an injunction sought by the National Labor Relations Board, which would have required Starbucks to reinstate seven workers who were fired after they tried to unionize and invited a television crew into the store to broadcast their effort.…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) non-profit has sent a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci and several medical and other US officials, as well as to Google, making sure they are formally notified of their obligations to preserve communications records. The records in question are relevant to a major First Amendment case alleging collusion between the government…