Search

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWt7rnDNDE

Will Democrats try to ‘Bork’ or ‘Kavanaugh’ SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett? (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2020 70 Comments

What does it mean to be Borked or Kavanaughed? We'll know it when we see it.

“if you want to know why Republicans will confirm a nominee this year, watch this video”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2020 73 Comments

Lindsey Graham: "after the treatment of Justice Kavanaugh I now have a different view of the judicial confirmation process"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWtDFnMBAZk#action=share

Trump Adds Names to Potential SCOTUS Nominee List, Including Cruz, Cotton, and Hawley

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 09, 2020 41 Comments

To the left, it seems the world will literally end if Trump gets to appoint more justices to SCOTUS.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19A1070/147153/20200707185749882_Calvary%20Chapel%20Emergency%20Application%20for%20Injunction%20with%20Appendix%20FINAL.pdf

SCOTUS: Roberts joins liberals again to deny religious protection from discriminatory coronavirus lockdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 25, 2020 67 Comments

Gorsuch Dissent: "The world we inhabit today, with a pandemic upon us, poses unusual challenges. But there is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNPCqcsInQ

Supreme Court: Mixed rulings on grand jury and congressional subpoenas for Trump tax and financial records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2020 64 Comments

Two political wins for Trump: Grand Jury case sent back to lower courts where Trump can raise other objections, and for now his accountants do not have to produce financial records to Democrats in Congress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUnT8IFTScA

Supreme Court upholds religious exemption from Obamacare contraceptive mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2020 23 Comments

Two big religious liberty wins at SCOTUS today, on the contraceptive mandate and separately, barring employment discrimination claims by teachers at religious schools. Both were 7-2, with Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissenting.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

SCOTUS Rules 6-3 to Protect LGBT From Job Discrimination

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2020 94 Comments

Gorsuch: "We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that legislative choice: An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Official_roberts_CJ.jpg

SCOTUS: Roberts Joins Liberals To Reject Injunction in California Religious Discrimination Lockdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2020 86 Comments

It's open season on religious groups. Dissent: "absent a compelling justification (which the State has not offered), the State may not take a looser approach with, say, supermarkets, restaurants, factories, and offices while imposing stricter requirements on places of worship."

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse attacks Judge Neomi Rao, trying to dirty her up for potential SCOTUS nomination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2020 26 Comments

"Where you see Neomi Rao, you can expect a lot of Trumpy dirt to follow. She’s a cartoon of a fake judge. Watch this space."

Republicans gearing up to fill possible Supreme Court vacancy this election year

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2020 33 Comments

Everyone is focused on Ginsburg's health, but would one of the older conservatives (Thomas, Alito) retire at the end of June to make sure the seat is filled by another conservative?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KVqaIaeRpA

A Loss or a Win? Reassessing New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York

Posted by Cody Wisniewski on May 05, 2020 37 Comments

We could have an authoritative Second Amendment opinion by the end of this year, or early next.

Supreme Court dismisses major 2d Amendment case as ‘moot’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2020 40 Comments

Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas Dissent: "By incorrectly dismissing this case as moot, the Court permits our docket to be manipulated in a way that should not be countenanced...."

Will SCOTUS moot its big 2nd Amendment case? An analysis of oral arguments

Posted by Cody Wisniewski on December 14, 2019 22 Comments

Deciding Whether to Decide—What Oral Arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York Signal for the Future of Second Amendment Law at the Supreme Court

Chief Justice Roberts shot down Census citizenship question, but it’s not dead yet

Posted by Jared Samilow on June 30, 2019 31 Comments

Dept. of Commerce gets a do-over on its rationale, and may end up back before SCOTUS.

Supreme Court: No census citizenship question for now, need clarified agency explanation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2019 86 Comments

"In these unusual circumstances, the District Court was warranted in remanding to the agency, and we affirm that disposition."

Supreme Court rejects challenges to partisan gerrymandering

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2019 10 Comments

"partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJbUVbBdcIs

SCOTUS: 1925 Bladensburg ‘Peace Cross’ can stay on public land

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2019 34 Comments

Alito Majority Opinon: "The Religion Clauses of the Constitution aim to foster a society in which people of all beliefs can live together harmoniously, and the presence of the Bladensburg Cross on the land where it has stood for so many years is fully consistent with that aim."

6
7
8
of 15
10
11
12

Search

CONTRIBUTORS