A group of 20 attorneys general requested the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling on enforcing bans on homeless encampments. This week, 20 attorneys general from Republican-controlled states petitioned the high court in the case of Johnson v. City of Grants Pass after the U.S. Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit ruled last […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul criticized Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after the court agreed to consider next week if it will hear an emergency challenge to the state’s concealed carry gun law that went into effect a year ago. New York is one of several blue states that critics say is openly defying the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from Alabama Republicans to use a congressional map that includes one majority-black congressional district. Tuesday’s one-line court’s decision leaves intact a Sept. 5 decision by a federal three-judge panel in Birmingham, Alabama, which said the map approved by the state’s Republican-led legislature to set the boundaries […]
A federal appeals court has denied pro-life campaigner Lauren Handy’s emergency motion to be released from custody pending her appeal. Lawyers for Ms. Handy, who was jailed over a Washington abortion clinic protest, previously filed an emergency appeal seeking her release, arguing that the trial judge was wrong to rule that the disruptive political protest […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling that has prevented cities from clearing out homeless encampments. The Democratic governor’s office, in a brief filed (pdf) on Sept. 22, warned that a ruling that scrapped anti-camping ordinances in Grants Pass, a city located in Oregon near the border with California, […]
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressed optimism during a public appearance at a top law school on Sept. 22 that the court will adopt a code of conduct for the nine justices. At the same time, the liberal justice slammed the court’s recent decision striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and an […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended to Sept. 27 a temporary stay blocking a lower court ruling that restricted federal agencies from contacting social media firms with requests to remove content, giving the justices more time to reflect on how to handle the case. The new order in the case, Murthy v. Missouri (court file […]
A constitutional rights organization and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost have urged the Supreme Court to keep in place an injunction preventing government-pressured social media censorship. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), in an amicus brief filed (pdf) on Sept. 20, asked the high court to keep the injunction in place to protect Americans’ First Amendment […]
A new federal lawsuit could pick up where the U.S. Supreme Court left off, by challenging the race-based admissions policies employed at U.S. military service academies. In June, the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which challenged the university’s admissions policies. The court ruled 6-3 against Harvard’s practices, ruling that similar […]
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urged a federal appeals court on Sept. 18 to overturn a federal district judge’s decision to send the election interference prosecution back to a Georgia court. The new filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit took place after that court canceled expedited […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday temporarily placed on hold a lower court ruling that restricted federal agencies from contacting social media firms with requests to remove content while the justices consider how to handle the case. Namely, his order froze a recent appeals court decision that found that federal officials likely violated […]
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas filed a disclosure form on Aug. 31 detailing previously undisclosed gifts from his friend, GOP donor and billionaire Harlan Crow, as Democrats in Congress continue to criticize alleged ethical shortcomings at the nation’s highest court. The nine-page form (pdf), which was filed with the Committee on Financial Disclosure of the […]
The Biden administration confirmed it is rolling out an income-driven student loan repayment plan for borrowers on Tuesday, coming before loan repayments are slated to start again in the fall. President Joe Biden announced the SAVE plan alongside Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and other members of the administration, saying that under the program, borrowers who make about […]
Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him in Georgia based on the supremacy clause in the Constitution. Mr. Meadows, President Trump, and 17 other co-defendants were charged by a grand jury on Aug. 14 with violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, […]
President Joe Biden’s administration is circulating new guidance for how colleges and universities can promote diversity after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down race-based affirmative action admission policies. In June, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard that race-based affirmative action at colleges and universities is unconstitutional. […]
A decades-old law prohibiting users of illicit drugs from owning firearms was overturned by a New Orleans federal appeals court on Aug. 9. The law was deemed unconstitutional after the court ruled in favor of a Mississippi man who was jailed after firearms were discovered in his vehicle during a traffic stop in April 2022. The […]
The Supreme Court put on hold a proposed bankruptcy plan for beleaguered opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, which is accused of playing a major role in fueling the ongoing opioid crisis. Although the Aug. 10 ruling does not finalize the case, it is a tactical victory for the Biden administration, which urged the court to take […]
The Supreme Court voted 5–4 midday on Aug. 8 to allow the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home to remain in force while the case remains pending before a federal appeals court. The government’s rule goes back to April 2022. It requires individuals who assemble homemade firearms to […]
A Supreme Court ruling temporarily upholding the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home will remain in effect until at least Aug. 8. That’s because on Aug. 4 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito unexpectedly extended his ongoing stay of a federal judge’s ruling blocking the government’s rule on homemade […]
The Supreme Court is unlikely to “intercede” in former President Donald Trump’s various criminal cases—as he said on Aug. 4 the court “must” do—at least not until the cases have moved past the initial stages, legal experts told The Epoch Times. The Supreme Court might act at some point but not by itself on its […]
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Friday morning to call on the Supreme Court of the United States to step in amid a barrage of legal battles the GOP frontrunner for 2024 is currently engaged with. “It is Election Interference, & the Supreme Court must intercede. MAGA!” he wrote, using the acronym for […]
Second Amendment advocates are urging the Supreme Court to let stand a federal judge’s ruling blocking the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns. “Ghost gun” is a pejorative term used by gun control advocates to describe a homemade firearm that lacks a serial number and therefore cannot be tracked by law enforcement. Gun control […]
U.S. Supreme Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily froze a lower court order and revived the Biden administration’s restriction on so-called ghost guns. The action by Justice Alito, who handles emergency matters arising from a group of states including Texas, effectively freezes the litigation as the court weighs a request on Thursday from the Biden […]
Answering Democrat critics who want to legislatively impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito said Congress has no constitutional authority to regulate the court. “Congress did not create the Supreme Court”—the Constitution did, Justice Alito told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published July 28. “I know this is […]
The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court late on July 27 to suspend a Department of Justice rule regulating so-called ghost guns that a federal judge in Texas struck down earlier this month. “Ghost gun” is a pejorative term used by gun control advocates to describe a homemade firearm that lacks a serial number and […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Equitrans Midstream Corp. to resume the building of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, granting what some described as a win for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) by lifting a lower-court order that blocked work on the project. In a brief order (pdf), the high court suggested that it would […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee was split along party lines when it came to passing the Democrat-backed Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023—but an amendment condemning racist attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas has been added with unanimous support. The 21-0 vote came after a long discussion. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) proposed the amendment following high […]
A Catholic “sidewalk counselor” has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a New York county law that prevents pro-life protesters from speaking to people near abortion clinics, according to a religious liberty law firm. Debra Vitagliano is now petitioning the Supreme Court to look at a 2000 court ruling, Hill v. Colorado, which involves […]
Democrats in the Senate are advancing a bill that would mandate an ethics code for Supreme Court justices. What would the bill do, and what are the implications? NTD spoke with Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network and former law clerk at the Supreme Court, for her thoughts.
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction after the Minnesota Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court is asked to look at thousands of cases each year, out of which it agrees to […]
The Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly approved a Democrat-backed Supreme Court ethics reform bill on July 20 on a party line 11–10 vote. Republicans oppose the legislation, which they say is unconstitutional. They have suggested that Democrats—many of whom want to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices—only want to move against the Court because […]
Republicans will vigorously fight a Democrat-backed bill that would regulate the Supreme Court when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the measure on July 20. “Tomorrow will be one hell of a fight,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said at a late afternoon press conference in the U.S. Capitol on July 19. “The effort by the […]
State attorneys general from Tennessee, Kansas, and 11 other states put 100 of America’s largest corporations on notice that, following the Supreme Court decision against racial discrimination at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, private companies would be held to the same standard. In a July 13 letter to CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, […]
The Heritage Foundation at 12:00 p.m. ET on July 13, will host a review of the landmark cases of the Supreme Court’s 2022–23 term, and everything involving the U.S. Supreme Court. GianCarlo Canaparo, senior legal fellow, Edwin Meese III Center of Heritage Foundation, will host the conversation.
The Supreme Court ruled on June 30 in favor of Christian bakers who said Oregon’s law requiring them to make cakes to celebrate same-sex weddings infringed on their constitutional rights. The decision came hours after the nation’s highest court issued a landmark 6–3 ruling in favor of Christian website designer Lorie Smith of 303 Creative who […]
The Supreme Court has spoken on the constitutionality of using affirmative action in higher education admissions. On June 29, the court ruled, in two separate cases, that for colleges and universities to use race in making admissions decisions is unlawful, violating the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Students for […]
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 29 that a trademark law does not regulate the use of U.S. trademarks outside the United States. At the same time, the justices split 5–4 on whether the holder of an infringed trademark could still seek damages domestically for the trademark infringement that took place abroad if it […]
Following the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action policies in college admissions, activists have filed a complaint seeking to end legacy and donor admissions at Harvard, arguing it privileges white applicants, a claim that some say is without merit. The complaint against Harvard has been filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) on behalf […]
The Supreme Court has ruled that web designers can’t be forced to create messages that go against their values. What does this decision mean for the United States going forward? To discuss the case, NTD spoke with Matt Sharp, senior counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom.
News Analysis The Supreme Court’s six-member conservative-leaning majority flexed its muscles in its recent term that wrapped up on June 30. It adopted a conservative or pro-limited government position in a series of closely watched rulings dealing with affirmative action, student loan relief, religious freedom, immigration, and property rights. The term came after last year’s […]
A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found most Americans agreed with the Supreme Court’s recent rulings in three high-profile cases. The majority of Americans, 52 percent, approved of the decision against race-based admissions in higher education, while 32 percent disapproved. The court’s ban on affirmative action-based admissions was the result of its hearing two cases—originally filed in 2014—that […]
Over the objections of two conservative justices, the Supreme Court decided last week not to take up a case about whether individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The June 30 decision to deny the petition for certiorari, or review, in Kincaid v. Williams (court file 22-633), is […]
The Supreme Court’s chief justice said that some justices had been wrongly questioning colleagues, saying he’s disturbed by the development. “It has become a disturbing feature of some recent opinions to criticize the decisions with which they disagree as going beyond the proper role of the judiciary,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote at the end […]
Former president Donald Trump praised the U.S. Supreme Court for its historic back-to-back decisions affecting education and religious rights, drawing enthusiastic applause from a conservative parental-rights group’s annual conference. But after making those largely predictable remarks during his June 30 speech, Trump went off-script. He told the Joyful Warriors National Summit of Moms for Liberty, […]
On June 30, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Colorado Christian website designer who refused to create a website promoting same-sex weddings. As The Epoch Times reported on Sept. 27, 2021, Lorie Smith—the owner of a Colorado-based web design company called 303 Creative—had asked the justices to overturn a decision of […]
A major decision on Thursday saw the U.S. Supreme Court strike down race-based admission programs in higher education. The landmark decision ends the use of “affirmative action” on college admissions. NTD’s Jeremy Sandberg has more on the landmark ruling and the response to it, while Evelyn Li speaks to political scientist Dr. Carol Swain to […]
The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt has finally been put to rest, along with all questions and confusion about when, or if at all, borrowers of student loans will have to start paying their debts again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court […]
The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Joe Biden a defeat on Friday, blocking his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt. The justices ruled against Biden in a 6-3 decision and said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan, with conservative justices in the majority. Another major ruling from the Supreme […]
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether people under domestic violence restraining orders have the right to possess firearms, announcing Friday that it will hear a case on the matter during its next term. The court on Friday agreed to review an appeal by President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s ruling that […]
A set of 2021 comments by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ended up undermining President Joe Biden’s efforts to implement a student loan cancellation plan. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Biden could not excuse student debt repayments through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) or […]
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of a Christian website designer who said Colorado’s law requiring her to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings infringed on her constitutional rights. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion (pdf) in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (court file 21-476) which was decided June 30. The opinion was joined […]
The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 30 to strike down President Joe Biden’s controversial plan to partially forgive student loans. The six conservative justices voted to invalidate the program in the closely watched case, while the three liberal justices voted to uphold it. Biden unveiled the plan in August 2022 in a move critics […]
President Joe Biden stated in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent rulings went too far, but he remained opposed to court-packing, contending that it could permanently politicize the institution. Biden’s interview was his first on television since May, and he expressed concern that the conservative justices “may do too […]
Politicians from both sides of the political aisle spoke out regarding the Supreme Court’s historic June 29 Affirmative Action ruling with support and condemnation. The decision struck down the use of racially based admission policies in the United States, ending the so-called affirmative action in higher education. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a tweet saying he […]
Former president Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates–including two who are ethnic minorities–lauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision declaring that colleges cannot use race when considering which students to admit. Because of the ruling nixing this type of affirmative action policy, Trump called June 29 “a great day for America.” “People with extraordinary […]
President Joe Biden on Thursday responded to the Supreme Court’s decision to effectively end affirmative action in college admissions, criticizing the court for breaking with decades of precedent. “I strongly disagree with the court’s decision because affirmative action is so misunderstood,” Biden said at the White House before departing for New York. “Many people wrongly […]
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 29 that a lower court applied the wrong standard in a case about whether the U.S. Postal Service violated the constitutional rights of an evangelical Christian mail carrier when the agency refused to accommodate his wish not to work on the Sunday Sabbath. Supporters say the decision means […]
The Supreme Court struck down on June 29 the use of racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges. The 6–3 decision ends the use of so-called affirmative action in higher education, a longtime goal of conservatives. The ruling will be felt immediately as a million high school students begin applying for fall acceptance at the […]
The Supreme Court threw out on June 27 by a 7–2 vote a Colorado man’s conviction for making threats online against an entertainer because his intent in trying to communicate with her was never considered. The case raised an important First Amendment issue in an age when so much communication takes place online using text, […]
Ford Motors began a round of layoffs this week, predominantly impacting engineering roles in the United States and Canada, as they aim to trim unprofitable operations. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27 against North Carolina Republicans in a 6–3 decision, who argued state legislatures have exclusive power to make rules for federal elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 against North Carolina Republicans who argued that state legislatures have sweeping authority to make the rules for federal elections in the states without interference from the courts. At issue is the once-obscure independent state legislature doctrine, under which Republicans argue that the Constitution has always directly authorized state legislatures […]
The Supreme Court is poised this week to issue a series of rulings covering the hot-button issues of affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, the intersection of religious freedom with free speech and employment law, and how much power state legislatures should have in the congressional redistricting process. It was this month last year that the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26 dismissed an appeal over a long-running dispute between former president Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The dispute focused on documents related to the lease of the government property in downtown Washington that housed the hotel. Democrats claimed Trump […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that another congressional map may have to be redrawn amid claims that it inappropriately dilutes the influence of black voters in the state. “The writ of certiorari before judgment is dismissed as improvidently granted. The stay heretofore entered by the Court on June 28, 2022, is vacated,” the court […]
Throngs of demonstrators carrying signs and bullhorns gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on a Friday morning. A tangible tension mingled with the chants in the air. The date was June 24, 2022, and they were moments away from witnessing history—they all but knew it. Just weeks before, a leaked draft opinion of the […]
A U.S. law that bars encouraging illegal immigration for advantage or gain is lawful, the Supreme Court ruled on June 23. “After concluding that this statute criminalizes immigration advocacy and other protected speech, the Ninth Circuit held it unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment. That was error,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee, wrote […]
The Supreme Court ruled 8–1 on June 23 that Texas and Louisiana may not challenge the Biden administration’s 2021 decision to focus its deportation efforts on individuals deemed to be a threat to public safety. The new, complex decision allows the government’s selective immigration enforcement policy, which had been blocked by a lower court, to […]
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 22 that obstruction of justice is a serious enough crime to justify the deportation of lawful permanent residents—also known as green card holders—who have been convicted of it. The somewhat technical new decision is expected to make it easier for the federal government to deport certain lawful U.S. […]
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 22 that the federal government has no obligation to help the Navajo Nation gain access to water, finding that a 19th-century treaty with the government imposes no such duty. Oral arguments in the case, which took place on March 20, centered on the Navajo Nation’s desire to draw […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a Missouri Christian university that filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its transgender housing policy. The justices issued a brief, unsigned order declining to take up a case filed by the College of the Ozarks, which appealed a lower court’s decision that […]
The Iowa Supreme Court, in a 3–3 decision, declined to reinstate a six-week ban on abortions that was backed by the state’s governor. A 2019 district court nullified the state’s previous six-week ban on the procedure, with a Polk County District Court judge ruling that the ban was unconstitutional based on state and federal law. […]
The House of Representatives voted on June 15 to approve a bill that could significantly shift federal regulatory authority away from the executive branch to Congress. Lawmakers voted for the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, known as SOPRA, in a 220–211 vote. Most Republicans voted in favor of the measure, while most Democrats voted against […]
The Supreme Court upheld by 7–2 a racially discriminatory adoption law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the new ruling in Haaland v. Brackeen (court file 21-376) which was consolidated with three other related cases. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is […]
Congress must impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court that requires justices to recuse themselves when there is a financial connection between the justice or the justice’s family and someone having business before the court, a Democrat-controlled congressional oversight committee heard on June 14. If the Supreme Court won’t act, Congress will, Sen. […]
The Supreme Court decided on June 12 not to hear the claim of a Christian school in Colorado that it cannot be sued for firing a teacher who accused the school, parents, and students of racism. The school argued that because it is a religious institution it is beyond the reach of the First Amendment to the […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was given a 90-day extension for his 2022 financial disclosure report, the court reveals. Thomas received harsh criticism for reportedly neglecting to declare extravagant gifts and trips at the courtesy of a well-known Texas donor. Thomas typically files his annual financial disclosures by the May 15 deadline. His disclosures […]
A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says a highly publicized media report that accused the justice of violating ethical norms contained “old news” and failed to disclose that Thomas was cleared of accusations of wrongdoing “more than a decade ago.” Left-wing criticism of Thomas and the Supreme Court as an institution has escalated […]
The Supreme Court limited the reach of the federal Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, unanimously rebuffing the Biden administration’s efforts to prosecute a man already convicted of Medicaid fraud with a separate charge of aggravated identity theft arising out of the same fraud case. The 9–0 opinion (pdf) in Dubin v. United States (court file 22-10) […]
The Supreme Court voted 5–4 on June 8 to strike down Alabama’s electoral map for congressional elections, ruling that it was racially discriminatory. The court narrowly found that the map drafted by Alabama Republicans violated the provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) which requires that states not racially gerrymander districts. Most members of the […]
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court is leaving in place the sentence of a woman on death row in Alabama who helped her boyfriend kill his two young children. The high court on Monday rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton. As is typical, the court rejected the case without comment. Leavell-Keaton was convicted of murder in […]
The Supreme Court decided June 5 to consider whether a progressive activist can trademark a belittling phrase targeting former President Donald Trump for use on T-shirts. The ruling puts the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the unusual position of defending the interests of Trump, who is again seeking the Republican Party’s presidential […]
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 1 decided that a union’s deliberate destruction of company property as a pressure tactic in a labor dispute is not protected by federal law. Labor activists have said that endangering and destroying company property during a dispute is fair game that has long been protected […]
Two elderly pro-life activists were attacked outside an abortion clinic in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday morning. The assault took place at around 10:30 a.m. outside the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic on North Howard Street. According to a Baltimore Police Department incident report shared with The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD News, a witness said 80-year-old […]
The Supreme Court voted to rein in the power of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate wetlands in a ruling issued on May 25, the latest in a series of rulings curbing federal regulatory authority. The nation’s High Court ruled in favor of an Idaho couple who have been battling federal officials for […]
The Supreme Court is working on addressing concerns about justices’ ethics, Chief Justice John Roberts told a gathering of lawyers in the nation’s capital on May 23 in a 15-minute speech that was short on specifics. Roberts’s comments came at a dinner at the National Building Museum that was hosted by the American Law Institute. […]
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in a delinquent taxpayer case that it is lawful for the IRS to secretly summons the bank records of third parties. In other words, the nation’s highest court recognized that the Internal Revenue Service is not required to notify third parties who are not under investigation when seeking a […]
The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Twitter, Google, and Facebook, finding in a pair of decisions on May 18 that the Silicon Valley giants are shielded from liability for content posted by users. The lawsuits arose after Islamic terrorist attacks claimed victims’ lives overseas. Their families argued that the Big Tech companies were liable because […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Illinois strict new gun control law to remain in effect, denying an emergency request for an injunction. It means that the measure, which places bans on what it calls “assault weapons,” will remain intact while lower courts deliberate on the matter. An Illinois gun store owner filed a […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a challenge by an Alabama death row inmate who sued months before surviving a botched execution claiming that the state’s troubled lethal injection process would violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. In an unusual case that has returned to the justices because the execution of convicted […]
The Supreme Court decided on May 15 to take up a long-running dispute between former President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The case goes back to 2017, when Trump had just become president, and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. At that time, several Democrats […]
The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. At issue is the once-obscure independent state legislature doctrine, under which Republicans argue that the […]
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled May 11 in favor of a transgender illegal alien from Guatemala seeking asylum who claims he would face persecution if forced to return to his home country. The ruling, a defeat for the Biden administration, is expected to make it easier for those challenging deportation to make their case. The […]
The Supreme Court narrowly upheld a voter-approved animal welfare law in California on May 11 that bans the sale of pork from hogs unless the animals were raised in a space that exceeds industry norms. The court split 5–4 in its ruling, which affirmed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. Many legal observers had speculated that the case was […]
Senate Democrats want the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt stricter guidelines for disclosing their income sources and potential conflicts of interest, and at least 14 Democratic senators see withholding funds from the court as a way to get their demands. In a March 31 letter (pdf) to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), […]
