Tag: SCOTUS
Occupied bodies: How SCOTUS’ repeal of Roe and the Israeli Supreme...
It is possible that a majority of American women will have fewer rights over their own bodies than the Muslim women living in 29 M.
US Senate confirms Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
Jackson will become the first Black woman and public defender to serve in 233 years.
Unpacking Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearings
If confirmed to the Supreme Court, she would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, for whom Jackson formerly clerked.
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: 7 questions...
Alexis Karteron, director of the Constitutional Rights Clinic at Rutgers University Law School, gives her impressions of the nomination.
With Alabama ruling, SCOTUS delivers ‘another major blow’ to Voting Rights...
"We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections," declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement. After serving for 27 years, Breyer, 83, will step down from his lifetime position at the end of the term in June.
Supreme Court blocks Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine rule for businesses
The Supreme Court ruled that under the law that created OSHA it "empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures."
As SCOTUS considers ‘extinguishing’ right to abortion, calls mount for Congress...
“Despite the protections that the legal framework like Roe provides, it has never been enough,” said one doctor. “We continue to work toward reproductive justice.”
Why do Supreme Court justices keep saying they’re not hacks?
If you don’t want to be considered political hacks, stop being political hacks.
Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious liberty over LGBTQ rights—and nods to...
As Justice Gorsuch concluded in his concurring opinion, “dodging the question today guarantees it will recur tomorrow.”
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.
White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?