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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away at 87

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 18, 2020 204 Comments

The Supreme Court confirmed Friday evening that Justice Ginsburg passed away at 87 of complications with pancreas cancer.

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Trump Adds Names to Potential SCOTUS Nominee List, Including Cruz, Cotton, and Hawley

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 09, 2020 41 Comments

President Donald Trump added 20 names to a list of potential SCOTUS nominees to the list he first unveiled in April 2016. The list could help Trump's campaign since 21% of voters have SCOTUS as their main issue.

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SCOTUS: Roberts joins liberals again to deny religious protection from discriminatory coronavirus lockdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 25, 2020 67 Comments

Last night, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberal justices to deny injunctive relief to a church in Nevada which claimed that lockdown rules discriminated against religious groups, allowing much more lenient reopening for secular businesses such as casinos. This case was similar to the case from California, which we wrote about in late May, SCOTUS: Roberts Joins Liberals To Reject Injunction in California Religious Discrimination Lockdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KVqaIaeRpA

Some of Florida ex-felon vote in limbo after SCOTUS ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2020 32 Comments

Why do so many people, Democrat and Republican alike, assume that felons released from prison will vote Democrat, and that a Florida ballot initiative that passed in 2018, restoring voting to ex-felons, would help Democrats? It's not clear that's true, at least not to the extent people assume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF_LNlLptNg

Justice Ginsburg’s Cancer is Back, She’s Receiving Treatment and Will Remain on the Court

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 17, 2020 72 Comments

Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released a statement indicating her cancer is back. She's been undergoing chemotherapy for the last 6 weeks with positive results and plans to remain on the bench.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNPCqcsInQ

Supreme Court: Mixed rulings on grand jury and congressional subpoenas for Trump tax and financial records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2020 64 Comments

The Supreme Court has ruled in two cases whether Trump's financial records and tax returns are subject to subpoena.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUnT8IFTScA

Supreme Court upholds religious exemption from Obamacare contraceptive mandate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2020 23 Comments

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 ruled the regulations unlawful, but the Supreme Court reversed.

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Supreme Court unanimously upholds states’ right to penalize Faithless Electors

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2020 48 Comments

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

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 29, 2020 47 Comments

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

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 18, 2020 99 Comments

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

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2020 94 Comments

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."

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SCOTUS: Roberts Joins Liberals To Reject Injunction in California Religious Discrimination Lockdown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2020 86 Comments

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW1r1PISJW8

SCOTUS Denies Emergency Injunction After Illinois Agrees “Religious Gatherings will no Longer be Subject to Mandatory Restrictions”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2020 15 Comments

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

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2020 34 Comments

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 issue in many lower court cases, but now cases from California and Illinois have emergency motions for injunctive relief submitted to the Supreme Court, with responses due May 28.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvswsAcZvc

Supreme Court blocks release of Mueller secret grand jury evidence sought by House Judiciary Committee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2020 37 Comments

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

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2020 33 Comments

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?

A Loss or a Win? Reassessing New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York

Posted by Cody Wisniewski on May 05, 2020 37 Comments

A lot has been said in a short period of time about the Supreme Court’s opinion handed down in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York just a week ago. Most gun rights supporters are frustrated. Many accuse Chief Justice Roberts of caving to pressure. Some consider the case to be a complete loss. In reality, it is just the opposite.

Supreme Court dismisses major 2d Amendment case as ‘moot’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2020 40 Comments

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, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York.

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