If control of the House is close, Jan. 3 could be chaos - Roll Call Things could get “pretty messy” with challenges swirling after the midterm elections, legal experts say. Are lawmakers ready? Roll Call · Nov 7, 2022
The supreme court is in session – and every case is potentially a climate one Sackett v EPA – an attack on the Clean Water Act – is by no means the only threat to climate policy before the court The Guardian - US · Oct 14, 2022
Biden calls Supreme Court ‘more of an advocacy group’ The president says the Court is no longer ‘evenhanded’ The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022
Editorial: A federal judge wrongly knocks down New York State’s updated gun laws Conservative jurisprudence on guns has fallen far and fallen fast into the gaping maw of Second Amendment absolutism. Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her mark early, often as US Supreme Court work begins It didn’t take long for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to find her voice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022
Jackson set to make Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is making her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony three days ahead of the start of the high court’s new term The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
Supreme Court to hear case on EPA's Clean Water Act authority - Roll Call The EPA's power to enforce the Clean Water Act could be curtailed in a case to be considered by the Supreme Court when it convenes Monday. Roll Call · Sep 29, 2022
Which wetlands should receive federal protection? The Supreme Court revisits a question it has struggled in the past to answer The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new session on Oct. 3, 2022, with a high-profile case that could fundamentally alter the federal government’s ability to address water pollution. Sackett v. EPA turns on a question that courts and regulators have struggled to answer for several decades: Which wetlands and bodies… The Conversation · Sep 26, 2022
Arms Makers Target Kids to Boost Sales With gun ownership declining in the United States, manufacturers and industry lobbyists like the NRA are deliberately marketing to children. Texas Observer · Sep 23, 2022
An unsung hero of our Supreme Court Retired justice David Souter, who turned 83 a few days ago, exemplifies the kind of humility and grace that receives scant attention in our celebrity-driven, 24/7 news-cycle world. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 20, 2022
Lindsey Graham's Abortion Ban, Which Would Override State Laws, Shows Contempt for Federalism The Republican senator improbably claims his bill is authorized by the 14th Amendment and the Commerce Clause. Reason · Sep 14, 2022
How Justice Scalia created this chaos Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky on the incoherent, dishonest ideology that has warped the Supreme Court Salon · Sep 11, 2022
California fails to replace concealed weapon ruling California lawmakers have failed to replace limits on carrying concealed weapons that were struck down by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022
Federal Court Upholds Washington, DC Regulation Requiring Child Care Workers to Have College Degrees The decision may be in accordance with Supreme Court precedent. But if so, it underscores that precedent's flaws. Reason · Aug 15, 2022
WEKU · Aug 14, 2022 The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S. An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief.
Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022 Scalia’s legacy lives on in Supreme Court’s abortion, gun cases WASHINGTON — The seeds of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent rulings on guns and abortion lie in the legal theories of a justice who died six years ago.
Salon · Jul 29, 2022 Supreme Court "originalism" is pure BS Right-wing justices claim they're delving for true meanings beneath the Constitution. It's another Big Lie
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Ivanka and Scalia’s son urged Trump to give up on election but were ignored, according to video The video footage comes during the select committee’s most recent hearing.
The Guardian - US · Jul 7, 2022 Could the US supreme court give state legislatures unchecked election powers? At Moore v Harper’s core is the independent state legislature theory, giving them free rein for setting federal elections rules
The Conversation · Jul 5, 2022 How the US Supreme Court has become right-wing, and do recent decisions give Democrats hope at the midterms? The US Supreme Court’s annual term usually finishes at the end of June, so late June is when the most important decisions are likely to be announced.
Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2022 After Roe, architect of Texas abortion law sets sights on gay marriage and more DALLAS — If Jonathan Mitchell were a comic book character, he would be drawn holding a lawbook in one hand and in the other, a sledgehammer.
The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022 Can Americans be shielded from the U.S. Supreme Court? When United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died with 10 months left in President Barack Obama’s second term, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader at the time, took the extreme step of refusing to hold hearings for his nominated replacement, Merrick Garland.
ABC News · Jul 1, 2022 John Roberts is the chief justice of the US Supreme Court. But the fall of Roe v Wade and abortion rights have left him 'weakened' As Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Roberts has enjoyed one of the most powerful positions in American society. But when Donald Trump installed three of his own picks on the bench, suddenly everything changed.
Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022 Commentary: Banning ‘concealed carry’ laws is a disaster After the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, Congress enacted the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most important gun violence prevention law in three decades. But days earlier, on June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v.…
Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022 Harvard affirmative action, gay rights cases are next up at Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court reshaped the legal landscape in dramatic ways in the past few months, and it may just be getting started.