REVEALED: 34 - The Real Truth

Chief justice: Judges' safety 'essential' to court system

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.”

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022

Jonathan Bernstein: 5 big political questions for 2023

Political prognosticators are facing a mountain of unknowns for the coming year, starting with whether President Joe Biden will seek a second term. There are other cliffhangers, including whether former President Donald Trump will be indicted and whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy will succeed in getting elected speaker of the House.…

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Supreme Court keeps immigration limits in place indefinitely

The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on people seeking asylum in place indefinitely, dashing hopes of immigration advocates who had been anticipating their end this week

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

Why Does Funding Government Take $1.7 Trillion and 4,000 Pages?

Plus: Title 42 order termination is on hold, the FTC vs. Meta, and more...

Reason · Dec 20, 2022

Suspense, pressure build at border over US asylum rules

Suspense mounted at the U.S. border with Mexico about the future of restrictions on asylum seekers as the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower-court order to stop turning back migrants based rules set in place at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Supreme Court temporarily halts end of Title 42 immigration policy

The controversial policy, set to expire Wednesday, allows the U.S. to expel migrants at the border without the chance for asylum.

Axios · Dec 19, 2022

John Roberts won't save democracy

Roberts may seek a compromise in the Independent State Legislature case — one that locks down minority rule

Salon · Dec 14, 2022

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…

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Former evangelical activist says he 'pushed the boundaries' in Supreme Court dealings

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, the Rev. Rob Schenck said he knew the outcome of a pivotal religious freedom decision weeks before the Supreme Court released it in 2014.

WEKU · Dec 8, 2022

GOP lawyer made "mistake" in SCOTUS case

An attorney in the Moore v. Harper Supreme Court case may have doomed the GOP's effort

Salon · Dec 8, 2022