Tag: Supreme Court
Federal appeals court maintains block on Trump’s Muslim ban
The big question now is whether or not the Trump administration will appeal to the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals or ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court
Gorsuch has challenged the Obama administration’s requirements for employers to provide health insurance that includes contraception.
Senate Democrats should block all Trump Supreme Court nominee
Republicans did not let Garland Merrick come up for a vote. Why should Democrats allow someone else to?
It’s Citizens Who Will Save Us From Citizens United
Constitutional amendment organizers are confident of an eventual victory. “The push toward justice has always started at the grassroots.”
The U.S. Supreme Court Makes Herstory
This significant legal victory was obtained not only in the chambers Supreme Court but through years of organizing at the grass-roots, in the media and in the halls of the Texas Legislature.
Texas Abortion Law Just Ruled Unconstitutional
SCOTUS rules 5-3 that Texas’s abortion law is unconstitutional.
Tell Your Senators to Do Their Job
Public pressure is the only way to get GOP senators to release their choke hold on the Supreme Court. Public pressure is up to you. Call your senators now, and tell them you want them to do their job.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Latest Effort to Block Air Pollution Rule
Twenty states tried to derail the Obama administration’s mercury regulation.
The Supreme Court Wasn’t Designed For This Political Heat
The confrontation over selecting a successor to Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court shows how politicized our courts have become, exposing judicial decisions as political choices rather than legal ones.
Scalia Leaves the Plutocracy One Vote Short
The timing of a new appointment to the Court could hardly be more dramatic in what has already been proven to be an historically dramatic election year.