text:  And the court also blocks a nationwide opioid settlement shielding Purdue Pharma's owners, the Sackler family, from civil lawsuits. The question was, did the bankruptcy code allow this to happen? In a very split decision here, the court is saying no. Congress may choose to add to the bankruptcy court special rules for opioid-related bankruptcies as it has for asbestos-related cases. If a policy decision like that is to be made, it is for Congress to make. Two other rulings go against the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency taking away some of their regulatory power.