Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Charles Koch Secretly Behind Critical SCOTUS Case

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch. …

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SCOTUS Hands Victory To Indiana Trans Students

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide if schools can bar transgender students from using a bathroom that reflects their gender identity, leaving in place a lower court ruling that allowed a transgender middle school boy in Indiana to use the boys’ bathroom. The case arrived at the Supreme Court against the backdrop of a shifting …

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GOP Bill: Only Supreme Court Can Issue Ballot Bans

Fox News reports: Sen. Thom Tillis and a group of Republican senators are introducing a bill on Thursday that would make it so only the Supreme Court can decide whether to block a candidate from the ballot for allegedly engaging in insurrection – a direct response to efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the upcoming …

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X Loses SCOTUS Appeal On Surveillance Disclosures

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Elon Musk’s X Corp to consider whether the social media company, formerly called Twitter, can publicly disclose how often federal law enforcement seeks information about users for national security investigations. The justices declined to hear X’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling holding that the FBI’s restrictions on …

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SCOTUS Agrees To Review Trump’s Colorado Ballot Ban

The Hill reports: The Supreme Court agreed to take up whether former President Trump can be disqualified from appearing on Colorado’s ballot over his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, setting up a historic case that could upend the presidential election. The justices’ order sets the case up to be heard at a speedy pace, with oral arguments …

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Habba: Trump Is Worried About SCOTUS Ballot Ruling

The Hill reports: Former President Trump’s attorney Alina Habba on Wednesday said the former president is concerned the U.S. Supreme Court justices may rule against him in regard to the recent decisions in Colorado and Maine that kicked him off the states’ 2024 primary ballots. Responding to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman’s recent comments about Trump’s concerns, Habba during …

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Trump Appeals Colorado Ballot Ban To Supreme Court

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to ensure he can appear on primary ballots across the country this spring by invalidating a ruling from Colorado’s top court that said Trump is ineligible to serve as president again. Under the Colorado decision, which is also the focus of a separate appeal filed by the …

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John Roberts: AI Will Change How US Courts Operate

Bloomberg News reports: Artificial intelligence will change how US courts do business, though human judges will be around “for a while” yet, Chief Justice John Roberts said. AI tools will change how judges do their jobs and how they understand “the role that AI plays in the cases that come before them,” Roberts said in his end-of-year report. There’s been …

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NYT: Trump Fears SCOTUS Will Uphold Ballot Bans

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump has expressed concern that the conservative justices will worry about being perceived as “political” and may rule against him, according to a person with direct knowledge of his private comments. Unlike with the Colorado decision, which caught many on Mr. Trump’s team by surprise, the former president’s advisers had anticipated the Maine outcome …

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Colorado GOP Appeals Trump Ballot Ban To SCOTUS

The Associated Press reports: The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state’s supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the nation’s highest court over the meaning of a 155-year-old constitutional provision that bans from office those who “engaged in insurrection.” The first impact of …

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SCOTUS Rejects Jack’s Smith Bid On Immunity Issue

CNN reports: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by special counsel Jack Smith to fast-track arguments on whether Donald Trump has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office. The court did not explain its reasoning and there were no noted dissents. The court’s decision is a major blow to Smith, who made …

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Trump Asks SCOTUS To Stay Out Of Immunity Battle

NBC News reports: Lawyers for Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to avoid deciding for now the key issue of whether the former president has broad immunity from actions he took challenging the 2020 presidential elections result. The court filing was in response to special counsel Jack Smith’s request last week asking the justices to circumvent the normal …

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Former WH Lawyer: SCOTUS Will Rule 9-0 For Trump

The Hill reports: Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Tuesday predicted the U.S. Supreme Court could rule “9-0” in favor of former President Trump in a potential appeal of Colorado Supreme Court’s new ruling that would kick Trump off the state’s ballot. “I think this case will be handled quickly, I think it could be 9-0 in the Supreme …

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Florida Man Guilty Of Threat To Kill SCOTUS Justice

NBC News reports: A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice. The guilty plea from 43-year-old Neal Brij Sidhwaney of Fernandina Beach stemmed from a call he made to a Supreme Court justice in July, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday. Prosecutors said that Sidhwaney identified himself by name …

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REPORT: Thomas Threatened To Resign Over His Salary And That’s When All The Luxury Gifts Started Flowing In

ProPublica reports: In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. At the resort, Thomas gave a speech at an off-the-record conservative conference. He found …

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SCOTUS To Review Obstruction Charges For Rioters

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether a defendant arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol can be charged with obstructing an official proceeding in a dispute with potential implications for one of Republican former President Donald Trump’s four criminal cases. The justices took up an appeal by a Jan. …

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Supreme Court To Hear Case Against Abortion Pills

NPR reports: The U.S. Supreme Court reentered the abortion debate Wednesday, agreeing to review a lower court decision that would make mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill, less accessible. The court’s action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year study and supervision of the abortion pill, and the circumstances under which it can be prescribed. The …

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Thomas Pressured To Recuse In Trump Immunity Case

Newsweek reports: Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is facing pressure to recuse himself from a case determining whether Donald Trump can claim presidential immunity from prosecution in a federal indictment against him. Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, suggested Thomas “think twice” about the case. “There’s been enough information raised about Mr. Thomas and his spouse that he ought …

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SCOTUS Agree To Fast-Track DOJ’s Immunity Query

Courthouse News reports: The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a fast-tracked petition asking if Donald Trump can use his status as a former president to claim immunity from criminal charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. The order came only hours after Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the justices to expedite consideration of Trump’s presidential …

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Jack Smith Asks SCOTUS To Decide On Trump Immunity

CNN reports: Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump has any immunity from criminal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office – the first time that the high court will weigh in on the historic prosecution of the former president. The extraordinary request is an attempt by Smith to keep …

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