How John Roberts gutted voting rights Forget his reputation as a straight-shooting "umpire." Chief Justice John Roberts is a dangerous radical Salon · Aug 30, 2024
Trial date set for man accused of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh A trial is scheduled to start in June 2025 for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024
Man Who Attempted To Assassinate Justice Kavanaugh To Face Trial Nicholas Roske, accused of attempting to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh, to face trial in June 2025 after failed plea deal attempts. Top News · Aug 20, 2024
Young men in the US used to lean left. Could they now hand Trump the presidency? The ex-president is courting a demographic drifting away from the Democrats. What’s driving the widening gender gap among young people? The Guardian - US · Aug 5, 2024
Biskupic Part III Confirms What We Already Knew: Justice Alito Lost Majority Opinions in NetChoice and Trevino. There is little here that can't be gleaned from the docket and the split opinions. Reason · Jul 31, 2024
This Supreme Court has redefined the meaning of corruption The U.S. Supreme Court is deregulating corruption, with arguably grim consequences for American democracy. The Conversation · Jul 31, 2024
Trump Values Judicial Independence Only When It Benefits Him His criticism of President Joe Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reform is hard to take seriously. Reason · Jul 31, 2024
The Behind the Scenes Wrangling in the Idaho Abortion Case Joan Biskupic reports that the justices were initially inclined to back Idaho in the EMTALA case, until they realized the case was messier than they had thought. Reason · Jul 29, 2024
Experts: Kim Davis threatens LGBT rights Legal experts say Kim Davis' appeal won't outlaw same-sex marriage — but could help fuel future attacks on rights Salon · Jul 28, 2024
Jennifer Aniston Slams J.D. Vance's Comments About "Childless Cat Ladies" She had words for the vice-presidential candidate. Marie Claire · Jul 25, 2024
Usha Vance announces pregnancy - but who is the second lady of the United States? Usha Vance, like her husband vice-president JD Vance, has been on a rightward political journey Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2024
"The Boys" and our American dystopia Not all heroes wear capes, the saying goes. There is no parallel warning that the scariest supervillains wear robes Salon · Jul 5, 2024
The Goal Of The "Architects of the Supreme Court" Was Always Overruling Chevron, and not Overruling Roe McConnell: "Dismantling the administrative state and empowering people who are actually elected to make decisions has been the motivating force" for nearly every "Federalist Society-type lawyer." Reason · Jul 3, 2024
Salon · Jul 3, 2024 Republicans pulled off their longest con Supreme Court weaponizes the presidency knowing what criminals like Richard Nixon and Donald Trump are capable of
The Texas Tribune · Jul 2, 2024 Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court.
The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2024 What is the fallout if the supreme court grants Trump presidential immunity? Justices to decide Monday on Trump’s claim of absolute immunity over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election
The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024 What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision Friday by the Supreme Court
The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024 Over 300 Jan. 6 riot convictions now in peril after Supreme Court rules on obstruction charge The recent Supreme Court ruling will likely have a small impact on Donald Trump’s federal election intereference case
The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2024 Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become The court’s current justices are some of the most hostile to labor rights in modern US history
International Business Times · Jun 28, 2024 US Supreme Court Rejects Opioid Settlement That Shields Sackler Family The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family, which controlled the drugmaker, from future litigation.
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 Divided Over Purdue Pharma Deal, SCOTUS Unites in Accepting a Dubious OxyContin Narrative The majority and the dissenters agree that the drug was "central" to "the opioid crisis," even though there is little evidence to support that thesis.
The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024 Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against an estimated US$6 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on June 27, 2024, that would have shielded the Sackler family – which owned and controlled the company – from legal liability.
France 24 · Jun 27, 2024 US Supreme Court rejects $6 billion OxyContin settlement shielding Sackler family The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $6 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, who owned the company and earned tens of billions as it flooded the country with the highly addictive drug, from future civil lawsuits over the role they played in…
The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2024 The US supreme court just basically legalized bribery By sheer coincidence, this ruling concerns the sort of generous ‘gifts’ and ‘gratuities’ that justices have been known to accept