US Supreme Court Tag

ABC Poll: Only 28% of “Nonwhite Americans” Agree That Biden Should Only Consider A Black Woman For SCOTUS

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 30, 2022 33 Comments

Seventy-six percent of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, do not think SCOTUS pick should be based on race/gender. ...

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‘The View’ Smears Justices Clarence Thomas and ACB, Accuses Them of Being Race, Gender Traitors

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 29, 2022 32 Comments

"You could make the case that somebody like Amy Coney Barrett was put in there because she's a white woman. Who they say, well, she’ll go against abortion rights and she's ‘a woman,'" co-host Joy Behar said, putting air quotes around the word "woman."...

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Breyer: I’m Retiring, But Only When My Successor Is Confirmed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2022 109 Comments

Biden has confirmed his campaign promise only to consider Black women for the next vacancy, and will make a nomination by the end of February....

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Remember When Liberal Law Profs Said VP Can’t Cast Tiebreaker On Supreme Court Nominations? I Bet Mitch Does

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2022 67 Comments

Lawrence Tribe 2020 on Barrett nomination: "While the vice president has the power to cast a tiebreaking vote to pass a bill, the Constitution does not give him the power to break ties when it comes to the Senate’s “Advice and Consent” role in approving presidential appointments...

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Report: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Retiring

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2022 137 Comments

Biden has promised to fill a vacancy with a Black woman....

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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 24, 2022 35 Comments

The cases put affirmative action, that is, discrimination in order to achieve racial diversity, squarely on the table for reconsideration....

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Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law Lives, As Lower Court Challenge Process Is In Limbo

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2022 11 Comments

Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to force the 5th Circuit Appeals Court, which has certified questions of state law to the Texas Supreme Court, to send the case back to the District Court for a decision on the merits....

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Three Supreme Court Justices Slam NPR “Mask” Report: “It is false”

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 19, 2022 33 Comments

Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Gorsuch, Sotomayor Debunk Nina Totenberg Report That Gorsuch Rejected Sotomayor Request To Wear A Mask....

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Supreme Court Stays OSHA Large Employer Vax Mandate, Upholds CMS Healthworker Mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2022 130 Comments

Split verdict. 6-3 against OSHA mandate, with liberals dissenting. 5-4 in favor of CMS mandate, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, dissenting....

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Liberal Justices Spread COVID Misinformation During Vaccine Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 07, 2022 113 Comments

Sotomayor: "Why is the human being not like a machine if it's spewing a virus, blood-borne viruses?" ...

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LIVE: Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Biden Vaccine Mandate Cases

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 07, 2022 55 Comments

In each case, expect the non-federal government litigants to focus on whether the agencies involved had the power to impose the mandates, while the goverment will argue that PEOPLE ARE GONNA DIE if the mandates are not upheld....

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Retrospective: The Disruption of Congressional Proceedings During Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 06, 2022 32 Comments

The Supreme Court building even was attacked to try to prevent swearing in....

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Harvard Dropping SAT Requirement for Several More Years Enables More Anti-Asian Discrimination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2021 29 Comments

Melissa Chen: "In light of the lawsuits, this seems convenient for Harvard. Now they can freely discriminate to achieve desired racial quotas without worrying about any data on file that would make such discrimination obvious to the casual onlooker."...

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January 7: Showdown At Supreme Court Over Biden Vax Mandates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2021 42 Comments

Oral argument scheduled in two sets of mandate cases, one involving the OSHA employer mandate and the second involving the CMS mandate....

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Multiple Emergency Applications For Supreme Court To Stop Biden Employer Vaccine Mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2021 36 Comments

OSHA Says Enforcement Starts January 10...

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Elizabeth Warren Pivots Back to Idea of Packing the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 17, 2021 50 Comments

Democrats have shelved the idea of passing the 'Build Back Better' bill for now and have moved on to trying to federalize elections under the guise of voting rights. Elizabeth Warren, however, has circled back to the idea of packing the United States Supreme Court with liberal justices.

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Supreme Court Refuses To Halt NY State Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2021 43 Comments

Gorsuch dissent: "Those who cite medical reasons are exempt. But no comparable exemption exists for individuals whose sincere religious beliefs prevent them from taking one of the currently available vaccines. It seems New York is one of just three States to have a scheme like...

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Supreme Court Leaves Texas Fetal Heartbeat Law In Place, Allows Limited Future Lower Court Challenges

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 10, 2021 50 Comments

In a complicated and contentious decision authored by Justice Gorsuch, Court rules that Texas state judges, clerks, and Attorney General Paxton cannot be sued to challenge the law, but certain state medical licensing officials can be sued....

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