Conservative justices

Editor’s Note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, originally appeared on The Conversation site. The Conversation is an independent, not-for-profit source of information, analysis, and commentary from academic experts. By Paul M. Collins Jr .. University of Massachusetts Amherstand Artemus Ward, University of Northern Illinois The pressure on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to …

Across the country, Republican lawmakers are using straw man arguments over voter fraud to impose increasing restrictions on access to the ballot box. In response, President Joe Biden and others called the changes “un-American,” rhetorically downplaying the violence of voter suppression that has actually been central to US history. When Congress passed the Voting Rights …

Picture: Erin Schaff (PA) Senate Democrats have a lot on their plate right now. They’re trying to get an infrastructure bill off Biden’s desk, the laborious Senate budget resolution is on the agenda, it’s still impossible to work with Republicans, and although midterms are in a little over a year, the campaigns will really start …

For decades, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has held a somewhat lonely place on the court’s conservative fringe. He was prolific in his opinions, but often alone, leading an idiosyncratic path. However, during the term that ended last week, he seems to have become an increasingly central figure. The court’s new conservative 6-3 qualified …

As rulings have been handed down over the past month, some Supreme Court observers have concluded that the dreaded Trump-weighted hyper-conservative tribunal is proving to be a kinder, gentler center-right body instead. Do not believe it. Where some saw hints of moderation in the initial rulings of this term, closer examination shows a basis for …

The US Supreme Court dismissed a case challenging the defamation protections for journalists and media enshrined Friday in a landmark 1964 ruling. However, the dissenting opinions of Tory Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch have called into question the rationale for continued use of these legal protections. The opinions of conservative judges signaled recognition of …

WASHINGTON — When Amy Coney Barrett was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump, Democrats described her as a threat to the protection of health care and Republicans saw her as a conservative who would fulfill their desire to see the court turn sharply to the right. In her first tenure on the …

“Every time a new judge comes to the Supreme Court,” Justice Byron White used to say, “it’s a different court.” Campaigners expected this to be especially true when Judge Amy Coney Barrett arrived last year. Left-wing pressure group Demand Justice has denounced the candidate for succession to Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “a militant far-right …

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia involved a religious adoption and fostering agency that refused to provide services to married same-sex couples. The agency’s denial of services was based on the religious beliefs of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, which runs the agency. Due to the denial of services to same-sex married couples, Philadelphia canceled …

On August 3, 1982, Georgia Constable Keith Torick entered Michael Hardwick’s bedroom at 3 a.m. to serve a warrant for a $ 50 offense. Throwing a bottle of beer in a trash can outside a gay bar, resulting in a public charge of alcohol consumption. When Torick entered Hardwick’s room, Hardwick was having sex with …