State Supreme Courts are on the Front Lines of Defense Against Attempts to Roll Back Environmental Protections

The Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii

By: Coby Dolan, Legislative Director of the Access to Justice Program, Earthjustice Action The Trump administration has challenged, undermined, and even eliminated key environmental protections — from defunding agencies established solely to safeguard people’s health, public lands, and the planet, to implementing massive rollbacks of clean energy investments that will help us reduce emissions and…

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It’s Time for an Ethics Code for the Supreme Court

The United States Supreme Court building also known as The Marble Palace in Washington, DC.

Photo by: Nick Wolf | Earthjustice Action Blog by: Geoff Nolan | Earthjustice Action It’s another day and another ethics scandal for the United States Supreme Court. Recently, ProPublica published a bombshell report detailing the ethical lapses of another justice sitting on the bench of our nation’s highest court. This time, Justice Samuel Alito failed…

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