The Supreme Court refused to allow 19 Republican-leaning states to side with oil companies in a massive climate-change lawsuit.

The U S Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Christian fire chief dismissed after attending a megachurch leadership event

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented. Thomas said the existing Ninth Circuit ruling is “producing troubling outcomes on the ground”

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a California fire chief who claimed he lost his job because of his Christian faith, a case that could have made it easier for Americans to win discrimination lawsuits against employers.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Thomas Clarence has accused the Supreme Court majority of stretching the law "at every turn" to save a man from the death penalty. On February 25, the Supreme Court decided 5-3 to grant a new trial to Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose execution has been delayed nine times.

Justice Thomas said his colleagues’ decisions left 19 states without a forum to fight off blue state climate suits and ignored lower court disarray on discrimination claims.

Two conservative justices said they would have allowed Republican state attorneys general to sue their Democratic counterparts for pursuing climate lawsuits

A group of Republican-led states sought to block lawsuits brought by a group of Democratic-led states that seek to hold energy companies accountable for climate change.