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The DOJ Says Marijuana Use, Which Biden Thinks Should Not Be a Crime, Nullifies the Second Amendment

Even as the president bemoans the injustice of pot prohibition, his administration insists that cannabis consumers have no right to arms.

Reason

Student debt relief threatened by SCOTUS

Only Barrett and Kavanaugh asked questions that seemed to express any doubt about the plaintiff's case

Salon

Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28, 2023, regarding a multistate lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program. The Conversation asked John Patrick Hunt, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and Celeste K. Carruthers, an economics professor at the University…

The Conversation

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Thoughts on Today's Supreme Court Student Loan Forgiveness Oral Arguments

The justices seem to be clearly leaning against the Biden Administration on the merits. The procedural issue of standing is a closer call, though ultimately more likely than not to come out the same way.

Reason

Conservative and liberals split at Supreme Court over Biden student loan plan

A majority of the court's conservatives indicating great skepticism over the president's loan-forgiveness plan.

WEKU

Unlikely alliances in Supreme Court opinions on overtime, death penalty

The cases involved who qualifies for overtime pay, and Arizona's refusal to apply a Supreme Court precedent in death penalty jury instructions.

WEKU

Has Justice Barrett Replaced Justice Ginsburg as the Court's Quickest Opinion Writer?

Justice Barrett has produced two majority opinions before most of her colleagues have produced one.

Reason

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George Skelton: Civil Feinstein delivered results but irked ideologues

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's most accomplished senator, became an anachronism. She practiced civility and compromised with the other side.

Los Angeles Times

89-year-old Dianne Feinstein to retire

Some may remember what happened the last time Feinstein announced her retirement from politics

Salon

Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she won’t run for reelection in 2024

Dianne Feinstein has been a trailblazer, dating back to her tenure as the first female mayor of San Francisco and stretching to the Senate, where she’s served since 1992.

Chicago Sun-Times

Senator Dianne Feinstein will retire in 2024, bringing a groundbreaking career to a close

Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old senior senator from California, announced on Feb. 14, 2023, that she will retire from the Senate rather than run for a sixth term when her current term expires at the end of 2024.

The Conversation

Sen. Dianne Feinstein makes it official: She will retire at the end of her current term

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, will not run for reelection next year, marking the end to one of the state's most storied political careers.

Los Angeles Times

Feinstein will retire rather than run again in 2024 - Roll Call

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, will not seek a seventh term next year in California, where two House colleagues are already running.

Roll Call

A Federal Judge Says the Ban on Gun Possession by Cannabis Consumers Is Unconstitutional

The government argued that marijuana users have no Second Amendment rights because they are dangerous, unvirtuous, and untrustworthy.

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The Independent UK

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Warren is 5th justice with Navy ship

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren’s name is on the U.S. Navy’s newest fuel ship

Reason

Justice Barrett Authors First Supreme Court Decision of the Term

The Supreme Court has been slow to issue opinions this term, but the first opinion has finally been released.

Zenger

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On Sabbath Observance

The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job because he refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

Reason

The 3rd Circuit Considers Whether Nonviolent Crimes Justify the Loss of Second Amendment Rights

Because of a misdemeanor welfare fraud conviction, Bryan Range is no longer allowed to own guns.

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Tribune News Service

Ketanji Brown Jackson book deal joins trendy Supreme Court side hustle

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson’s new book deal adds to what has become a phenomenon at the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices looking to craft their own images and perhaps score a hefty payday along the way.

Reason

Just Ketanji Brown Jackson Lands Major Book Deal for Her Memoir

It is becoming a pattern for Supreme Court justices to make significant amounts of money by publishing books.

Tribune News Service

Biden builds a judicial legacy with diversified federal courts

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are transforming the federal courts at a blistering pace and creating an unrivaled legacy of diversity that will redefine the federal bench for a generation.

Reason

"Plain Text"

When the Second Amendment's plain text covers conduct, it is presumptively protected.

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: A conservative theory too extreme even for this Supreme Court

This Supreme Court hasn’t exactly been shy about issuing extremely conservative rulings. Even so, one pending case stands out for its combination of dangerous and unhinged. That case is Moore v. Harper, and involves the so-called independent state legislature theory. The bad news is that Wednesday’s oral argument underscored how…

The Guardian - US

The future of US elections hinges on an outlandish case before the supreme court

The ‘independent state legislature’ theory has rarely been put forward, and then only by blatant partisans acting in bad faith

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court leans in favor of a Christian website designer’s right to turn away gay weddings

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday sounded ready to rule that a Christian website designer has a free-speech right to refuse to work with same-sex couples planning to marry.

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