Justice Breyer warns of the ‘greatest judicial power grab since Marbury v. Madison’

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday appeared likely to execute what Justice Stephen Breyer described as the “greatest judicial power grab” since its 1803 decision holding that federal courts have the power to declare laws unconstitutional.

Breyer’s warning referred to Kisor v. Wilkie, a case for which the court heard oral arguments last week. Chief Justice John Roberts suggested in some of his questions during that session that he ...

House Democrats adopt Green New Deal jobs talking point as they reveal new climate bill

Less than 24 hours after the Green New Deal resolution faced a setback in the Senate, House Democrats appeared to have broadly adopted one of the proposal’s leading talking points as they pitched separate climate legislation.

“This is about jobs, about good, paying green jobs,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday, introducing the Climate Action Now Act, also known as House Resolution 9.

The new resolution urges the United States to remain in the...