SCOTUS ruled 9-0....
"Moreover, the format proposed - a meeting with leaders of only one party who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the Court - simply underscores that participating in such a meeting would be inadvisable."...
“A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal.”...
Supreme Court: the firearms-advocacy group "plausibly alleged" a First Amendment violation after the state alleged coerced insurance companies into not doing business with the NRA...
“And we will, if and when we win back the House and the Senate and the White House. We will look at the Supreme Court and figure out what can be done about that extremely corrupted and contaminated body.”...
Circle jerk: "This incident is yet another example of apparent ethical misconduct by a sitting justice, and it adds to the Court’s ongoing ethical crisis. Justice Alito must recuse himself immediately from cases related to the 2020 election and the January 6th insurrection," says Sen....
Alito: "They [the challengers] provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander, and their circumstantial evidence is very weak."...
“If he gets two appointments, that means he will have appointed five Supreme Court Justices, all of whom will be around or below the age of 60 when he leaves office."...
Open racial animus by Boston school board members and the use of an inherently racist plan to reduce Asian and White student admissions makes this a critical case for SCOTUS to review ...
The Court declined to address an issue that is "roiling parents and school districts from Maine to California": Do secret gender transitioning policies violate parents' fundamental rights?...
"Today, the resistance comes in other insidious forms. An extreme movement led by my predecessor and his MAGA Republican allies, backed by an extreme Supreme Court, gutted affirmative action in college admissions." ...
EPP had urged SCOTUS to take the case of parents denied the right to record school conferences: "parents who have inquired into secretive school policies have been sued, charged with outrageous financial bills simply for requesting school records that are statutorily mandated to be open...
My quick take: "I think they will simply find ...
The parties argued over whether applying the anti-camping ordinance against people without access to shelter was inherently cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendment...
"Reggie Scholars were informed of the plan to end the program in a Tuesday meeting."...
"It’s noteworthy that after nearly two years, there is still no trial date or plea agreement in this case"...
Pressure mounting for her to retire to avoid a Ginsburg scenario. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT): “We should learn a lesson. And it’s not like there’s any mystery here about what the lesson should be. The old saying — graveyards are full of indispensable people, ourselves...
