Jimmy Williams Justice Elena Kagan has become the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to publicly call for strengthening the court’s new ethics code by adding an enforcement mechanism. In her remarks at the annual judicial conference held by the 9th Circuit, attended by over 150 judges, attorneys, and …
Read More »Trump Seeks to Overturn Conviction, Citing Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump is attempting to overturn his criminal conviction in New York by referencing a recent Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity. Trump’s legal team has asked a state court judge to dismiss the jury’s verdict, which found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business …
Read More »Schumer Eyes Legislative Response to Supreme Court Ruling Favoring Trump
Jimmy Williams Accusing conservative Supreme Court justices of placing “a crown on Donald Trump’s head” that allows him to commit crimes with impunity, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that he’s eying a legislative response to last week’s court ruling. “We Democrats will not let the Supreme Court’s decision …
Read More »Biden Condemns Supreme Court Decision Granting Trump Immunity
Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden condemned the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday that granted some immunity to Donald Trump in his criminal election interference case, calling it “a terrible disservice to the people of this nation.” “This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America. …
Read More »Supreme Court Allows Cities to Ban Public Sleeping and Camping, Overturning Lower Court Rulings
Jimmy Williams In a significant decision on homelessness, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places. The justices, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overturned lower court rulings that found it cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment to …
Read More »Document Indicates Supreme Court Will Punt Idaho Emergency Abortion Case For Now
A document inadvertently uploaded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s website on Wednesday appears to indicate the court will send a case regarding emergency abortion care in Idaho back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rather than make a decision, according to reporting from Bloomberg Law. Rather than rule on …
Read More »Democrats Use Second Anniversary Of Dobbs To Reaffirm Support For Abortion Rights
Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle A slew of Democratic politicians have fired off campaign statements and staged events in Oregon and across the country to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision against abortion rights. On June 24, 2022, the conservative court ruled 6-3 in favor of …
Read More »Supreme Court Overturns Ban On Bump Stocks Used In Las Vegas Mass Shooting
Ariana Figueroa, NC Newsline The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a rule enacted following a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that defined a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock attachment as a machine gun, which is generally prohibited under federal law. The opinion, written by Justice …
Read More »Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Received Undisclosed Trips from GOP Megadonor
Jimmy Williams Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted several undisclosed trips from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, according to documents released by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. These trips, which took place in 2017, 2019, and 2021, were not included in Thomas’s financial disclosure forms. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, …
Read More »Rights Defenders ‘Relieved’ But ‘Not Celebrating’ Supreme Court Abortion Pill Ruling
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams While welcoming the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to preserve access to mifepristone, a medication commonly used for abortion care, rights advocates on Thursday also stressed that the six conservative justices who reversed Roe v. Wade are no allies to reproductive freedom. “We are relieved by …
Read More »Supreme Court Approves Louisiana’s Congressional Map with Two Majority-Black Districts
Jimmy Williams On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Louisiana to use a new congressional map for this year’s elections, which includes two majority-Black districts. This decision came after an unexpected alliance of Republican state officials and civil rights groups requested the high court to block a lower court ruling that …
Read More »Supreme Court Appears Skeptical Of Colorado Ruling In Trump Disqualification Case
Quentin Young, Colorado Newsline U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Thursday in a landmark case over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from the 2024 presidential ballot. A majority of the justices, including liberal members of the court, expressed skepticism about a ruling from the Colorado Supreme …
Read More »Colorado Ruling That Blocks Trump From Ballot Appealed To U.S. Supreme Court
Quentin Young, Michigan Advance The Colorado Republican Party has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that blocks former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. The party, which filed its appeal Wednesday in Anderson v. Griswold, argues that a majority on the …
Read More »‘Do the Honorable Thing’: House Dems Urge Clarence Thomas to Recuse in Trump Case
House Democrats on Monday called for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a pending case involving former President Donald Trump and the insurrection effort that took place on January 6, 2021. A letter spearheaded by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and signed by seven other Democrats cites …
Read More »Sandra Day O’Connor, The First Woman On The Supreme Court, Dies At 93
Ashley Murray, Florida Phoenix The first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court is dead at 93. Sandra Day O’Connor, a groundbreaking justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, died Friday in Phoenix, Arizona of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness, according to an announcement …
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