Split U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Donziger’s Contempt Case, Ending Saga

Mealey's (March 27, 2023, 10:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court on March 27 ruled that it will not hear the case of embattled environmental attorney Steven R. Donziger, who had contended that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the special prosecutor that obtained a criminal contempt conviction against him had violated the U.S. Constitution and created a “separation of powers conundrum.”  Justice Neil M. Gorsuch authored a dissent, saying, “Our Constitution does not tolerate what happened here.”...