Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said on Sept. 1 that she is open to an enforceable code of conduct being imposed on the court’s justices. Jackson, who replaced Justice Stephen Breyer in June 2022, made the comment on “CBS … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Jackson supports a code of conduct for justices
The federal government urged the Supreme Court this week to deny Oklahoma’s request to restore a canceled $4.5 million family planning grant. The request came after a federal appeals court rejected another state’s application to reinstate grants under the same … Continue reading HHS urges Supreme Court to withhold federal funds to Oklahoma after appeals court ruling
The Supreme Court on Aug. 28 turned down President Joe Biden’s request to reinstate a $475 billion student loan relief plan weeks after an appeals court blocked the program. Justice Brett Kavanaugh referred the application to the full court, which denied it. No dissents were recorded. The Supreme Court said it “expects that the Court of Appeals will render its decision with appropriate dispatch.” The case remains pending in the lower courts. The SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education) plan that Education Secretary Miguel Cardona first proposed in August 2022 would reduce monthly payments for millions of eligible borrowers and … Continue reading Supreme Court declines to reinstate $475 billion student loan relief program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 26 to throw out San Francisco’s challenge to federal wastewater discharge regulations. The government’s new brief offers insights into the oral arguments the federal government will make when … Continue reading EPA urges Supreme Court to dismiss San Francisco’s appeal over wastewater rules
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 26 to uphold the cancelation of the visa of a Palestinian man who married a U.S. citizen and then was accused of a sham marriage. The new brief previews … Continue reading DHS asks Supreme Court to uphold cancelation of visa over sham marriage
President Joe Biden asked the Supreme Court on Aug. 23 to reinstate a $475 billion student loan relief plan two weeks after an appeals court blocked the program. The government’s emergency application in the heavily litigated case was filed on … Continue reading Biden asks Supreme Court to lift injunction against student loan relief plan
The National Rifle Association (NRA) told the Supreme Court on Aug. 20 that the federal regulation governing so-called ghost guns is unconstitutional and should be struck down. “Ghost gun” is a term some use to describe a privately made or … Continue reading NRA asks Supreme Court to strike down regulation on ‘ghost guns’
The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court on Aug. 19 to prevent 41,000 registered voters from voting in the November presidential election because they allegedly did not provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Arizona is a hotly contested battleground … Continue reading RNC asks Supreme Court to block 41,000 Arizona voters over alleged lack of citizenship proof
Silicon Valley giant Nvidia urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 13 to turn away a shareholders’ fraud lawsuit, alleging that they falsely claimed that the company’s CEO made public statements that contradicted its own internal reports. The new filing previews … Continue reading Nvidia urges Supreme Court to dismiss shareholder lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told the Supreme Court on Aug. 15 it should not have to give millions of dollars in grants to Oklahoma that the agency withdrew over the state’s refusal to provide abortion referrals. HHS argues Oklahoma should lose the funding because it made clear it would not include abortion in its information offerings about family planning services. Funding flows to states under Title X of the Public Health Service Act of 1970. The money may be used for family planning services but may not be used for abortions. A 2021 HHS regulation … Continue reading HHS tells Supreme Court Oklahoma’s opposition to abortion disqualifies it from federal aid
A former police officer challenging the federal government’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 13 to strike down that rule. The new filing previews the arguments that will be … Continue reading Supreme Court urged to overturn federal ‘ghost gun’ regulation
The federal government urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 13 to reinstate a $475 billion student loan relief plan after an appeals court ruling blocked key parts. The new emergency application filed by Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar came after the … Continue reading US government asks Supreme Court to reinstate student loan relief plan
States that have permissive policies on squatting—a growing phenomenon in the United States—need to make the practice a criminal offense, the writers of a new report from Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) say. Squatting is occupying an unoccupied or abandoned area … Continue reading States need to make it easier to evict squatters, report says
Texas told the Supreme Court on Aug. 10 that it wants to press on with a pending emergency application to halt the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed student loan relief plan even after a federal appeals court blocked key parts … Continue reading Texas asks Supreme Court to consider challenge to student loan relief plan
Facebook told the Supreme Court on Aug. 9 that it did not violate U.S. securities regulations when it failed to publicly disclose that now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had misused Facebook user data. The statement offers a preview of … Continue reading Facebook denies liability in Supreme Court harvested voter data case
J. Michael Waller today kindly posted my blog item from May 12, 2009, “Soros lawyer Rosa Brooks working in the Pentagon,” on X, formerly Twitter. Mr. Waller wrote: “Just rediscovered @MattVadum‘s piece from 15 years ago about Rosa Brooks, the extremist lawyer who, years later, would spearhead the political war games to use military force against Donald Trump and his supporters. @capitalresearch[.]” Here is what I wrote in 2009: Rosa Brooks, a radical, anti-American academic who shares Michael Moore‘s dissenting views on the War on Terror and the Islamo-fascist threat, has been installed by President Barack Obama as advisor to Michelle Flournoy, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Brooks … Continue reading From the archives: Soros lawyer Rosa Brooks working in the Pentagon
U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 8 for “immediate review” of its appeal in Mexico’s ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. firearms companies. The request was made after a lower court on Aug. … Continue reading US gun maker asks US Supreme Court to expedite its appeal of Mexico’s lawsuit
Oklahoma asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to force the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release millions of dollars in grants the agency withdrew over the state’s refusal to provide abortion referrals. HHS takes the … Continue reading Oklahoma urges Supreme Court to restore family planning grants from HHS
Hospitals serving poor people urged the Supreme Court on Aug. 7 to consider whether they are being shortchanged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The case, Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, will be heard on … Continue reading Hospitals’ dispute over Medicare reimbursements reaches Supreme Court
Pet owners who sued two pet food makers over their requirements for a veterinarian’s prescription urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 5 to overturn a precedent that they fear will impede their case. Since its filing in Missouri in … Continue reading Lawsuit over top brand pet food marketing reaches Supreme Court