Tag Archives: Supreme Court

NBC News reports: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election after a new report said an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and before President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Some Trump …

“I spoke directly with Justice Alito about the flag story in the NYT. In addition to what’s in the story, he told me a neighbor on their street had a ‘F— Trump’ sign that was within 50 feet of where children await the school bus. “Mrs. Alito brought this up with the neighbor. According to Justice Alito, things escalated and …

The New York Times reports: After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag. One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of Supreme …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court preserved – for now – a Louisiana electoral map with two of the state’s six congressional districts majority Black – a ruling on Wednesday with implications for the Nov. 5 election that will determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. The justices granted a request by state officials and a group of …

The Washington Post reports: After facing harsh questions about his judicial decisions and accepting lavish gifts from a billionaire, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas forcefully pushed back on his critics Friday — saying he and his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, have endured “nastiness” and “lies.” “What you are going to find, especially in Washington, is that people are going to …

The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The justices rejected an emergency appeal filed by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry. The provision of House Bill 1181, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, remains in …

CBS News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from Peter Navarro, who was former President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser in the White House, to get out of prison while he appeals a conviction for contempt of Congress. Navarro reported to federal prison in Miami in mid-March to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a congressional …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s attempt to challenge the terms of an agreement he reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission that required a lawyer to review some of his social media posts. The justices rejected Musk’s appeal of a ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed poised on Thursday to narrow the scope of the criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump on charges that he plotted to subvert the 2020 election. Such a ruling, endorsing at least part of Mr. Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution, would most likely send the …

NBC News reports: Tackling an unprecedented and politically fraught issue, the Supreme Court on Thursday considers former President Donald Trump’s assertion of total immunity from criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. The court will take on the novel legal question of whether a former president can be prosecuted for what Trump’s attorneys say were “official …

Quinnipiac Polling reports: Two-thirds of voters (66 percent) think abortion should be legal in either all cases (34 percent) or most cases (32 percent), while 27 percent of voters think abortion should be illegal in either most cases (22 percent) or all cases (5 percent). Support for legal abortion (66 percent) is at the highest level in two decades of …

SCOTUSblog reports: Less than a month after the justices heard oral arguments in a case seeking to roll back access to one of the drugs used in medication abortions, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in another case involving abortion. At issue in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States is whether emergency rooms in …

Law & Crime reports: The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were uninterested in Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake’s far-reaching attempt to ban Dominion Voting Systems’ machines from use in Arizona elections and beyond, sending her petition to the dust bin despite the hype generated around the failed effort. In an orders list on Monday, SCOTUS jettisoned the case …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the Biden administration can lawfully regulate so-called ghost guns — firearms that are made from kits available online that people can assemble at home. The justices took up a Biden administration appeal in defense of regulations that a lower court invalidated. The provisions in question are currently in …

Liz Cheney writes in a New York Times op-ed: On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump’s arguments that he is immune from prosecution for his efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election. It is likely that all — or nearly all — of the justices agree that a former president who attempted to seize power and remain …

Reuters reports: Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward an obstruction charge brought by the Justice Department against a Pennsylvania man in the 2021 Capitol attack – a case with possible implications for the prosecution of Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. The justices heard arguments in Joseph Fischer’s appeal of a lower …

ABC News reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a high-stakes case that could invalidate felony obstruction charges for more than 300 individuals connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — including former President Donald Trump. At issue in the case of Fischer v. United States is whether a federal law enacted in 2002 to prevent …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a group of House Republicans challenging the establishment of metal detectors in the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The rejection comes after three House Republicans, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), appealed to …

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and prominent election denier, who unsuccessfully argued his rights were violated when FBI agents seized his phone in 2022. The federal government was investigating the sharing of sensitive information from Colorado’s computerized voting systems. Lindell was a key ally of Donald …

NBC News reports: Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was not present at the court for oral arguments on Monday, with the court giving no reason for his absence. Chief Justice John Roberts said in court that Thomas “is not on the bench today” but would “participate fully” in the two cases being argued based on the briefs and transcripts. …