Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Law & Crime reports: Months after Elon Musk’s X Corp. urged the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to find that special counsel Jack Smith unlawfully forced Twitter to hand over evidence of Trump’s “private communications” without the former president’s knowledge of the Jan. 6 probe-related action, the high court on Monday refused to take up the case and offered …

CBS News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a clash between a federal emergency care law and Texas’ near-total ban on abortion, declining to provide clarity over whether states with the most restrictive laws must provide abortion care in certain emergency circumstances. The court’s rejection of the Biden administration’s appeal leaves in place a lower court decision that …

Politico reports: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the government of Mexico can sue the leading gun manufacturers in the U.S. for allegedly fueling drug cartel violence south of the border. The justices announced Friday that they will hear the gunmakers’ challenge to an appeals court ruling that would allow the unusual, $10 billion lawsuit to proceed in …

NPR reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed New York to block former-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the state’s 2024 general election ballot. “The application for writ of injunction presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied,” the court said in a one-sentence order. Two New York state courts ordered Kennedy removed …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s last-ditch request to be included on the ballot in Nevada, a key swing state. The court in a brief unsigned order left in place a decision by the Nevada Supreme Court that blocked Stein from appearing on the ballot over a dispute concerning whether the …

From the Justice Department: An Alaska man was arrested yesterday in Anchorage for allegedly threatening to injure and kill six U.S. Supreme Court Justices and some of their family members. According to court documents, between March 10, 2023, and July 16, Panos Anastasiou, 76, sent over 465 messages to the Supreme Court through a public website the court maintained. “We …

The New York Times reports: An eccentric German princess who evolved from a 1980s punk style icon to a conservative Catholic known for hobnobbing with far-right figures said on Monday that she hosted Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his wife at her castle during a July 2023 music festival. Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis also told The New …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt. The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. The Education Department issued a regulation finalizing its Saving on …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived part of an Arizona voter law requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, in response to a request from the Republican National Committee and Arizona Republicans. The justices agreed to reinstate a provision of the law after a federal judge blocked it in response to legal challenges by …

USA Today reports: A divided Supreme Court on Friday left in place lower court orders blocking changes to sex discrimination rules for schools in many states while new protections for transgender students under Title IX are being challenged. The Biden administration, in an emergency request, had argued the court orders were too sweeping and some of the updates should be …

The Hill reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action to revive an Arizona law requiring voter registration applicants show proof of citizenship when using a state form. The request, docketed Friday, also asks to reinstate Arizona’s prohibition of voting in presidential elections or by mail if someone has not met the proof-of-citizenship requirement, …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a long-shot lawsuit brought by Missouri attempting to block legal proceedings in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. The court rejected Missouri’s bid to sue the state of New York, meaning the justices will not lift the gag order or delay sentencing in the …

The New York Times reports: Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional private travel provided by the wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow, a top Democratic senator said in a letter on Monday. Customs and Border Protection records revealed that the justice and his wife, Virginia Thomas, took a round trip between Hawaii and New Zealand in November 2010 on …

The Guardian reports: Chuck Schumer will introduce a bill in the Senate today to declare explicitly that presidents do not have immunity from criminal conduct, overriding last month’s supreme court ruling that Donald Trump has some immunity for his actions as president. The No Kings Act, which would apply to presidents and vice-presidents, has more than two dozen Democratic co-sponsors. …

“And as far as this binding code of conduct for justices, knowing how these people operate, I would fight this proposal with every ounce of energy that I have. Because we know exactly what’s going to happen here. Every conservative justice will be constantly brought under investigation and no liberal will ever be investigated. And in the end, conservatives literally …

“This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Their calls to expand and pack the Court will soon resume. It is telling that Democrats want to change the system that has guided our nation since its founding simply because they disagree with some of the Court’s recent decisions. …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday will propose sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but a deeply-divided Congress means the changes have little chance of becoming law. Biden will propose the changes, as well a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad presidential immunity, during a speech …

The Washington Post reports: A business executive and philanthropist has pledged $30 million to launch a first-of-its-kind center pushing to overhaul the Supreme Court, after a series of ethics controversies and conservative rulings prompted rising scrutiny of the justices. The major gift from Jim Kohlberg, chairman and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg & Co., will fund research, public …

The Washington Post reports: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans. He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity …

The Daily Beast reports: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been accused of not disclosing a yacht trip to Russia and a private helicopter flight to a palace in President Vladimir Putin’s hometown, among a slew of other gifts and loans from businessman Harlan Crow. Buried on page 14 of a letter that two Democratic senators sent to Attorney General …