A federal appeals court appears skeptical of Biden administration arguments given on May 17 that a lower court ruling overturning a decades-old U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of abortion pill mifepristone was wrongly decided. The case is one … Continue reading Appeals court seems skeptical of Biden admin arguments in favor of abortion pill
Senate Democrats unveiled a new bill that would pack the Supreme Court by adding four new seats beyond the current nine seats, a move that could lead to the loss of the court’s current conservative majority. The legislation comes after … Continue reading Democrat bill would pack Supreme Court to lessen conservative influence
A Second Amendment group won a preliminary injunction on May 16 against parts of a New Jersey gun control law that restricts the ability of those with a concealed weapon permit to actually carry firearms in public. The state immediately … Continue reading Second Amendment advocates win major challenge to NJ’s strict concealed carry law
The Supreme Court sided on May 15 with a condemned man in Alabama who wants to be executed by nitrogen gas instead of lethal injection, refusing to set aside a stay of execution by lethal injection previously granted by the … Continue reading Supreme Court sides with inmate who wants to be executed with nitrogen gas
The Supreme Court will consider whether the South Carolina legislature racially gerrymandered the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican. The case will be closely watched, given the Republicans’ thin current majority in the U.S. House of … Continue reading Supreme Court to consider if GOP lawmakers racially gerrymandered South Carolina district
The Supreme Court decided on May 15 to take up a long-running dispute between former President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The case goes back to 2017, when Trump had … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear dispute over Trump’s former DC hotel
Tina Trent (website) is sending out an urgent appeal to help a victim in need. Here it is: Dear Friends, Tina here. I have never sent an email like this one before, which is why you can see the … Continue reading Hate crime hoax victim, elderly daughter of Holocaust survivor, fighting for her life in Milwaukee
The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. … Continue reading Biden DOJ asks Supreme Court to dismiss major GOP election lawsuit
The Supreme Court ruled 8–1 against journalists seeking documents from a financial control board in Puerto Rico created to deal with the U.S. commonwealth’s fiscal troubles. The majority opinion in the case, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico … Continue reading Supreme Court finds journalists cannot sue Puerto Rican control board
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the public corruption conviction of Joe Percoco, formerly a longtime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a May 11 ruling. The new decision, a defeat for the Biden administration, is a blow to prosecutors and … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns corruption conviction of former Cuomo aide
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled May 11 in favor of a transgender illegal alien from Guatemala seeking asylum who claims he would face persecution if forced to return to his home country. The ruling, a defeat for the Biden administration, … Continue reading Supreme Court sides with transgender asylum claimant in deportation dispute
The Supreme Court narrowly upheld a voter-approved animal welfare law in California on May 11 that bans the sale of pork from hogs unless the animals were raised in a space that exceeds industry norms. The court split 5–4 in its … Continue reading Supreme Court upholds restrictive California pork production law
Two parents are suing state and local officials in Massachusetts in federal court for heavy-handed treatment during a bungled investigation into allegations of child abuse that were later discredited. The plight of the family received national attention in December 2022, … Continue reading Parents who had children taken in police raid sue Massachusetts in federal court
Texas billionaire Harlan Crow refused to answer questions from a Democratic senator who is examining whether gifts such as luxury vacations that Crow gave his friend Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated U.S. tax law. The relationship between Crow and … Continue reading Harlan Crow refuses to answer Democrats’ questions about Justice Thomas, casts probe as illegitimate
Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, seemed to express sympathy in 2000 for elements of a controversial GOP-backed legal theory that would recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, according to the recently unveiled … Continue reading Ex-Supreme Court justice more sympathetic to GOP-backed election theory than previously thought
The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which … Continue reading Supreme Court inches closer to decision in major redistricting case
A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is pushing back against a new report that claims a wealthy Republican donor paid for the private school tuition of the justice’s grandnephew. During the presidency of Donald Trump, Mark Paoletta was … Continue reading ‘Another attempt to manufacture a scandal’: friend of Clarence Thomas hits back at new report targeting the justice
Democrats told a tense oversight hearing that the Supreme Court must adopt a code of conduct governing justices’ behavior or Congress will impose one on them, while Republicans pushed back, saying Democrats have manufactured a phony ethics crisis to justify cracking down on the conservative-led court. Discussion at the May 2 hearing largely centered on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative jurist recently revealed to have taken luxurious vacations provided by wealthy Republican donor Harlan Crow without publicly disclosing them. Democrats say the gifts in themselves are proof of corruption but legal experts say Thomas did nothing wrong in … Continue reading Democrats say Supreme Court should adopt code of conduct as Republicans allege partisan attack
The Supreme Court agreed on May 1 to look at a federal investor protection law after a Wall Street whistleblower claimed his former employer fired him for refusing to paint an unjustifiably rosy picture of market outlooks. The law concerned … Continue reading Supreme Court takes up Wall Street whistleblower retaliation case
The Supreme Court decided on May 1 to consider rolling back a bureaucracy-empowering legal doctrine when it determined it will hear a case challenging a U.S. Commerce Department rule on fisheries inspectors. The court’s ultimate ruling could alter the current … Continue reading Supreme Court takes up major case that could roll back power of federal government