US Supreme Court's Conservative Agenda and Biden's Rocky Debate

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has made significant rulings to limit federal regulatory power this term. Meanwhile, top Democrats have dismissed calls to replace President Joe Biden as the party's nominee after a poor debate against Trump. The court's slow pace on Trump's immunity case likely defers his trial until after the election.

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

US Supreme Court's conservatives flex muscles to curb regulatory agencies

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority trained its legal firepower this term on curbing federal regulatory authority, cementing its critical role in a longstanding effort by business interests and others to defang the "administrative state." The court's sweeping rulings have limited the federal government's power to regulate everything from stock trading to pollution, even as the justices opted not to further curtail abortion rights or expand gun rights under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Top Democrats rule out replacing Biden amid calls for him to quit 2024 race

Top Democrats on Sunday ruled out the possibility of replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee after a feeble debate performance and called on party members to focus instead on the consequences of a second Donald Trump presidency.

After days of hand-wringing about Biden's poor night on stage debating Trump, Democratic leaders firmly rejected calls for their party to choose a younger presidential candidate for the Nov. 5 election.

US Supreme Court's slow pace on immunity makes Trump trial before election unlikely

Donald Trump's bid for criminal immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss is set to be decided on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. But however it rules, the court already has helped the former president in his effort to avoid trial before the Nov. 5 election. The ruling from the court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump, will be released 20 weeks after he sought relief from the justices. The timeline of the ruling likely does not leave enough time for Special Counsel Jack Smith to try Trump on the federal four-count indictment obtained last August and for a jury to reach a verdict before voters head to the polls.

US Supreme Court to rule in case involving debit card 'swipe fees'

The U.S. Supreme Court was expected on Monday to decide a case involving a legal challenge to a Federal Reserve regulation on debit card "swipe fees" in a ruling that could make it easier for businesses to try to overturn longstanding federal rules. A lower court dismissed a North Dakota convenience store's lawsuit challenging the 2011 rule governing the amount businesses pay banks when customers use debit cards to make purchases. The dismissal had been based on Corner Post, the store located in Watford City, missing a six-year statue of limitations that generally applies to such litigation.

Joe Biden's disastrous debate blamed on bad preparation, exhaustion

President Joe Biden's train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Trump, 78, repeated a series of well-worn, glaring falsehoods during the 90-minute debate on Thursday, including claims that he actually won the 2020 election.

US Supreme Court set to decide fate of Texas, Florida social media laws

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected on Monday to rule on the legality of Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas intended to restrain social media companies from curbing content the platforms deem objectionable - statutes the industry has argued violate the free speech rights of these businesses. The justices have been asked to decide whether the two laws run afoul of protections under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment against government restriction of speech, as the industry argued, by interfering with the editorial discretion of social media companies. The 2021 laws would put limits on content-moderation practices by large social media platforms.

Trump ally Steve Bannon to report to prison following contempt conviction

Steve Bannon, an influential Donald Trump ally, is due to report to prison on Monday to serve a four-month sentence after he was convicted for defying a congressional subpoena from the committee that probed the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.

Bannon is expected to serve his time at a low security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Biden tailpipe emission rules on shakier ground after Supreme Court ruling

A U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting federal regulatory powers to interpret ambiguous laws could undermine President Joe Biden's effort to cut tailpipe emissions from the nation's vehicle fleet, two environmental law attorneys told Reuters. In a decision released on Friday, the justices ruled 6-3 to overturn a 1984 precedent known as the "Chevron deference" which required judges to defer to reasonable federal agency interpretations of U.S. laws deemed to be ambiguous, like the Clean Air Act.

Trump puts murdered women and girls center stage in anti-immigration drive

Minutes before going on stage for the first presidential debate on Thursday, Donald Trump received a phone call from the mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was killed in Houston this month, allegedly by two Venezuelan men in the U.S. illegally. The mother, Alexis Nungaray, was returning a voicemail Trump had left earlier in the day when she was at her daughter's funeral, a friend of the family, Victoria Galvan, who witnessed the call, told Reuters. Nungaray's body was found in a creek near her home on June 17, after her attackers allegedly took her under a bridge, tied her up, took her pants off and strangled her, according to police and prosecutors. The suspects - Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26 - had been detained by U.S. border authorities in Texas earlier this year but released pending a court appearance. During the debate, Trump spoke of Nungaray's case and the phone call as he hammered Biden on his immigration policies, accusing the Democrat of allowing murderers and rapists into the country. "There have been many young women murdered by the same people he allows to come across our border," Trump said. "These killers are coming into our country and they are raping and killing women. And it's a terrible thing."

US Supreme Court due to rule on Trump's immunity bid in blockbuster case

The U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated ruling on former President Donald Trump's bid for immunity in a federal criminal case involving his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss is expected on Monday, the final day of its current term. The court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices Trump appointed, seemed inclined during April 25 arguments to recognize some level of criminal immunity, though perhaps a narrower version than the "absolute immunity" for official acts that he had sought.

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