Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied an application by the right-wing Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) to have the court strike down President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive some student loans. WILL’s lawsuit, on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers’ Association (BCTA), …
Read More »Supreme Court Declines to Get Involved in Trump Fight Over Classified Docs
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to weigh in on the battle over documents that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents took while executing a search warrant at his Florida estate. The ex-president’s lawyers wanted the court to ensure that more than 100 classified …
Read More »Judge’s Ruling Puts New York Gun Control Efforts on Path Back to Supreme Court
New York Attorney General Letitia James vowed to appeal a federal judge’s decision that struck down the state’s new gun control law Thursday, as advocates said the ruling would make communities less safe. Judge Glenn T. Suddaby of the state’s Northern District ruled that large portions of the law which …
Read More »Alabama Case That Could Limit Voting Rights Act Heard At Supreme Court
Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map and could potentially eliminate remaining federal safeguards against racial gerrymandering. Voting rights advocates fear that the high court’s conservative majority will further weaken the Voting Rights Act, with implications …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court Mulls Federal Water Rules, Wetlands Designations In Idaho Case
Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent The U.S. Supreme Court opened its term Monday with an Idaho case that could significantly restrict the federal government’s power to enforce clean water laws and prove crucial in determining wetland protections. The oral arguments came just months after the court’s 6-3 conservative majority limited executive …
Read More »The Supreme Court Is Back In Session, With New Controversial Cases That Stand To Change Many Americans’ Lives – Here’s What To Expect
Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell Following a dramatic year of controversial rulings, the Supreme Court begins hearing new cases on Oct. 3, 2022, with a full agenda. The court overturned abortion rights and expanded gun rights in June 2022 as the new conservative supermajority began to exert its influence. Some of …
Read More »US Supreme Court’s Approval Hits All-Time Low
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams More than half of adults in the United States say they lack trust in the federal government’s judicial branch and nearly three-fifths disapprove of the way the U.S. Supreme Court is doing its job, according to survey results released Thursday, as the negative ramifications of opinions …
Read More »Overturning Roe Sends Approval Of U.S. Supreme Court Plummeting, Marquette Poll Finds
Erik Gunn, Ohio Capital Journal On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that overturned a national right to abortion, public approval of the Court has fallen dramatically and stayed there, a new national poll from Marquette Law School finds. In the new survey, 40% of respondents said they …
Read More »Supreme Court To Revisit LGBTQ Rights – This Time With A Wedding Website Designer, Not A Baker
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall: What happens when freedom of speech and civil rights collide? The court took up similar questions four years ago in the famous “gay wedding cake” case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado …
Read More »Demands for Clarence Thomas to Resign Follow New Details of Wife’s Election Scheming
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after new reporting revealed that his wife’s involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election was broader than previously known, extending to the battleground state of Wisconsin as well as Arizona. Emails …
Read More »The Independent State Legislature Doctrine Could Reverse 200 Years Of Progress And Take Power Away From The People
Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond In a case to be heard in the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court could decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, including the ability to draw voting districts for partisan political advantage, unconstrained by state law or state constitutions. At issue …
Read More »‘Truly Disgusting’: Alito Mocks Critics of Anti-Abortion Ruling
As horror stories abound of the impact his Dobbs ruling is having on pregnant people across the United States, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito used his keynote address Thursday at Notre Dame’s Religious Liberty Summit in Rome to mock critics of the opinion, which ended constitutional protections for abortion and …
Read More »Members Of Congress Arrested After Protest For Abortion Rights In Front Of Supreme Court
Jennifer Shutt, Colorado Newsline More than a dozen members of Congress were arrested Tuesday alongside abortion rights activists after they sat down and blocked an intersection between the U.S. Capitol building and the Supreme Court to protest conservative justices’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The act of civil disobedience …
Read More »Progressives Renew Call For Supreme Court Expansion After Abortion Rights Decision
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder A group of U.S. House Democrats Monday called for the passage of legislation that would add four justices to the Supreme Court, following the overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that provided the constitutional right to abortion. “It’s an ultra-right-wing Republican Supreme Court,” Rep. Hank Johnson …
Read More »Abortion Is Directly On The Ballot In At Least Five States This Year
Barbara Rodriguez Originally published by The 19th Voters will directly weigh in on the future of abortion in at least five states, with a record number of measures on midterm ballots this year that would either limit or expand abortion protections. Voters in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana and Vermont will …
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