The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could steer certain lawsuits challenging agency actions designed to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions away from regional appeals courts favored by opponents of its actions and to a court in Washington that regularly hears regulatory disputes.

The dispute raised separation of powers concerns arising from the president's ability to remove members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The court left in place a 90-year old landmark decision that declared that presidents cannot fire members of a multi-member independent agency, except in cases of bad behavior.

An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer will make history in December as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Tennessee's Republican-backed law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

An attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union is set to be the first openly transgender person to argue before the Supreme Court this December when the justices hear a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

One case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term is historic not just because of the legal precedent it could set for LGBTQ rights, but also because of the identity of the plaintiffs’ lawyer. Chase Strangio is set to become the first out transgender lawyer to argue a case before the nation’s highest Court.