Motorists suing Virginia urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 5 to require the state to pay their attorney’s fees after they met with partial success in a civil rights lawsuit challenging a policy on driver’s license suspensions. The case … Continue reading Virginia motorists take fight with state over attorney fees to Supreme Court
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in Washington state court against the city of Spokane, Washington, on Aug. 1, claiming that local anti-public camping ordinances unfairly punish homeless people for being homeless. Spokane, located in the eastern … Continue reading ACLU sues Spokane over anti-public camping ordinances after US Supreme Court ruling
A federal judge ordered a California community college on Aug. 2 not to enforce a poster policy that was used against three students whose anti-communist posters were taken down. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston found that the poster policy of … Continue reading Federal court orders California college to drop censorship policy
A Catholic, pro-life community health clinic sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week in federal court over his efforts to shut down abortion pill reversal services. The new legal complaint in Culture of Life Family Services Inc. v. Bonta … Continue reading Pro-life pregnancy help clinic sues California AG Bonta over abortion pill reversals
A federal judge on July 29 temporarily put on hold a challenge to the capital city’s ban on “assault weapons.” Second Amendment advocates say the ban is unconstitutional; gun control supporters say it promotes public safety. Gun rights activists say … Continue reading Federal judge pauses challenge to DC’s ‘assault weapons’ ban
The Supreme Court said on July 31 that it will formally consider on Sept. 30 whether to hear a challenge to Michigan’s ban on government funding of religious schools. The case comes as the school choice movement, which aims to … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider challenge to Michigan ban on religious school funding on Sept. 30
The state of Louisiana and a bloc of black voters asked the Supreme Court on July 30 to uphold an election map that created a second black-majority congressional district in Louisiana. The new legal filings came after the Supreme Court … Continue reading Louisiana, black voters urge Supreme Court to uphold congressional map with 2 black-majority districts
Most Americans don’t currently approve of the way the U.S. Supreme Court is conducting its business, a negative trend that began in 2021, according to the findings of a new Gallup poll. Americans remain sharply divided along partisan lines on … Continue reading Public approval of Supreme Court remains near historic lows, Gallup says
The Supreme Court announced on July 26 that it will hold oral arguments for nine cases in October and seven cases in November, including a Medicare-related appeal. Among the other cases to be heard this fall are claims from military … Continue reading Supreme Court schedules hearings in hospitals’ Medicare payment dispute and other cases
The Supreme Court stated that it will hear San Francisco’s challenge to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water pollution regulations on Oct. 16. The July 26 announcement came as several water management agencies and local governments filed a brief with the … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear San Francisco’s challenge to EPA water pollution regulation
A Roman Catholic diocese is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a New York appeals court ruling that requires religious charities to provide abortion coverage in their employee health insurance packages. Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at the … Continue reading NY church to appeal to Supreme Court on abortion coverage ruling
The Supreme Court announced on July 26 that it will hear several high-profile cases in the fall, including a challenge to federal regulations about “ghost guns” and a shareholder lawsuit against tech giant Nvidia. The court is currently on its summer recess and will resume hearing oral arguments on Oct. 7. Gun Case The gun case, Garland v. VanDerStok, will be heard on Oct. 8, the court stated. “Ghost gun” is a term used by gun control advocates to describe a homemade firearm that doesn’t have a serial number and therefore can’t be tracked by law enforcement. Although some states … Continue reading Supreme Court sets hearing dates for ‘ghost gun’ appeal, Nvidia lawsuit, and death row case
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on July 25 that it will consider on Sept. 30 whether to hear the death row appeal of Ruben Gutierrez, who was convicted in the 1998 murder of a mobile home park manager in Texas. … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider Texas death row inmate’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on July 22 to rehear an appeal by a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee who asked to set aside his convictions for the murder of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and related crimes he committed … Continue reading Supreme Court declines rehearing former Guantanamo detainee’s appeal
The Supreme Court refused on July 22 to rehear a lawsuit that was filed against three justices because they rejected a previous lawsuit aimed at lawmakers who certified the 2020 election victory of President Joe Biden. In a rare move, … Continue reading 3 Supreme Court justices recuse 2nd time in case accusing them of wrongly rejecting 2020 election lawsuit
San Francisco will invoke the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling from last month that weakened federal regulators’ power in its upcoming case challenging federal wastewater discharge regulations, according to a brief that the city filed with the high court on July … Continue reading San Francisco invokes Supreme Court’s bureaucracy-weakening ruling in lawsuit against EPA
A pro-life sidewalk counseling organization asked the Supreme Court last week to invalidate a Carbondale, Illinois, law that forbids protests and outreach within a so-called bubble zone outside abortion clinics. The group, Coalition Life, argues that the 2023 law violates sidewalk counselors’ First Amendment right to approach women near abortion facilities to advise them of alternatives to abortion. Similar laws exist in other states such as New Hampshire and Montana. The petition in Coalition Life v. City of Carbondale was docketed by the nation’s highest court on July 18. The local disorderly conduct ordinance being challenged makes it illegal—within 100 … Continue reading Pro-life group asks Supreme Court to strike down Illinois city’s abortion counseling restrictions
A schoolchild and her mother asked a federal appeals court this week to decide whether a child should have been punished for making what their lawyers call an innocuous drawing that arose out of a history lesson in class. The … Continue reading California family appeals ruling punishing 1st grader for school drawing
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on July 17 that it will formally consider on Sept. 30 whether to hear an appeal related to Mexico’s ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers. The court stated that it will consider the … Continue reading US Supreme Court to consider whether to allow Mexico’s lawsuit against US gun makers to proceed
West Virginia filed an appeal on July 16 with the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the state’s law that prevents male athletes from playing on school sports teams designated for females. The state’s Save Women’s Sports Act, enacted in 2021, … Continue reading West Virginia asks Supreme Court to lift stay on transgender sports ban