US Supreme Court Tag

Supreme Court Hears Argument in Biden Administration Social Media Coercion Case

Posted by James Nault on March 18, 2024 35 Comments

With the liberal and conservative wings of the Court entrenched, Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett likely to decide outcome of the case...

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Groundswell of Second Amendment Cases Seems Destined for the Supreme Court

Posted by James Nault on March 17, 2024 50 Comments

Federal courts in blue states seem to be upholding the majority of gun control laws, even after landmark Supreme Court decisions upholding the fundamental right to keep and bear arms...

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Multiple Universities in Ohio Reviewing Race-Based Scholarships

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 12, 2024 0 Comments

“The University of Toledo has paused the distribution of scholarships that consider race as a part of their award criteria following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the use of affirmative action in higher education admissions”...

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Oil Companies Ask SCOTUS to Review Hawaii Supreme Court Decision Allowing Climate Change Suits to Proceed

Posted by James Nault on March 07, 2024 35 Comments

Supreme Court asked to review case with the goal of applying federal, not state, law to climate change lawsuits...

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UPDATE: Supreme Court Reverses Fifth Circuit, Temporarily Halts Texas Immigration Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 04, 2024 34 Comments

The DOJ claimed the stay should be vacated because Texas won't suffer any comparable harm as litigation proceeds. I'd laugh if we didn't have a border crisis....

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Supreme Court Unanimously Reinstates Trump to Colorado Ballot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2024 179 Comments

"Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse."...

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Supreme Court Colorado Trump Ballot Decision Expected Monday Morning

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2024 53 Comments

The Supreme Court has announced that it will release a single Opinion on Monday, March 4, 2024. Since the Colorado primary is on March 5, Super Tuesday, everyone is assuming the Court wants to get the decision out before Tuesday....

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Second Circuit’s Partial Upholding of New York’s Gun Carry Law Appealed to SCOTUS

Posted by James Nault on February 29, 2024 37 Comments

"New York’s 'good moral character' standard is...

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Supreme Court To Hear Trump DC Case Immunity Defense On Schedule Making Trial Before Election Unlikely

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2024 56 Comments

SCOTUS to hear case on the merits "limited to the following question: Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office."...

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SCOTUS Refuses to Take “Race-Neutral” School Discrimination Case – Justices Alito and Thomas Blast Decision

Posted by James Nault on February 20, 2024 30 Comments

For almost three years we have been covering the case of a Virginia High School that changed its admission processes in a way that was supposedly "race-neutral" but that had an immediate and large, negative effect on Asian student enrollment. These changes included eliminating standardized, merit-based testing and using enrollment quota systems at middle schools that demographically boosted Black and Hispanic student enrollment at the expense of Asian students.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Stay Appeals Court Ruling Rejecting Immunity in D.C. Case

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 12, 2024 36 Comments

"This Court should stay the D.C. Circuit’s mandate to forestall, once again, an unprecedented and unacceptable departure from ordinary appellate procedures and allow President Trump’s claim of immunity to be decided in the ordinary course of justice."...

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Hawaiian Supreme Court: “Spirit of Aloha” Supersedes State Individual Carry Rights

Posted by James Nault on February 11, 2024 80 Comments

Court holds that Hawaii gun statutes requiring permitted carry do not violate the Hawaii Constitution nor the Second Amendment...

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“It’s going be a free-for-all in the country if they allow Colorado to get away with” keeping Trump off the ballot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 09, 2024 35 Comments

My appearance on Chicago's Morning Answer talking about the SCOTUS Colorado oral argument and the Special Counsel report about Biden being an “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory”...

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Quick Take On SCOTUS Colorado “Insurrection” Oral Argument: Trump Likely To Stay On Ballot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2024 90 Comments

I'm not sure it's 9-0, Sotomayor may be a dissent, but it sure is looking like a strong majority if not unanimous result of SCOTUS saying: Not us, not now....

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LIVE: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Trump Colorado Primary Ballot Case

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2024 21 Comments

The Supreme Court will hear the arguments in former President Donald Trump's Colorado primary ballot case. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump could be removed under the 14th Amendment.

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Supreme Court Denies Emergency Injunction To Stop West Point Racial Discrimination In Admissions Pending Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2024 47 Comments

"The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing any view on the merits of the constitutional question." ...

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GOP Governors Support Texas Gov. Abbott’s Efforts to Secure Border

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 25, 2024 53 Comments

IMPORTANT: Abbott is *not* defying SCOTUS. The SCOTUS order means the feds can cut wire. It doesn't say TX cannot install more wire or keep the feds away....

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Texas Military Department Not Allowing Border Patrol to Cut Wire in Shelby Park

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 23, 2024 49 Comments

"We remain absolute in our actions to secure our border, preserve the rule of the law, and protect the sovereignty of our State."...

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