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Leaked memos reveal how Supreme Court steamrolled Obama climate plan in 2016 showdown
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The Supreme Court’s emergency order blocking former President Barack Obama’s signature clean energy initiative in 2016 came after a series of leaked internal memos among the justices that revealed a fight along ideological lines about whether to intervene.
The rare glimpse at the high court’s internal memos, obtained by the New York Times, showed Chief Justice John Roberts, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, urging the Supreme Court to block Obama’s effort, while liberal justices pushed back.
Roberts and the court’s conservatives were concerned not just with Obama’s policy itself, but with the possibility that the Clean Power Plan could reshape the power sector before the justices could fully review whether it was lawful, the newly revealed memos show.
«Absent a stay, the Clean Power Plan will cause (and is causing) substantial and irreversible reordering of the domestic power sector before this court has an opportunity to review its legality,» Roberts wrote in one of the memos published by the New York Times on Friday.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Supreme Court’s communications team Monday for comment on the leaks.
The push from Roberts came as the justices were considering what was viewed at the time as an unusual request on the emergency docket, sometimes called a «shadow docket,» from red states and outside groups to halt the Obama-era regulation, which aimed to cut carbon emissions over the next 25 years, before lower courts had fully weighed in, a step that the liberal justices warned would break from longstanding practice.
The emergency docket allows litigants to bypass typical court proceedings and seek immediate relief from the Supreme Court if lower courts block them through restraining orders or preliminary injunctions.
The Clean Power Plan would have involved the Obama Environmental Protection Agency regulating coal, oil and gas plants under the Clean Air Act. Roberts wrote that without the Supreme Court stepping in, «both the states and private industry will suffer irreparable harm from a rule that is — in my view — highly unlikely to survive.»
In another memo, Justice Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee, disagreed, saying «the unique nature of the relief sought in these applications gives me real pause.»
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Former President Barack Obama during a campaign event on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Justice Samuel Alito, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, circulated a memo the same day as Kagan in which he agreed with Roberts.
«A failure to stay this rule threatens to render our ability to provide meaningful judicial review — and by extension, our institutional legitimacy — a nullity,» Alito wrote.
Within a matter of days, the justices temporarily blocked Obama’s Clean Power Plan 5-4 along ideological lines, effectively dealing it a death blow because Democrats would lose the White House later that year. The New York Times noted that the Obama White House dismissed the ruling at the time as a small hurdle but that «behind closed doors, officials were astonished that the court had intervened so quickly.»
The back-and-forth in the memos during the short period of time, from the end of January 2016 to Feb. 9, when the brief decision was issued, showed how fast the justices moved to weigh in on a major presidential action.
Jonathan Turley, law professor at George Washington University, wrote in an op-ed that the anonymous leak of the memos to the New York Times, the second leak of confidential material after the Dobbs opinion leak in 2022, was «clearly designed to wound some of its members.»
«For an institution that prides itself on its confidentiality and insularity, the court is looking increasingly porous and partisan in these leaks,» Turley wrote.
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks to the 2025 Supreme Court Fellows Program, on February 13, 2025, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. (JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The New York Times’ report highlighted that legal experts have long viewed the Clean Power Plan decision as one of the first examples of the Supreme Court using the emergency docket in a way that limits executive power over national policy.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, has been among the most vocal dissenters in emergency cases during President Donald Trump’s second term as the president frequently benefits from the fast-paced docket. Jackson is sometimes joined by her two liberal colleagues, Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in her dissents, and emergency cases have often split 6-3 in favor of Trump.
Last week, Jackson aired her grievances in a different forum, blasting emergency docket decisions during a Yale Law School speech as rushed, «scratch-paper musings» that undermine the high court’s purpose.
«Given the real world facts that a stay request asks the court to consider, the court’s stay decisions can, at times, come across utterly irrational,» Jackson said. «We cannot expect the public to have faith in our judicial system if, without clear explanation, we consistently greenlight harmful acts.»
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Legal experts have attributed the heightened activity on the emergency docket to a rise in presidents attempting to shape national policy through through executive orders.
«[An increase in emergency motions] coincides with the rise of executive orders and other forms of unilateral executive action really as the primary form of lawmaking in our country with the disappearance of Congress, and that has posed enormous challenges for the court,» attorney Kannon Shanmugam said during a Federalist Society panel last fall.
Fox News Digital reached out to Obama’s office for comment.
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Inside Fauci’s private diary: What he wrote about Trump, TV personalities and celebrities
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Newly released diary entries by Dr. Anthony Fauci offer an unfiltered look at what the nation’s top infectious disease expert really thought of the politicians, television personalities and celebrities who filled his orbit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., the diaries chronicle Fauci’s day-to-day role during the COVID-19 pandemic through meetings, phone calls and personal observations. The release comes days before Fauci is scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after being subpoenaed by Paul.
The entries feature everyone from President Donald Trump to Julia Roberts, Steph Curry, Larry Ellison and Hunter Biden, offering an unusually personal look at the people who crossed Fauci’s path during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early entries portray a warm working relationship between Fauci and Trump. Fauci wrote that Trump repeatedly directed questions to him during White House meetings, called him «the smartest person in the world,» told him, «We are counting on you,» and later appeared «enamored» with him as Fauci’s national profile grew.
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President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci are seen during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing. Fauci’s newly released diary portrays an initially warm working relationship that later deteriorated as the pandemic unfolded. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Fauci’s relationship with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows deteriorated throughout the pandemic. Fauci wrote that Meadows threatened to keep him off television, repeatedly pushed him to soften his public messaging and, in one entry, recounted Meadows «screaming» over his public comments.
Fauci, however, repeatedly described then-White House communications director Alyssa Farah as an ally during internal battles over media appearances. In one May 2020 entry, he wrote that Farah admitted White House staff had been «holding me back,» said the situation had «gotten out of hand» and promised to begin clearing his television requests again.
Not everyone in the administration’s communications operation earned Fauci’s praise. In a July 2, 2020 entry, Fauci called then-HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Michael Caputo «a con man who is completely full of sh–,» writing that Caputo publicly claimed to support his television appearances while privately blocking them.
Television journalists also became recurring figures in Fauci’s diary. CNN anchor Jake Tapper appears repeatedly, with Fauci documenting phone calls, text exchanges and dinners at the Tappers’ Washington home.
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper appears repeatedly in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s newly released COVID-19 diary, which documents phone calls, text exchanges and dinners at Tapper’s Washington home. (Bryan Bedder/Variety/Getty Images)
Fauci wrote that Tapper privately checked to make sure a CNN interview hadn’t caused problems with the White House. When The Atlantic’s Peter Nicholas suggested Fauci had been «humiliated» over a canceled Tapper interview, Fauci fired back in his diary: «F— you, Peter.»
After Fauci’s heated exchange with Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, Fauci wrote that CNN’s Dana Bash texted him, telling him he was «a better man» and relaying that fellow CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer had joked no one would have blamed Fauci if he had told Jordan to «go f— yourself.»
The following day, Fauci wrote that Bash texted him again, this time pointing him to a Vanity Fair headline mocking Jordan’s performance at the hearing.
The diary also features colorful asides about billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, whom Fauci described as «a bit of a loose cannon» while discussing White House efforts to use Oracle technology during the pandemic.
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Fauci served as chief medical adviser to President Donald Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic before later continuing in the role under President Joe Biden. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Beyond politicians and White House aides, Fauci’s diary reads at times like a Hollywood guest list. Actress Julia Roberts hosted Fauci on Instagram Live, sent him flowers and later presented him with an award, while Vogue editor Anna Wintour, comedian Trevor Noah, NBA star Steph Curry, actors Sean Penn and Matt Damon, and rapper Lil Wayne also make appearances as Fauci documented his growing celebrity during the pandemic.
The diary closes with another unexpected cameo. At the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors, Fauci wrote that he hugged Hunter Biden, who joked the internet «would explode» if someone photographed them together because they were both «being attacked by the far right GOP.»
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El precio del petróleo se desplomó más de un 5% tras la pausa en los ataques entre Estados Unidos e Irán
Los precios internacionales del petróleo iniciaron la semana con un marcado descenso después de que los mercados reaccionaran a una disminución temporal de la tensión entre Estados Unidos e Irán. La ausencia de nuevos ataques estadounidenses durante dos noches consecutivas generó expectativas de que ambas partes puedan retomar las negociaciones, lo que redujo la preocupación por una interrupción prolongada del suministro de crudo desde Medio Oriente.
En las primeras operaciones de los mercados asiáticos, el barril de Brent, referencia para buena parte del comercio mundial de petróleo, perdió un 5,58% y se situó en 91,38 dólares. En paralelo, el West Texas Intermediate (WTI), utilizado como referencia en Estados Unidos, descendió un 5,46% hasta los 84,43 dólares. La corrección puso fin al fuerte impulso alcista registrado durante las semanas anteriores, cuando el conflicto elevó el temor a una crisis energética de mayor alcance.
El movimiento del mercado estuvo estrechamente vinculado a la evolución del escenario geopolítico. Durante las últimas dos noches no se registraron nuevos bombardeos estadounidenses sobre Irán, una interrupción que fue interpretada por los operadores financieros como una señal de que aún existe margen para una solución negociada.
El embajador de Estados Unidos ante las Naciones Unidas, Mike Waltz, confirmó esa posibilidad al afirmar que el presidente Donald Trump está dando “un poco de margen” a los contactos diplomáticos con Teherán. No obstante, dejó claro que Washington mantiene abiertas todas las opciones.
“El ejército estadounidense (…) tiene todo lo necesario para llevar a cabo esta campaña con la eficacia que se requiere”, declaró durante una entrevista con Fox News.
El portavoz del ejército iraní, Mohammad Akraminia, aseguró que las operaciones de represalia fueron suspendidas tras el cese de los ataques estadounidenses.
“Estos ataques continuaron hasta hace dos noches, pero durante las dos últimas noches los estadounidenses han cesado sus ataques”, afirmó, al tiempo que agregó que, debido a que la estrategia iraní había sido responder a las ofensivas estadounidenses, “también hemos suspendido nuestras operaciones de represalia”.
La evolución del conflicto tiene un impacto directo sobre el mercado energético porque gran parte de las exportaciones mundiales de hidrocarburos dependen del estrecho de Ormuz. Ese corredor marítimo conecta el Golfo Pérsico con el océano Índico y, en condiciones normales, permite el tránsito de aproximadamente una quinta parte del petróleo y del gas natural licuado que se consume diariamente en el mundo.
Las tensiones militares en esa zona habían disparado las primas de riesgo durante las últimas semanas debido al temor de interrupciones en el transporte marítimo. La posibilidad de una disminución de las hostilidades alimentó la expectativa de que la navegación pueda normalizarse progresivamente, reduciendo así la presión sobre la oferta global de petróleo.
Sin embargo, el mercado continúa atento a otros factores que podrían alterar el equilibrio del suministro. Entre ellos figura el bloqueo marítimo anunciado por los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen contra puertos de Arabia Saudita, una medida que añade incertidumbre sobre las rutas comerciales de la región y mantiene elevado el nivel de vigilancia entre los operadores.
La caída de este lunes contrasta con la fuerte escalada registrada durante julio. A medida que aumentaban los enfrentamientos entre Washington y Teherán, el petróleo acumuló importantes ganancias impulsado por el temor a una expansión del conflicto. Antes de esta nueva escalada, un entendimiento alcanzado entre ambos países el 17 de junio había favorecido un descenso de las cotizaciones, con el Brent negociándose apenas por encima de los 70 dólares.
Aunque la pausa en las operaciones militares alivió momentáneamente la presión sobre los mercados energéticos, la evolución de las negociaciones entre Washington y Teherán seguirá siendo el principal factor para determinar el comportamiento del precio del petróleo en los próximos días.
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Europe will one day thank Trump for ‘shaking’ it out of its ‘complacency’: UK defense chief
Trump says NATO allies had a ‘bad moment’ for not helping in potential Iran war
President Donald Trump, speaking at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, criticizes Spain, Italy and the UK for not offering immediate support to the U.S. in a potential conflict with Iran. Trump describes their response as a ‘bad moment’ but later emphasizes the ‘tremendous unification’ among NATO members, expressing mutual love and respect.
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The U.K.’s new defense secretary said Sunday that Europe will ultimately thank President Donald Trump for waking up the continent from its complacency and forcing NATO allies to take responsibility for their own security.
Speaking on Sky News, Wes Streeting also signaled a rebalancing of the U.K. government’s transatlantic stance under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham while stating that Britain continued to refuse to back U.S. offensive military action against Iran.
«The first thing you do is you don’t suck up, and… my impression is President Trump, his administration… that’s not what they’re looking for, actually,» Streeting told Sky News anchor Trevor Phillips, stating his perspective on Washington.
«He’s a straight talker. He says what he means and means what he says.»
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British Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting said that Europe will one day thank President Donald Trump for shaking Europe out of its strategic complacency and forcing NATO allies to shoulder more of their own defense. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
«I don’t know him, but I do trust the United States,» he added.
Streeting took charge of the U.K. Ministry of Defence on July 20, the same day Burnham became prime minister.
«I’ve not even been in the job a week. I’ve always been aware that the alliance between the U.S. and the U.K. is unlike any in the world, and of course, that’s historic, it’s cultural, it’s political,» Streeting said. «It’s driven by self-interest as well as mutual shared interests.»
During his first week in office, Streeting also had a call with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to discuss maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz and broader NATO commitments.
«But just in my first week as defense secretary, I have had a unique insight into just how close and integral that relationship is when it comes to defense and security,» Streeting explained.
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Streeting said he was «very keen and pleased» to meet with his American counterpart, War Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«And it’s one of the reasons why I was very keen and pleased in the first week to meet with my U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, where I was clear that we’ve not supported offensive action in Iran, and we won’t support offensive action in Iran,» he continued. «But there are plenty of things that we can and should do together when it comes to securing the Strait of Hormuz, in making sure that Iran doesn’t develop nuclear weapons, in terms of investing in our capability and NATO’s capability.»
Trump has long criticized European NATO members for failing to spend enough on defense, arguing they should shoulder a greater share of the alliance’s security burden.
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«And one of the things I’d say about President Trump specifically… we don’t always like what he says. We don’t always like his methods,» Streeting said. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)
At July’s NATO summit in Turkey, Trump pressed allies to follow through on their commitments to increase defense spending.
«And one of the things I’d say about President Trump specifically: we don’t always like what he says, we don’t always like his methods,» Streeting said. «But I genuinely think when this period of history is written, Europe will thank President Trump for shaking us out of our complacency and forcing us to stand on our own two feet and end the period of overreliance on the United States for defense because what he said about Europe isn’t unique to President Trump, the MAGA movement or the Republican Party.»
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«This has been a longstanding grain of U.S. frustration with Europe under Democratic and Republican presidents, and in the world we live in, it is right that we can act to secure ourselves,» he added.
Streeting also said the U.K. could «act with our allies here in Europe and, of course, work with the United States without being overly dependent to the extent that NATO and Europe has been.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to 10 Downing Street for further comment.
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