The U. S. Supreme Court set the wheels in motion for intense political speculation when it decided to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that protects unborn children after 15 weeks. A central question in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center is whether a state may ban pre-viability abortions. In Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS stated that states could not … Continued
Senate Democrats are ready to quickly fill any Supreme Court vacancy that arises, the body’s top Democrat said in a letter to colleagues on July 9. “Senate Democrats stand ready to expeditiously fill any potential vacancies on the Supreme Court should they arise,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated in the note. Schumer also promised that the upper … Continued
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a potentially landmark case challenging a Maine law that bans families from participating in a student-aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools. The Institute for Justice (IJ), along with First Liberty as co-counsel, represents the parents in Carson v. Makin, and will … Continued
The decision, in a pair of cases from Arizona about out-of-precinct voting and collection of mail-in ballots, could make it more difficult for voting rights activists to challenge a slew of new voting restrictions Republicans are seeking to implement in states across the country. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of the state of … Continued
Siding with student-athletes, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the organization’s bid to maintain limits on education-related compensation for them that critics have said help maintain the fiction of amateurism in college sports. The court ruled 9-0 that the NCAA’s curbs on non-cash payments to college athletes … Continued
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Nestle USA and Cargill could not be sued for alleged human rights abuses that occurred overseas. The plaintiffs, six Mali citizens enslaved as children on Ivory Coast cocoa farms supplying the food giants, sued Nestle and Cargill for damages, alleging the companies had aided and profited from child labor. The court ruled the … Continued
The Supreme Court is poised for a whirlwind end of term, with justices expected to clear the court’s docket of more than 20 pending cases before July. The remaining disputes could yield several landmark decisions and provide the clearest indication yet of the 6-3 conservative court’s increasingly rightward tilt, with former President Trump’s nominees now accounting … Continued
The recent left-wing push for Justice Stephen Breyer to retire in favor of a younger liberal justice is likely to make the Supreme Court more conservative, at least on the margins. Advocacy groups and liberal law professors are practically muscling the 82-year-old Clinton appointee off the bench, with memories of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg … Continued
As the Supreme Court wraps up its spring term, the justices are preparing to weigh in on a series of hot-button issues, including healthcare, voting laws, and college athlete compensation. It has been a tumultuous year for the court. Just before the justices began hearing cases last fall, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, long the most … Continued
One of the three liberals on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer, is coming out with a book that will pan the Democrats’ agenda on court packing, according to the Washington Examiner. Breyer’s “The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics” is due to be released Sept. 7, 2021. He is one of three … Continued
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take a major abortion case and would consider Mississippi’s appeal of a lower court ruling that reversed a ban on most abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case will grant the Supreme Court the opportunity to reconsider landmark abortion rulings including Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. With Roe … Continued
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter implored the Supreme Court to hear a Mississippi case that could allow states to ban abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. Hunter’s remarks came after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, signed a so-called trigger bill April 27 that would automatically outlaw abortion in the state if the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, … Continued
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