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Supreme Court won’t extend judicial review to states
Goldstone’s most recent book is “Because of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African-American Voting Rights.” The Roberts court’s record of protecting voting rights is hardly impressive. Rather than viewing ballot box access as fundamental to a healthy democracy, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority prefers to argue that blatant attempts to …
The theory of the “independent legislature”. What this means for the PA
Written by Steve Ulrich “The times, places, and manner of holding the elections of senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but Congress may at any time, by law, make or modify such regulations, except as to the choice places of senators. – United States Constitution, Article 1, Section …
Reviews | Supreme Court Cleared All Black Money Supporting Ketanji Brown Jackson
On Tuesday, McConnell repeated in the Senate that he was “troubled” by the “intensity of Judge Jackson’s far-left fan club.” Even for McConnell, a five-time Olympic gold medalist in hypocrisy, it was special. There is perhaps no human being more responsible for the tsunami of unlimited, unregulated “black” money that has corrupted and consumed American …
Biden’s pick won’t move the Supreme Court, but here’s what could
When Scalia died suddenly in February 2016, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace him, moderate liberal Merrick Garland, seemed likely to turn the conservative five-to-four court into a liberal five-to-four court. But a Republican Senate refused to even hold a hearing on Garland’s nomination, on the theory that court vacancies that occur during presidential election …
Graham becomes first player to watch in Supreme Court drama
WASHINGTON – The list of Republicans willing to back President Joe Biden’s next Supreme Court nominee “is longer than you might initially imagine,” the second-placed Senate Democrat teased to reporters recently. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin declined to name names. But clearly Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., is near the top of the list. Graham, who has …
The Supreme Court is even more conservative than you think
A counter-intuitive example might help. In the last Parliament, the Supreme Court took over California vs. Texas once again decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Most of the ACA’s previous battles were conservative cases under this methodology: the Liberals and their allies asked the court to uphold lower court rulings in favor of …
Federal judicial vacancies tally released for Feb. 1 – Ballotpedia News
Welcome to the February 7 edition of Dress and Hammerthe Ballotpedia newsletter on the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and other court events in the United States Much of the country may be experiencing a cold winter, but the pages of our newsletter are warm this week with bustling court activity, including a big announcement …
The Supreme Court should look more like America, or so Republicans once thought
Following President BidenJoe Biden Dr. Hiro Yoshikawa: Cash aid benefits young children living in poverty US officials say Russia has 70% of troop build-up needed for full invasion: reports The ruling class and the Supreme Court MOREannounces he would appoint a black woman “of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity” to replace Justice Stephane BreyerStephen …
High Court Tories Target Opinions of O’Connor and Kennedy
WASHINGTON — For years, the Supreme Court has moved left or right only as far as Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy have allowed. They held decisive votes in a court narrowly divided between liberals and conservatives. Now, however, a more conservative court that includes two men who once worked for Kennedy in the …
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Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire, leaving Biden to choose his successor
Democrats plan for quick confirmation of Breyer’s successor Breyer, 83, has been in the role since 1994, writing key decisions WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is considering retirement, lawmakers said on Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden a chance to deliver on his campaign promise to appoint the first …
Balancing independence and politics in judicial appointments
In his latest 3-Minute Civics column, Chris Pappavaselio highlighted the lasting impact certain presidents have had on the makeup of the United States Supreme Court. Both political parties accused the other of attempting to manipulate the court to counter this effect. Democrats cite Senate Republicans’ refusal to vote on President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland …
Conservative judges appear skeptical of Biden vaccine mandates
Conservative members of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Friday of the Biden administration’s policies that impose a requirement for a COVID-19 vaccine or test on a large chunk of the U.S. workforce. Over hours of oral argument, the court’s Conservative majority posed acute questions as to whether a federal workplace law that Congress passed …
Supreme Court Leaves Texas Abortion Law In Force
WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court on Friday refused to block a Texas law that banned most abortions there, but narrowly opened the door for abortion providers to challenge it before a federal judge. The conservative majority in the court said abortion providers can sue state licensing officials, but not state judges and clerks who …
Conservative judges scoff at Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from tuition assistance program
ANALYSIS OF THE ARGUMENTS By Amy Howe December 8, 2021 at 4:42 p.m. Michael Bindas advocates on behalf of parents who wish to send their children to religious schools. (Art link) The Supreme Court heard argument on Wednesday in a challenge to a Maine program that pays tuition fees for some students to attend a …
We always knew the Conservative judges would bring down Roe. Today has proven it. – Mother Jones
Illustration of Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily rundown of the facts that matter. Register for free Mother Jones newsletter. The Supreme Court has long been expected to try to be a little subtle as it grapples with unraveling abortion rights – whether Chief Justice John Roberts’ concern for his legacy, or the …
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s own words force her to recuse herself from abortion cases
When should the deeply held religious beliefs of a Supreme Court judge require disqualification, that is, that the judge is not involved in a particular case? A difficult question, of course, but that Justice Amy Coney BarrettAmy Coney BarrettPence requests that Roe v. Wade sent to ‘history’s ash heap’ ahead of Supreme Court abortion ruling …
Supreme Court justices could overturn Roe v. Wade with Mississippi and Texas abortion laws impacting Planned Parenthood clinics
WASHINGTON – Both sides tell the Supreme Court there is no common ground in Wednesday’s abortion confrontation. Judges can either reaffirm the constitutional right to abortion or erase it altogether. Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that declared a national abortion right, faces its most serious challenge in 30 years in a court with …
Sheldon Whitehouse fights to end dark money in Supreme Court
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is fighting to end the “black money” that he says plagues the Supreme Court. The Rhode Island Democrat refers to private groups using anonymous donations to defend their interests in the highest court. Whitehouse spoke with Insider in a recent interview to discuss his perspective. Loading Something is loading. We are really …
Do not despair of recent Supreme Court rulings. Great hope ahead
Through Jorge Gomez, editorial contributor | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Religious freedom supporters hold a rally to praise the Supreme Court’s decision in Hobby Lobby, the requirement for contraceptive coverage, June 30, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby, which operates a chain of arts and crafts stores, challenged the provision and the High Court …
America is at a crossroads. Supreme Court Can Decide Which Way It Goes | Gary Gerstle
VSCommon sense suggests that America should reform its old constitution. The country, after all, is very different from what it was when it was founded in the 1780s and 1790s. The Electoral College may have made sense at the dawn of the democratic era, but now it is. embarrassment, violating the fundamental principle that every …
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U.S. Supreme Court fights Puerto Rico’s exclusion from employee benefits program
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Reuters) – The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether a Congressional decision five decades ago to exclude Puerto Rico from a federal program that provides benefits to the elderly, low-income blind and disabled people was illegal. Some of the nine justices posed tough questions during argument in the case before …
Judges puzzled by the interplay of state secrets privilege and federal surveillance law
ANALYSIS OF THE ARGUMENTS By Amy Howe November 8, 2021 at 19:42 Ahilan Arulanantham argues on behalf of three plaintiffs who allege religious discrimination in FBI v. Fazaga. (Art link) The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Monday at Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga, a lawsuit filed by three Muslim Americans alleging that the …
Democrats endure disastrous night in Virginia, close race in New Jersey – live | US News
The lower courts rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the law violates the United States Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The lawsuit seeks an unlimited right to carry handguns concealed in public. The conservative 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court is seen as supporting a broad view of Second Amendment rights.New York …
Supreme Court to Hear New York Firearms Licensing Law Case
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court prepares to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten to restrict guns on subways , airports, bars, churches, schools and other places where people congregate. The case the judges will hear on Wednesday comes …
Supreme Court to hear arguments in major cases on abortion, guns. Here is what you need to know
A protester waves an abortion flag in front of the United States Supreme Court as judges hear a major abortion case over the legality of a Louisiana law supported by Republicans that places restrictions on physicians performing the abortion, at Capitol Hill in Washington, United States, March 4, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters Abortion and …
Trump’s judges will kick off for years to come. The judicial system is broken | Shira A Scheindlin
For many Americans, Donald Trump will be remembered as the first American president to have been indicted twice, to have supported, even incited, an insurgency against democracy and to have left thousands of dead because of its failure. lamentable to lead the nation in the fight against the pandemic of covid19. But for many other …
Locked down and loaded: Supreme Court ready for Second Amendment showdown
In the movie “True Grit”, Field Marshal Rooster Cogburn is asked if the gun he wielded at a crime scene was loaded. Cogburn, played by John Wayne, answers curtly, “An unloaded and cocked rifle is useless. Something similar could be said of a Supreme Court case, especially when there is a Second Amendment case that …
Opinions of Supreme Court Justices on Abortion in Their Own Words and Votes
WASHINGTON – Abortion already dominates the Supreme Court’s new tenure, months before judges decide whether to overturn decisions dating back nearly 50 years. Not only is the Mississippi call to quash Roe v. Wade, but the court will also soon be asked again to rule on Texas law banning abortion at around six weeks. Judges …
U.S. Supreme Court set to hear major Second Amendment case
The stakes in one of the largest Second Amendment cases in US history are high. The Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, expected by mid-2022, could declare a New York state restriction on the carrying of concealed handguns in public places unconstitutional. Such a move in favor of …
It is not a “conservative” Supreme Court. it’s reactionary
For the publisher: When I read an article like that by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley Law School: “The Conservatives at the Supreme Court now have carte blanche. This is how your rights will change, â€reminds me that one of the GOP’s strengths dominates our political debate by defining key language in a way …
Why Latinos Need Supreme Court Reform
Even before the start of the Supreme Court’s first full term under the Biden administration this week, Tory justices appeared on the defensive. In separate speeches from September, Justice Amy Coney BarrettAmy Coney BarrettThe Hill’s 12:30 p.m. report: Schumer shortens debt ceiling deadline Judge Alito’s heresy Supreme Court partisanship becomes harder to deny MORE declared …
Back on the bench, the Supreme Court faces a successful term
WASHINGTON – A transformed Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to begin a momentous term in which it will consider eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, dramatically expanding gun rights and further undermining the wall between the church and state. The abortion case, a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans most abortions …
Supreme Court justices bristle at being called partisan hackers
You may have noticed that an unusual number of Supreme Court justices have started to defend themselves publicly – my favorite is Amy Coney Barrett’s defense, we are not hackers – as credible and hard-line arbitrators of American law, unshakeable by politics or by the fact that Donald Trump had been exceptionally outspoken in saying …
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Abortion, guns, religion top Supreme Court mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) – The future of abortion rights is in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court that begins a new term on Monday that also includes major cases on gun rights and religion. The court’s credibility with the public could also be at stake, especially if a divided court overturn the landmark Roe v. …
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In political crosshairs, US Supreme Court weighs abortion and guns
Supreme Court opens new nine-month term on Monday Historic precedent to legalize abortion nationwide is under threat Another case could extend gun rights outside the home WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Reuters) – Just before midnight on Sept. 1, the debate over whether the conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court will dramatically change life in America …
Abortion is just the beginning as Supreme Court tackles guns and religion
The United States Supreme Court’s tenure that begins Monday is not just about abortion. It only looks that way. The explosive issue promised to be high on the agenda even before the court let Texas start banning abortion after six weeks pregnant a month ago. The court will consider a Mississippi case that could curtail …
In a hearing on the shadow SCOTUS case, Senate Republicans have been lying.
Adam Serwer has a smart play in the Atlantic this week, criticizing Supreme Court justices for refusing to disclose their ideological and political agendas. They want to put pressure on a radical, minority conservative agenda while demanding, he writes, “that the public acquiesces in their self-delusion that they are wise men who stand above the …
The “original” judges lose sight of the truths that precede the law
The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday with six nominal conservatives appointed by Republican presidents. But the Conservatives have been shaken in their confidence that these six will win majorities on issues that matter deeply. This drop in confidence is accompanied by a serious argument within the conservative family about the nature of …
3 Supreme Court justices have expressed similar feelings in recent weeks: we are not “junior politicians”
WASHINGTON – Three Supreme Court justices have delivered the same plea in quick succession in recent days: Don’t think of judges as politicians. The judges are right to be concerned. Recent polls show a sharp decline in approval for a court now dominated by the Conservatives. The call by Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and …
Judges say they are not politicians | Press line
WASHINGTON – Three Supreme Court justices have delivered the same plea in quick succession in recent days: Don’t think of judges as politicians. The judges are right to be concerned. Recent polls show a sharp decline in approval for a court now dominated by the Conservatives. The call by Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and …
Polls go down, judges say they ain’t politicians
WASHINGTON (AP) – Three Supreme Court justices have delivered the same plea in quick succession in recent days: Don’t think of judges as politicians. The judges are right to be concerned. Recent polls show a sharp decline in approval for a court now dominated by the Conservatives. The Appeal of Judges Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer …
Republican US Senator Grassley, 88, to be re-elected in Iowa | WIBQ The Conversation Station
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said on Friday he would run for another term in next year’s parliamentary election, increasing the party’s chances of retaining its seat amid a heavily divided chamber. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and longest-serving senator from Iowa, has also helped conservatives enter the federal court system, including the …
PennEast drops plan to use prominent estate to seize state-owned land in case that resulted in major Supreme Court ruling – Reason.com
Earlier this week, the PennEast Pipeline Company scrapped plans to use a prominent estate to take state-owned land in New Jersey for the purpose of building a new interstate pipeline: On Monday, September 20, the state of New Jersey wrote to the Third Circuit Court of the United States Court of Appeals stating that it …
Erwin Chemerinsky: Evidence: The Court is “partisan hacking” | Chroniclers
Erwin Chemerinsky Los Angeles Times If Supreme Court justices don’t want to be seen as “partisan hackers,” they shouldn’t be acting like them. In a speech last week at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville Law School, Judge Amy Coney Barrett said, “This tribunal is not made up of a group of partisan …
Justice Department urges Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reaffirm Roe v. Wade when she hears a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law later this year, arguing that any further ruling would uphold a law unconstitutional and undermine a doctrine that empowers the Supreme Court. Legal precedents. The department has also requested …
Supreme Court to Hear Restrictive Mississippi Abortion Law Dec. 1 – WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana weather
(CNN) – The Supreme Court will hear a case over an abortion law in Mississippi on Dec. 1, the court said on Monday, registering one of the most important cases of the period in which judges are asked to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act, passed in 2018 but blocked by two federal …
Op-Ed: Are Supreme Court justices “partisan hacks”? Yes
If Supreme Court justices don’t want to be seen as “partisan hackers,” they shouldn’t be acting like them. In a speech last week at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville Law School, Judge Amy Coney Barrett said, “This tribunal is not made up of a group of partisan hackers. She added: “Judicial philosophies …
RBG’s legacy a year after the death of the liberal icon
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Legal Analyst and Supreme Court Biographer A year after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, schools and hospitals were named for her, college prizes created in her name, and artwork designed with her face. Ginsburg’s pioneering women’s rights legacy lives on, as does the iconic lace collar design on t-shirts …
Women Can Say No To Sex If Roe Falls, Texas Abortion Ban Architect Says | Deer vs. Wade
The legal architect of the Texas abortion ban argued in a Supreme Court brief that overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that guarantees abortion rights in the United States, could get women to abstain from sex. as a way to “control their reproductive life”. Former Texas solicitor general Jonathan Mitchell, who played a central …
Massachusetts AG reacts to extreme anti-abortion bill in Texas
After the Supreme Court refused to stop Texas’ new anti-abortion law, also known as Senate Bill 8, lawmakers across the country quickly reacted to legislation that not only criminalizes it. abortion basically after six weeks, but allows anyone to sue someone. they believe he aided or encouraged an abortion. Texas Signal spoke to one of …
Biden asks Supreme Court to leave deportation moratorium intact
The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to leave intact an eviction freeze put in place amid the increased spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. In a court filing, government lawyers urged the court to lift the Moratorium on evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
Mississippi asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
By Lawrence Hurley | Reuters WASHINGTON – The state of Mississippi on Thursday urged the United States Supreme Court in a major case that will be argued during its next term to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized women have a constitutional right to have an abortion . Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a …
The Democrats Are Bungling Voting Rights—But Not in the Way You Think
People in Washington, D.C. gather for a candlelight vigil at Black Lives Matter Plaza on the 1-year anniversary of John Lewis’ death. (Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto via AP) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For …
Should life tenure give way to term limits? – Minnesota lawyer
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 …
Senate Democrats must pressure Judge Breyer to retire
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 …
Clarence Thomas plays a central role in the new Supreme Court
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 …
Conservative judges warn Kavanaugh, Barrett lack “fortitude”
For the first time in a generation, there are six Conservative Supreme Court justices. Over time, this sextet will gradually push the Court to the right. Yet three of them are already sounding the alarm bells. Twice this quarter, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch have warned that Judges Brett Kavanaugh and Amy …
Litman: Supreme Court Conservatives look into Arizona case
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 …
Judge Barrett showed her conservative stripes but defied expectations
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 …
A cautious and conservative Supreme Court
“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 …
Changes to the United States Supreme Court on LGBTQ + issues
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 …
Candace Jackson-Akiwumi to be second black woman to sit on 7th Circuit Court of Appeal
With the backing of Democrats and Republicans, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi was confirmed Thursday to sit on the United States Court of Appeals in the 7th Circuit. Before its confirmation, all judges of this federal court were white. The highly influential American courts of appeal, or circuit courts, sit directly below the Supreme Court and serve as …
Justice Barrett confronts Conservatives on burden in Goldman Sachs case
Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett during a Supreme Court justices group photo in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. The United States Supreme Court on Monday overturned an appeals court ruling advancing a class action lawsuit against Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis, giving the bank another opportunity to argue that generic selfish statements …
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-20-21: White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, June 20, 2021 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors. For previous show transcripts, visit the “This Week” transcript archive. ANNOUNCER: “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” starts …
Supreme Court’s conservative turn faces moderate rulings
Even with a conservative 6-3 majority, the US Supreme Court has its limits. With two rulings on Thursday, the court added a note of moderation to what has been a right turn since the arrival of three people named by Donald Trump. The court rejected the latest Republican attack on the Affordable Care Act and …