Tag: SCOTUS
The Supreme Court’s looming dark money decision
The Court could reinforce the growing influence of this type of secret funding for political campaigns.
Hypocrite of the age prize to McConnell: ‘Biden’s commission will ‘politicize’...
McConnell didn’t just politicize the selection of justices—he corrupted the entire selection process for our highest court.
Biden creates commission to study Supreme Court expansion, other reforms
"Congress has the power, and the constitutional duty, to set the size of the court, as it has seven times throughout our history."
Supreme Court blocks New York’s restrictions on religion amid COVID-19
The Supreme Court's majority ruled that "even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten."
Supreme Court: A superstore for the super-rich?
This is America, after all, where rich white men can buy whatever they want, including members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.
‘Incapable of rendering equal justice’: 150 groups demand senators reject Coney...
"The undersigned organizations urge the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Judge Barrett and allow the president duly chosen in the 2020 general election to fill the existing Supreme Court vacancy."
Outside Schumer’s home, activists demand Dems block Trump SCOTUS appointment
"Democracy has its eyes on you, Chuck."
Supreme Court leaves order in place permitting Trump administration to construct...
The order, which is temporary, gives the Trump administration authority to start the wall projects where fencing already exists.
Supreme Court declines to overturn lower court decision that bars Floridians...
Voting rights advocacy groups called the Supreme Court's decision "deeply disappointing."
‘Attacking the very foundations’ of church-state separation, SCOTUS delivers ‘seismic shock’...
"A State need not subsidize private education. But once a State decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious."
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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.
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.
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.
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?