A group of 20 Republican state attorneys general filed a legal brief on Monday, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in favor of fossil fuel companies facing civil liability in Hawaii for their alleged role in causing global climate change. In an amicus curiae “friend of the court” brief organized by Republican Alabama Attorney […]
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments from President Joe Biden’s administration in its bid to preserve broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a major case at 10 a.m. ET on March 26. U.S. Supreme Court ended its recognition of a constitutional right to abortion in 2022, handing the regulation of abortion back […]
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on a major free speech case involving allegations the Biden administration unlawfully pressured social media companies to censor information on vaccines, as well as on issues relevant to the 2020 presidential election. NTD spoke to Mark Miller, a senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, who said there didn’t […]
Free speech—and when the government can try to restrict it—is at the heart of a major Supreme Court case. Hear what SCOTUS Justices said on March 18. Former Trump aide Peter Navarro didn’t get the answer he was seeking from the Supreme Court, and is now set to report to prison on March 19. The […]
Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida, speaks with NTD about two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
The timeline of the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s presidential immunity challenge in his election case is in the spotlight, with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team warning against delays. NTD spoke to Jeremy Rosenthal, a trial attorney and founding partner of Rosenthal Kalabus and Therrian, who says a decision is likely to be made soon—and […]
Pacific Legal senior attorney Mark Miller offers his analysis of Thursday’s oral arguments and questioning by the U.S. Supreme Court over a case considering former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to be on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot.
Supreme Court Justices appeared to be skeptical of the arguments to take away former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to hold office. NTD spoke to Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, who says the skepticism stems from resistance to the idea that a single state that blocks a candidate from the […]
The Federal Communications Commission met on Feb. 8 to consider outlawing artificial intelligence-generated robocalls. Victims of the sometimes annoying calls can now sue violators in court. Offenders of the new law can face fines of millions of dollars. Surveillance video has captured a robbery in broad daylight in a high-end New York City neighborhood. The […]
A group of 81 Republican lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to side with the National Rifle Association in a lawsuit alleging the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has wrongfully pressured financial institutions to sever ties with the gun rights advocacy group. The NRA, which is represented by the American Civil […]
With the Colorado Court’s disqualification of former President Donald Trump in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Colorado GOP is looking at the Constitutional implications. NTD spoke to Hope Scheppelman, the Vice Chair of the Colorado GOP, here’s what she had to say.
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Friday to threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court justice in a voicemail message he left with the court this summer. Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, of Ferdinand Beach pleaded guilty on Friday in a Florida federal court to communicating an interstate threat to kill. According to a DOJ press […]
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument on Nov. 27 over how courts should sentence criminal defendants under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Passed in 1984, the ACCA imposes a 15-year minimum sentence for individuals who are found to illegally possess a firearm while having three violent felony or serious drug […]
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Nov.7 over whether a 1994 federal law that bars people under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms violates the Constitution’s Second Amendment. (Outside view of the Supreme Court, audio of oral arguments, and stakeout outside the court)
Three more criminal-case defendants have joined a petition seeking to have the U.S. Supreme Court review the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) novel use of an evidence-tampering statute to prosecute those who protested 2020 presidential election results at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Defendants Christopher J. Warnagiris, 43, Christopher J. Carnell, 21, and William […]
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected affirmative action in college admissions, questions arise about what direction the country is expected to go in terms of opportunity and a system that rewards achievement. Lily Tang Williams, a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and a U.S. House candidate from New Hampshire, tells NTD, “I hope […]
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 […]
Representatives of a coalition of organizations and Asian American community members rally at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 29, right after the release of the Supreme Court decision on the landmark cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel […]
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.
