In a late-night order released at 1 a.m. Saturday, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from carrying out a second wave of deportations targeting Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime statute last widely used during World War II. The court’s emergency action came amid frenzied legal …
Read More »Supreme Court Orders Trump Administration to Facilitate Return of Wrongly Deported Maryland Man
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite legal protections preventing his removal. The decision comes after a series of legal missteps and amid mounting criticism of the administration’s …
Read More »Supreme Court Halts Order to Reinstate 16,000 Federal Workers in Trump Firing Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a ruling that temporarily halts the reinstatement of roughly 16,000 federal workers the Trump administration had sought to dismiss as part of a sweeping effort to overhaul the federal workforce. In a brief, unsigned order, the Court granted the administration’s emergency request to pause …
Read More »Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act in Deportations
In a pivotal 5-4 decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s block on the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, effectively clearing the path for the expedited deportation of Venezuelan nationals alleged to be members of the criminal group Tren de Aragua. The ruling allows …
Read More »Supreme Court Sides Against Trump in Legal Fight over $2B in Frozen Foreign Aid
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to continue payments on $2 billion in foreign aid that had been frozen, overturning an administrative stay that Chief Justice John Roberts entered in late February. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented with the ruling. …
Read More »Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge To Louisiana Congressional Map
Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan that has two majority-Black districts, the latest development in a redistricting battle that has spanned nearly three years. The decision, which came in the case Callais v. Landry, …
Read More »Supreme Court Revives Virginia’s Voter Removal Program Just Before Election
Jimmy Williams The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to permit Virginia to revive a plan targeting the removal of noncitizens from voter rolls, a decision that reinstates a program previously halted by a federal judge just days before Election Day. In a brief order, the court’s six conservative justices approved the …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Kennedy’s Appeal to Exit Ballot in Key States
Jimmy Williams The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove his name from presidential ballots in Wisconsin and Michigan, despite Kennedy’s request to end his independent bid and endorse Republican Donald Trump. Kennedy argued that keeping his name on the ballot implied …
Read More »Supreme Court’s New Term Tackles Major Cases on Guns, LGBTQ Rights, and Gender Care
Jimmy Williams The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term is set to begin Monday, featuring a series of pivotal cases that could reshape significant aspects of American law, particularly regarding gun regulations, LGBTQ rights, and transgender healthcare. The justices return to the bench after a series of landmark decisions in recent …
Read More »Supreme Court Keeps Biden Administration’s SAVE Loan Plan on Hold Amid Legal Challenges
Jimmy Williams The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a block on the Biden administration’s latest plan to reduce student loan repayments, leaving millions of borrowers in financial uncertainty while legal battles proceed in lower courts. The plan, known as the SAVE program, aims to lower payments for millions of borrowers …
Read More »Schumer Introduces ‘No Kings Act’ to Undo Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday introduced legislation that would establish that the president and vice president don’t have immunity from prosecution—an effort to overturn the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Trump v. United States that grants presidents broad immunity when they break the law. The No Kings …
Read More »Biden Unveils Supreme Court Reform Proposal
Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden has announced a significant proposal aimed at reforming the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to implement term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the justices. Additionally, he is urging lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment to limit presidential immunity. The White House provided …
Read More »Justice Kagan Advocates for Enforceable Supreme Court Ethics Code
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 …
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