A group called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) sued Harvard University alleging discrimination against Asian-Americans in admissions through the use of soft factors.

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The Supreme Court denied President Donald Trump’s request to halt the enforcement of a subpoena to hand over his tax returns to New York prosecutors.

The justices did not explain their choice. Trump followed with a scathing statement.

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No surprise here. The Supreme Court has refused to accept a case challenging the Pennsylvania election result, on the basis that the mail-in ballot procedures were illegal, as “moot”.

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The Supreme Court issued an Order last night partially enjoining California’s total ban on indoor church services, but leaving in place restrictions on “singing and chanting” during services (seriously).

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One question that came up repeatedly during the 2020 election was whether or not Democrats would try to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. In October, Biden was still still not providing a definitive answer.

Now he is forming a commission to study Supreme Court reform.

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Multiple news organizations are reporting that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not preside at the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump no longer will be president as of noon on January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden is sworn in. At some point after that, possibly just hours, the Senate under control of Democrats will initiate an impeachment trial of the then-former president.

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During my round up of post-election news on December 21, 2020, I noted a new filing regarding Pennsylvania:

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There have been several post-election developments in the last few days.

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The U.S. Supreme Court (6-3) has dismissed a challenge to a Trump administration plan to exclude counting illegal aliens in the part of the Census count for congressional redistricting purposes. One of the grounds for dismissal was, wait for it, lack of standing.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling in Texas’ lawsuit challenging election procedures in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The lawsuit divided the nation, with roughly half the states supporting and opposing the lawsuit, respectively.

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After the September 18th passing of longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump and Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell both made it crystal clear that a nomination to replace her would be made and that confirmation hearings would be held before Election Day.

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The 3 p.m. deadline for responses to Texas’ Supreme Court lawsuit has passed, and the court docket page still seems to be updating as of this writing.

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Texas has sued Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking, among other things, permission to file a Bill of Complaint, and emergency injunctive relief. Responses must be filed by December 10, at 3 p.m.

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So, I didn’t see this coming. The State of Texas has sued Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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A lot of people read a lot into Justice Samuel Alito setting December 9, 2020, as the date for Pennsylvania and its officials to respond to the Emergency Application for Injunctive Relief filed by people challenging the Pennsylvania certification. The argument was that Alito was going to let the applicati...