High Court Won’t Hear Appointments Clause Challenge To Vaping Rule’s Ratification

Mealey's (June 28, 2021, 1:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari brought by a group of vaping businesses who contended that the government’s ratification of a deeming rule regulating vaping and e-cigarette products represented a violation of the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution because the rule was improperly issued by an unconfirmed assistant commissioner....