US Supreme Court Tag

Free Speech Win: New York Settles with Christian Photographer Over Same-Sex Wedding Case

Posted by Terrance Kible on July 24, 2025 6 Comments

A federal court in New York State initially ruled against the photographer but reversed itself after the landmark Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, a successful challenge to Colorado's anti-discrimination law, on free speech grounds...

Maine Home of Chief Justice Roberts Targeted By Protesters Arriving By Kayak

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2025 54 Comments

From then WI Gov. Scott Walker to 'conservative' Supreme Court Justices, protesting at the homes of political opponents is a tried and true intimidation tactic. And it almost got Justice Kavanaugh killed....

Supreme Court Lifts Injunction, Allows Education Dept. to Continue Layoffs

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 14, 2025 22 Comments

The usual suspects dissented....

Sotomayor Had To Explain The Law To KBJ Like She Was A 5th Grader

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2025 50 Comments

In recent case in which eight Justices voted to grant a stay of a lower court injunction, and KBJ wrote another fiery dissent, Justice Sotomayor wrote a separate concuring opinion directed at KBJ and "explained it to her like she was a fifth grader, in...

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Judge Issues New Nationwide Injunction on Birthright Using SCOTUS Guidance

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 10, 2025 72 Comments

The judge "agreed the plaintiffs could proceed as a class, allowing him to issue a fresh judicial order blocking implementation of the Republican president's policy nationally."...

SCOTUS Grants Trump Another Stay, KBJ Issues Another Fiery Solo Dissent, Drawing Rebuke Even From Sotomayor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2025 80 Comments

SCOTUS (8-1) grants stay permitting Trump administration to develop plans for mass layoffs. "Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is emerging as the great dissenter."...

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Review State Bans On Transgender Athletes In Women’s Sports

Posted by Jane Coleman on July 04, 2025 18 Comments

The Court will decide whether States may ban males who "identify" as females from competing with women and girls....

SCOTUS Overturns District Court Defiance Of Prior Ruling, Decries Sotomayor’s “Provocative Language”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2025 38 Comments

Sotomayor Dissent joined by Jackson: "Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial."...

Supreme Court Refuses to Take School Teacher Free Speech Case – Justice Thomas Files Statement Agreeing with EPP’s Amicus Brief

Posted by James Nault on June 30, 2025 12 Comments

"Let’s cut to the chase: Kari MacRae was fired because she spoke out against woke critical race theory before she was hired. The Supreme Court’s decision not to take up her case is a missed opportunity to uphold the First Amendment."...

SCOTUS Majority Tired of ‘Histrionics And Hysteria’ From Court Liberals

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 29, 2025 52 Comments

Professor Jonathan Turley: "The important thing to remember is that, you know, Justice Barrett delivered what was essentially a pile driver but she didn't do it alone."...

KBJ-isms: I’ll meet your “(wait for it)” and raise you a “full stop”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2025 135 Comments

KBJ's low-brow dissent in the 'birthright citizenship' case is receiving well-deserved mockery....

MSNBC Legal Analysts Are Not Taking the New SCOTUS Decisions Very Well

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 28, 2025 38 Comments

“an existential threat to the rule of law”...

SCOTUS: Parents Can Opt Children Out of LGBTQ+ Instruction, Position Taken By LIF In Amicus Brief

Posted by James Nault on June 27, 2025 45 Comments

"A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses 'a very real threat of undermining' the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill."...

Supreme Court Rules Texas Can Require Age Verification for Porn Sites

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 27, 2025 31 Comments

"Because H. B. 1181 simply requires proof of age to access content that is obscene to minors, it does not directly regulate the protected speech of adults."...

Trump Responds to Supreme Court ‘Birthright Citizen’ Decision

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 27, 2025 7 Comments

SCOTUS ruled the "universal injunctions were likely unauthorized while avoiding the merits of whether birthright citizenship was required under the 14th Amendment."...