Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenter in a high court decision that vacated a lower court ruling earlier this week allowing minors the right to go to court to get permission to seek an abortion. The top U.S. court overturned a ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that struck down a federal law preventing people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from having guns. The Biden administration asked in its new petition (pdf) for the high court to hear the case on a “highly expedited schedule” […]
President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is facing challenges in the Supreme Court. NTD spoke with Kilian Laverty to learn more about the case. Laverty is a policy manager with Freedom Works, a conservative advocacy group based in Washington, DC. Laverty talked about the legality of the loan forgiveness, and why we are facing […]
Is the law applied equally across the political spectrum? In the GOP’s probe into the Department of Justice, how did Attorney General Merrick Garland respond to questions from senators on the Hill? Calls are mounting for more information as the FBI doubles down on the COVID lab leak assessment. How is the White House responding […]
During oral arguments on Feb. 28, conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of Biden administration statements that the government’s plan to partially forgive student loans is authorized by federal law. The Defense Department’s inspector general and other Pentagon officials testified on oversight of U.S. military aid to Ukraine before the House Armed Services […]
During oral arguments on Feb. 28, conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of Biden administration statements that the government’s plan to partially forgive student loans is authorized by federal law. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the High Court that the federal Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act gives the federal secretary of […]
Virginia is moving to ban foreign adversaries, namely communist China, from buying farmland. Many lawmakers have expressed concerns that such purchases will undermine U.S. national security. Supreme Court justices will hear arguments on Feb. 28 over President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. Millions of borrowers could be impacted. The NTD International Figure Painting Competition […]
As the Supreme Court is hearing a case involving Google and Section 230, justices could decide to modify or even upend the law that gives social media platforms protection from liability for their users’ posts. NTD spoke with James Czerniawsk, senior policy analyst in Technology and Innovation at Americans for Prosperity, to discuss the case.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5–4 decision that divided the court’s conservatives that a death row inmate in Arizona is entitled to contest his sentence in federal court after a state court’s procedural rule prevented him from doing so. Appeals from prisoners under a death sentence rarely succeed at the high court but […]
