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Happy Friday! The summer solstice is tonight! 🍦 Did anyone capture any cool photos or videos of those wild thunderstorms in D.C. yesterday?

In today's issue:

• Supreme Court rules against FDA, EPA
• Trump calls for review of 2020 election
• Senate parliamentarian eyes ‘big, beautiful’ bill
• ChatGPT’s impact on critical thinking skills

🏛️️ IN THE SUPREME COURT

New opinions just dropped:

The Supreme Court weighed in on six cases this morning. In several, it was a tough day for federal agencies.

The court sided against both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The opinions getting the most attention:

🔷 Vaping: The court sided with the vaping industry, rejecting the FDA’s bid to limit where companies can challenge product marketing denials. The decision was 7-2 with two of the court’s liberal justices dissenting. Read more

🔷 Nixing EPA standards: The Supreme Court revived an effort to axe California’s strict vehicle emissions standards approved by the EPA. The decision was 7-2. Read more

🔷 Suing Palestinian leadership groups: The court ruled to allow victims of terrorist attacks to sue Palestinian leadership groups for damages in U.S. court. The decision was unanimous. Read more

📝 List of today’s opinions

Tidbit from the room: “Justice Kavanaugh's daughters were present today to hear him announce two opinions. They [were] seated in the VIP section near LSU women's basketball head coach Kim Mulkey.” (via SCOTUSblog)

➤ SITUATIONAL AWARENESS:

While today’s decisions have sweeping impacts, the Supreme Court left several of its biggest-ticket cases for the coming weeks. There are 10 cases left for the high court to decide before the summer break.

Some of those remaining........

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