Tag: SCOTUS
Supreme Court: Are new ethics rules needed as Gorsuch, Roberts &...
“Because they don’t have an ethics code, you don’t know whether they’re doing things in an above-board way.”
Thomas’ Citizens United vote enabled billionaire benefactor to boost political power
"The Crows' influence-buying and political spending are emblematic of a larger problem: the ongoing attempt by billionaires to purchase our democracy."
Critics say new revelations in judicial record bolster case for Thomas...
"DOJ is the only agency positioned to truly hold Thomas accountable, because Thomas's conduct is more than unethical—it's likely criminal."
US Supreme Court issues second administrative stay on abortion pill access
The Supreme Court issued its second administrative stay, which further pauses the federal court's ruling and halts the new limitations on access to medication abortion.
‘Why are these conflicts allowed?’ corporate giving to group tied to...
"You want to 'preserve #SCOTUS history'?'" said one watchdog group. "Hire a curatorial staff. Don't run a pay-for-play."
‘Disastrous’: SCOTUS upholds Title 42 migrant policy during court fight
"As a Covid control strategy, a humanitarian policy, and a border policy, Title 42 has not only failed but caused irreparable harm on a massive scale."
Right-wing SCOTUS majority signals support for anti-LGBTQ+ reactionaries
"It does not bode well for the future of civil rights law that Gorsuch believes a state imposes 'reeducation training' on employers when it reminds them how to comply with nondiscrimination rules," said one court observer.
The Trump Supreme Court is nothing new
Donald Trump’s three appointments to the court—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—cemented in place a rightward shift in its center of gravity that had begun decades earlier.
‘Corrupt as hell’: Demands for Clarence Thomas to resign follow new...
"Reminder that Clarence Thomas heard election cases while his wife conspired to overthrow democracy."
Fears of another Supreme Court assault on abortion rights grow after...
"I can't believe in a matter of months we've gone from losing the constitutional right to abortion to debating whether doctors can provide lifesaving care to patients."