Brett Wilkins Citing a “crisis of legitimacy” they say is plaguing the U.S. Supreme Court, a group of congressional Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced legislation aimed at thwarting Republican attacks on democracy by expanding the nation’s top court from nine to 13 justices. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and …
Read More »After Revelations Of Luxury Trips, Democrats Argue U.S. Supreme Court Needs Ethics Code
Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder U.S. Supreme Court justices should follow a strict code of ethics when receiving gifts and travel or doing business with political funders and attorneys, argued Democratic senators Tuesday at a hearing that Chief Justice John Roberts declined to attend. After a spate of investigative articles detailing …
Read More »Sen. Ed Markey Calls on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to Resign
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts on Monday echoed other members of Congress who have urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down over mounting evidence of unethical behavior, and he also reiterated progressives’ long-standing demand to expand the court. “I will say what needs to be said: …
Read More »Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch Failed to Disclose He Sold Home to CEO of Major Law Firm
As calls grow for the impeachment or resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over undisclosed gifts from a billionaire Republican megadonor, one of his right-wing colleagues came under fire Tuesday following a report that he sold a property to the head of a law firm subsequently involved in …
Read More »As Supreme Court Considers Student Loan Forgiveness, States May Expand Their Programs
Elaine S. Povich As the U.S. Supreme Court mulls the constitutionality of President Joe Biden’s broad student loan forgiveness plan, lawmakers in many states are looking to expand their own student debt repayment programs. Every state but North Dakota has at least one loan forgiveness plan. The catch is that …
Read More »Black Student Loan Borrowers At Risk As U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Forgiveness Plan
Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance As the Biden administration prepares to defend its student debt cancellation program before the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 28, data shows that Black borrowers have the most to lose should a majority conservative court strike down the policy. Black borrowers hold a disproportionate share of …
Read More »In ‘Extremely Rare’ Ruling, SCOTUS Orders Resentencing of Arizona Prisoner
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a rare rebuke of Arizona’s criminal justice system as the majority ruled in favor of a death row inmate who has called for a resentencing, saying the state ignored legal precedents during his trial. In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts and …
Read More »Supreme Court Wrestles Over Biden’s Immigration Enforcement Policy
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the Biden administration has the right to decide which undocumented immigrants federal agents should prioritize for deportation. During the two hours of arguments, the court’s conservative justices sounded skeptical of the Biden administration’s efforts to …
Read More »Calls for Ethics Probe Follow Bombshell Report of Right-Wing Attempts to Influence Supreme Court
Advocates for court reform on Saturday called for Congress to investigate allegations that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 ruling to a right-wing donor, after The New York Times reported on the claim by a former leader of the pro-forced pregnancy movement. Rev. Ron Schenck led an …
Read More »Poll:Vast Majority Of Americans Don’t Want SCOTUS Decisions On Marriage, Contraception Overturned
Jennifer Gerson Originally published by The 19th Two-thirds of Americans say they don’t want the Supreme Court to reverse its decision that legalized abortion federally, and even larger majorities say they do not want opinions on personal liberties involving marriage and contraception overturned. An exclusive The 19th/Momentive poll of more …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson At White House: ‘We’ve made it, all of us’
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun April 8, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson accepted her dual roles Friday as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice and as a symbol of racial progress. Speaking outside the White House with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris looking on, and her …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Be The First Black Woman Justice. Here’s How She Will Change The Supreme Court.
Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th Throughout her career, Ketanji Brown Jackson has been one of just a few Black women. When Jackson became a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in 1999, less than 2 percent of the high court’s clerks at the time were Black. When …
Read More »Senate Heads Toward Final Vote This Week On Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmation
by Jacob Fischler, Nebraska Examiner April 5, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved a procedural measure Tuesday to advance Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, setting up a final vote on confirmation as early as Thursday. The roll call Tuesday was identical to the tally on …
Read More »Senate Advances Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun April 4, 2022 The U.S. Senate advanced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Court nomination in a 53-47 procedural vote Monday evening, hours after the Judiciary Committee deadlocked along party lines. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney …
Read More »Senators Romney, Murkowski To Vote To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah have both publicly announced they will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation once the vote reaches the Senate floor, bringing the total Republican affirmative votes to three after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced her intention …
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