MYSTERIOUS: 15 - What They Never Told You

Supreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments

Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term and their summer break can help bruised feelings from tough cases

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Alito says leak of draft abortion ruling put justices at risk of assassination

‘Grave betrayal of trust’ made conservative supreme court justices targets, author of opinion reversing Roe v Wade claims

The Guardian - US · Oct 26, 2022

Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common ground

Justice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Commentary: The illegitimate attacks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy

Legitimacy. The word has dominated discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court for years. Some, mostly on the left, claim that the court has lost its legitimacy. The debate on this question even has spread to the court itself, with comments on the matter made by Justices Elena Kagan, John Roberts…

Chicago Tribune · Oct 6, 2022

Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears open to making it harder to create majority Black electoral districts

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Supreme Court’s liberals mount defense of Voting Rights Act, but outcome of challenge is unclear

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s liberals, including new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, strongly defended the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, arguing that Alabama should be required to draw election maps that give Black voters a chance at equal representation.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 4, 2022

US supreme court hears case that could gut voting rights for minority groups

In Merrill v Milligan, the court will decide whether Alabama’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2022

Supreme Court told minority representation at stake in case - Roll Call

Potential ruling on Voting Rights Act could “obliterate” many majority-minority congressional districts, one attorney said.

Roll Call · Oct 4, 2022

Supreme Court begins new term after Roe v Wade’s collapse. Voting rights and climate protections could be next

The conservative court returns with a new slate of controversial cases while facing allegations of illegitimacy, extremism and partisan judgment. Alex Woodward explains what’s at stake

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

SCOTUS gone wild: They're back for more!

Gutting abortion rights and the EPA wasn't enough. Now the Supreme Court goes for the big prize: Ending democracy

Salon · Oct 3, 2022