Two top Senate Democrats sent a letter on May 24 to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to pressure Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, security … Continue reading Senate Democrats demand Chief Justice Roberts push Justice Alito to recuse in Trump-related cases
All three liberal justices dissented from the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on May 23 to uphold a congressional redistricting plan in South Carolina, arguing that the court was wrong not to find the new map was a product of race-based … Continue reading Liberal justices dissent from Supreme Court’s ruling upholding new South Carolina election map
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against a major cryptocurrency exchange on May 23, finding that a customer dispute over a sweepstakes should remain in the courts, as opposed to going to arbitration. Coinbase wanted to compel disgruntled customers to participate … Continue reading Supreme Court rules 9–0 against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on May 23 in favor of the federal government in a case about how sentences under a federal three-strikes gun law should be imposed on defendants previously convicted of violent felonies or major drug offenses. … Continue reading Supreme Court sides with government in 3-strikes gun law ruling
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s 200th judge to the federal bench on May 22, a landmark that emphasized, ahead of the upcoming November election, the power a president has to leave a lasting impression on the judicial branch. … Continue reading Senate confirms Biden’s 200th judge as Democrats applaud ‘milestone’
Critics need to leave the Supreme Court “alone,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on May 21. The comment came days after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged that his wife briefly flew a U.S. flag upside down outside their Virginia … Continue reading Sen. McConnell tells critics to leave Supreme Court alone
The Supreme Court declined on May 20 to take up an appeal by a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee who sought to set aside his convictions for the 2002 murder of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and for various crimes … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear former Guantanamo detainee’s appeal
The Supreme Court refused on May 20 to take up a challenge to Maryland’s law that bans so-called assault weapons such as the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. The ruling leaves the prohibition against such weapons in place in the state for … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Maryland’s AR-15 rifle ban
A patient with a dangerous bleeding disorder, along with an out-of-state specialist who treats cancer, is suing California in federal court over a state law that forbids doctors not licensed in the state from providing telehealth services to Californians. Telehealth, … Continue reading Doctor, patient sue California over telehealth restrictions
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 16 that if a federal court determines that a lawsuit involves an arbitrable dispute, and a litigant requests a stay of the proceeding pending arbitration, a federal arbitration law requires the court to … Continue reading Supreme Court rules 9-0 that lower court should have put delivery drivers’ lawsuit on hold
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 16 that a furloughed Department of Defense (DOD) employee who was forced to wait five years for an understaffed government board to decide on his compensation claim is entitled to move forward with … Continue reading Supreme Court sides 9–0 with furloughed Pentagon employee
The Supreme Court on May 16 rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the unusual means Congress uses to fund the powerful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by a vote of 7–2. Some had speculated that the court’s conservative majority … Continue reading Supreme Court votes 7-2 to uphold controversial funding structure for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Supreme Court voted on May 15 to direct Louisiana to use a disputed congressional map that creates a second black-majority district in the state in upcoming elections. Opponents of the redistricting plan said it discriminates against non-black voters, but … Continue reading Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with 2 black-majority districts
A man who claimed he had ties to a militia group received a 10-year prison term on May 14 for pouring gasoline over several Supreme Court Police cars and setting them on fire in 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Royce … Continue reading Man who set Supreme Court Police cars ablaze given 10-year sentence
The Supreme Court turned away, on May 13, a request from a New Jersey-based network of pro-life pregnancy help centers to halt a subpoena from the pro-choice state that would compel it to disclose information about its donors. Donor information … Continue reading Supreme Court allows New Jersey’s subpoena of pregnancy help centers’ sensitive information
The Supreme Court on May 13 rejected an appeal from California prison officials who claimed immunity from lawsuits for transferring inmates with COVID-19 to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in 2020, which allegedly caused an outbreak that left a guard and more than two dozen prisoners dead. The Office of the Inspector General in California described the outbreak as “the worst epidemiological disaster in California correctional history.” California Assemblyman Marc Levine, a Democrat who represents the area, previously called the transport of infected prisoners to the state facility in San Quentin “the worst prison health screw-up in state history.” “We cannot … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear California’s claim of immunity for COVID-19 deaths at prison
A group of non-black voters urged the Supreme Court on May 13 to reject a Louisiana redistricting plan that creates two black-majority districts in the state, arguing the congressional electoral map is racially discriminatory. However the Supreme Court eventually rules … Continue reading Non-black voters urge Supreme Court to reject Louisiana map
The Supreme Court refused on May 13 to take up the case of app developers who accuse Apple of antitrust violations for refusing to make COVID-19 tracking and bitcoin apps available in the company’s App Store. App makers had sued … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear app developers’ antitrust suit against Apple
Louisiana officials asked the Supreme Court on May 10 to reinstate a congressional election map after a federal district court ruled that upcoming elections may not be conducted using the map, which created a second black-majority district. Louisiana says the … Continue reading Louisiana asks Supreme Court to reinstate congressional election map to avoid ‘chaos’
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s new book, which reflects his belief that the United States is over-regulated, will be published this summer. The work, “Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law,” is scheduled to be published on Aug. … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch to release book on over-regulation