Tag: sCOTUS

• Morning News Notes: Supreme Court, Trump, Justice Kennedy and the Hackery of the Court

  March 21, 2024

  Israel

  THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2024 NIGHT NEWS NOTES: The F…ing Supreme Court, SUPREME COURT Tracy, Abiggail (6/29/18) Donald Trump made Justice Kennedy an offer he couldn’t refuse.  Vanity Fair. Borger, Julian (2/4/20)  “Book reveals Trump effort to persuade Justice Kennedy to step aside for Kavanaugh.”  The Guardian. Read.

• SACKLER FAMILY AND OPIOD SETTLEMENT

  August 11, 2023

  Corrupt Governmen, Drugs

  www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/supreme-court-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement.html The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the billionaire Sackler family, which once controlled the company, from additional civil lawsuits over the opioid epidemic and that capped the Sacklers’ personal liability at $6 billion. The order is likely to delay any payments to… Read.