Tag: SCOTUS
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.”
The Supreme Court’s looming dark money decision
The Court could reinforce the growing influence of this type of secret funding for political campaigns.
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Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."