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Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law

With a 6-3 majority, conservative justices on the Supreme Court may appear poised to hand down decisions that the Republican presidents who appointed them would applaud.

The Conversation

High court limits suing officials over rights violations

The Supreme Court is limiting when someone can sue for a violation of their rights by a federal official

The Independent UK

SCOTUS Just Made It Even Harder To Sue an Abusive Federal Agent

The Supreme Court continues to shield federal officers who are accused of violating constitutional rights.

Reason

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30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices' to-do list

Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public have long been prizes of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to award within the next month

The Independent UK

Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Reinstatement of the Preliminary Injunction Against the Texas Social Media Law

The ruling is not a final decision on the merits. But it likely signals that at least five Supreme Court justices believe the law is unconstitutional.

Reason

Trump's Big Lie lawyer recruiting "army"

Cleta Mitchell has also worked closely with Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Salon

Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings

With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade

The Independent UK

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5 most radical SCOTUS decisions of 2022

Here is what a Supreme Court now stacked with a strong conservative majority has quietly changed

Salon

New York governor says only people over age of 21 should be allowed to buy AR-15s

Alleged shooters in Buffalo and Ulvade were aged 18

The Independent UK

Editorial: A code of ethics could help the Supreme Court maintain integrity

In his recent alarm over a widely reported decline in public confidence in the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas chose a worthy target, but his diagnosis missed a major symptom: his own family ties.

Chicago Tribune

Clarence Thomas' "radical" ruling

Innocent "face incarceration or even execution without any meaningful chance" for vindication, Sonia Sotomayor says

Salon

Supreme Court hobbles challenges by inmates based on poor legal representation

Writing for the 6-3 conservative majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said federal courts may not hear post-conviction evidence to show how deficient the trial or appellate lawyer in state court was.

WEKU

Supreme court guts lifeline for prisoners who claim wrongful convictions

Decision bars federal courts from hearing new evidence not presented in a state court as a result of ineffective legal counsel

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court restricts prisoners’ ability to show attorneys were incompetent in death penalty cases

‘To put it bluntly: Two men whose trial attorneys did not provide even the bare minimum level of representation required by the Constitution may be executed because forces outside of their control prevented them from vindicating their constitutional right to counsel,’ Justice Sonya Sotomayor writes in dissent

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Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice, pushed Arizona lawmakers to overturn 2020 election results, emails show

The revelations show that Thomas was more involved than previously known in efforts, based on unsubstantiated claims of fraud, to overturn President Biden’s victory and keep then-President Trump in office.

Tribune News Service

Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas urged Arizona lawmakers to push pro-Trump slate of electors

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas reportedly personally urged Arizona lawmakers to push a rogue pro-Trump slate of electors after President Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 election.

Reason

D.C. Circuit Workplace Survey Leaked, And Investigation of Leaked Survey Is Leaked

The federal courts are in trouble if confidential material cannot remain confidential.

The Independent UK

Ginni Thomas' emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election

Newly discovered emails show that Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was more deeply involved in baseless efforts to overturn the 2020 election than previously known

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The Guardian - US

Ginni Thomas urged Arizona Republicans to overturn 2020 result – report

Wife of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas emailed six days after election already called for Joe Biden

Axios

Leaked emails: Ginni Thomas urged Arizona lawmakers to reverse Trump election loss

The emails show that Thomas played a role in attempting to keep Trump in power claiming electoral fraud.

Salon

Emails: Ginni Thomas pressured AZ GOP

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife urged top GOP lawmakers "fight back" against debunked fraud

The Independent UK

Ginni Thomas asked Arizona lawmakers to help Trump overturn 2020 election defeat, says report

‘Chose a clean slate of Electors,’ justce’s wife reportedly wrote

Salon

Abortion ban could delegitimize SCOTUS

The survey comes as the court is increasingly beleaguered by accusations of politically biased decision-making

Chicago Sun-Times

Now that air pollution hotspots have been identified, let’s find solutions

Superimpose a map of tree coverage on the pollution map. Trees use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They also remove pollution out of the air.

The Conversation

Leaking a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion or other hot topics is unprecedented – 4 things to know about how the high court works

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to announce a decision that could possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion.

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