The Supreme Court has ruled in two cases whether Trump’s financial records and tax returns are subject to subpoena.
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Supreme Court upholds religious exemption from Obamacare contraceptive mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court issued two important religious liberty decisions today. Both were 7-2 decisions with Sotomayor and Ginsburg in dissent.
The first and most high profile was Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, involving regulations allowing entities with religious or morality objections to the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. The lower courts...
Supreme Court unanimously upholds states’ right to penalize Faithless Electors
The Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving whether states may require that Electors of the Electoral College vote in accordance with the popular vote in the state.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Law Requiring Abortionists Have Hospital Admitting Privileges
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts as the deciding vote, to strike down a Louisiana law that requires abortionists have hospital admitting privileges.
Roberts said he voted because he had to follow precedent.
Supreme Court Rules 5-4 That Trump Admin Cannot Cancel DACA
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot cancel DACA.
Chief Justice John Roberts and other liberal judges wrote the opinion.
SCOTUS Rules 6-3 to Protect LGBT From Job Discrimination
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a decision that protects LGBT people from job discrimination.
They decided “that an employer who fires a worker for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which already protected people from sex discrimination.”
SCOTUS: Roberts Joins Liberals To Reject Injunction in California Religious Discrimination Lockdown
The Supreme Court has handed petty tyrants throughout the land license to discriminate against religious groups in ordering pandemic lockdowns and restrictions. From this point forward an argument that had succeeded in many lower courts will hold no sway.
SCOTUS Denies Emergency Injunction After Illinois Agrees “Religious Gatherings will no Longer be Subject to Mandatory Restrictions”
On May 27, 2020, we noted that two Religious Liberty Lockdown Cases Reach SCOTUS, one from Illinois and one from California. That post has links and excerpts from the respective cases.
Religious Liberty Lockdown Cases Reach SCOTUS
There are at least two cases in which we may get rulings soon from the U.S. Supreme Court on issues of religious liberty in the age of lockdown.
Both cases allege that religious groups are being treated more harshly than secular businesses and groups. This type of disparate treatment has been at...
Supreme Court blocks release of Mueller secret grand jury evidence sought by House Judiciary Committee
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an attempt by the House Judiciary Committee to obtain secret grand jury material in the Mueller Russia collusion probe, as had been ordered by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Here is the text of the Order:
Republicans gearing up to fill possible Supreme Court vacancy this election year
Can you feel the tension? Every time Ruth Bader Ginsburg goes to the hospital or has a medical diagnosis or procedure, you can feel it. What if this is the time?
Supreme Court dismisses major 2d Amendment case as ‘moot’
The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed as “moot” a lawsuit challenging a New York City gun regulation, thus disposing without a substantive ruling of the first major 2nd Amendment case the court had taken in over a decade, ...
Supreme Court Postpones Arguments for March Session Due to Coronavirus
The Supreme Court announced this morning it will postpone arguments during the March session.
Trump ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Rule Continues, Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Injunction
The Supreme Court, once again, has put on hold a lower court injunction trying to prevent Trump from exercising his lpower over who enters the country.
Amy Howe reports:
Should Schumer Face Censure for Threatening Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh?
Last week at a pro-abortion rally, Senate Majority Leader Schumer verbally threatened Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch saying, “You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price! You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions!” in reference to abortion.
McConnell Admonishes Schumer’s SCOTUS Threats, Schumer Walks Back Threats… Kind of
Is anyone buying Schumer’s nonpology?
During a pro-abortion rally, Senate Majority Leader Schumer threatened Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
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