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DC Appeals Court Stays District Court Injunction Reinstating Official Trump Fired (Update – Dellinger Gives Up)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2025 35 Comments

This may signal that the DC Circuit Court of Appeals will take seriously the need to rein in runaway District Court rulings.

SCOTUS Refuses To Halt District Court Order That Gov’t Pay Two Billion To Foreign Aid Contractors

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2025 75 Comments

Roberts and Barrett side with the liberals, Alito "stunned" by ruling: "As the Nation’s highest court, we have a duty to ensure that the power entrusted to federal judges by the Constitution is not abused. Today, the Court fails to carry out that responsibility...."

U.S. Supreme Court Declines Hearing on University ‘Bias Response Teams’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 04, 2025 0 Comments

"Only two justices (Alito and Thomas) indicated their desire to hear this case."

Supreme Court Appears Ready to Give Reverse Discrimination Claims a Big Boost, and DEI a Big Blow

Posted by James Nault on February 27, 2025 12 Comments

Justices hostile to claim that 'majority' plaintiffs have extra burden of proof. Justice Samuel Alito at oral argument raised point EPP made in its Amicus Brief, that discrimination against majority parties (White/Male/Straight) was no longer "rare".

SCOTUS Punts On Whether District Court Can Prevent Trump From Firing Official

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2025 54 Comments

Ruling on the merits is "held in abeyance until February 26, when the TRO is set to expire."

Equal Protection Project Files SCOTUS Brief To Level Legal Playing Field For “Majority” Plaintiffs In Discrimination Cases

Posted by James Nault on December 18, 2024 7 Comments

EPP’s interest was piqued when we learned about a new U.S. Supreme Court case that highlights a strange, judge-made rule that makes it almost impossible for White, male, or other “majority” party plaintiffs in an employment case to prove discrimination in the courtroom and win.

US Supreme Court Poised to Uphold Tennessee’s Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors

Posted by Jane Coleman on December 05, 2024 28 Comments

Chief Justice Roberts: The Constitution leaves the question of whether to ban transgender treatments "to the people's representatives rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor."

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Pennsylvania to Count Provisional Ballots

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 02, 2024 24 Comments

However, the PA Supreme Court issued a stay on ruling allowing state to count undated mail-in ballots.

Democrats Have Assembled an Army of Lawyers in Final Weeks of 2024 Election

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2024 6 Comments

“It’s really just making sure we have systems in place—which we do—to monitor what Republicans are doing everywhere”

Leftist Icon Fran Lebowitz to Bill Maher: Biden Should ‘Dissolve’ the Supreme Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 29, 2024 70 Comments

"It’s not even a court; it's only a court in the sense that the court of Louis XVI was a court, you know."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViiPY5oY_6w

SCOTUS: Anti-Camping Ordinances Applied to Homeless Are Constitutional

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 28, 2024 37 Comments

The Court rejected the argument that preventing homeless camping amounted to 'cruel and unusual punishment.'

Someone Posted the Supreme Court Decision Regarding Idaho Emergency Abortion Case

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 26, 2024 37 Comments

WHY are the two decisions linked to abortion? Someone “accidentally” posted the Supreme Court’s decision for Moyle v. United States. The case relates to an Idaho law that bans abortions in emergency situations. The opinion shows an affirmative vote, 6-3, with Justices Samuel Alito, Neil...

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