The Supreme Court has agreed to review the wire fraud conviction of Louis Ciminelli, who was involved in the scandal-plagued “Buffalo Billion” development plan in upstate New York when Andrew Cuomo was the governor. The case grew out of the ambitious Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear fraud appeal related to Cuomo-era scandal
How twisted is Chief Justice John Roberts? Let us count the ways. The conservative movement worked unceasingly for almost a half-century to undo Roe v. Wade, the 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that shocked the world by abruptly legalizing abortion from coast … Continue reading John Roberts: an enemy of the rule of law: The deranged Chief Justice just doesn’t care
The Supreme Court agreed to review the corruption convictions of Joe Percoco, formerly a longtime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a case that may call into question the legality of honest-services fraud prosecutions. Over the opposition of the Biden administration, the high … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear Cuomo aide’s bribery appeal in pay-to-play scheme
A Texas man was arrested and charged in connection with a terrorist threat he allegedly made against the Supreme Court on social media hours after the court overturned the 1973 abortion precedent Roe v. Wade. Mikeal Deshawn Archambault, 20, of The Colony, … Continue reading Texas man arrested for threatening to use AK-47 rifle against Supreme Court after Roe v. Wade reversal
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Marc Elrich sharply rebuked Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley after she wrote letters to both demanding they do more to protect justices whose lives have been threatened. Both officials say they are … Continue reading Supreme Court security chief sparks war of words over police protection of justices: Maryland governor and county executive chastise court marshal after she Demands they enforce anti-residential picketing laws
The Supreme Court turned away a challenge to California’s “radical” worker-classification law that virtually outlaws independent contracting, including independent trucking, and clamps down on the so-called gig economy. The ruling has the effect of ending a temporary stay preventing enforcement of the … Continue reading Supreme Court refuses to hear truckers’ challenge to AB5, California’s anti-freelancing law
Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley sent letters to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Montgomery County, Md., Executive Marc Elrich (D) demanding that they enforce existing laws and do a better job protecting justices whose lives have been threatened. Greta Van Susteren … Continue reading Supreme Court security chief demands Maryland governor, county, do more to protect justices
The Supreme Court followed up its June 23 landmark ruling that for the first time recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, by issuing a series of rulings June 30 reversing federal appeals court decisions that … Continue reading Following landmark Second Amendment decision, SCOTUS overturns appeals court decisions in 4 states
The Supreme Court refused on June 30 to take up an appeal by 16 health care workers who object on religious grounds to New York state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers. New York’s mandate offers medical exemptions but not religious exemptions. The … Continue reading Three conservative justices dissent from Supreme Court’s refusal to hear appeal on New York’s health care worker vaccine mandate: The state has denied all religious exemptions
The Supreme Court decided on June 30 to hear an important new case that Republicans hope will re-empower state legislatures to make rules for redistricting and governing congressional and presidential elections. Republicans say the U.S. Constitution has always directly authorized … Continue reading SCOTUS to hear case that could give state legislatures, not judges, power to regulate elections: The ‘independent state legislature doctrine’ is a longtime favorite of conservative legal thinkers and Republicans
The Supreme Court gave the Biden administration the green light on June 30 to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing. President Joe Biden’s decision … Continue reading Supreme Court allows Biden administration to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on June 30 that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) widespread power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions that a popular theory says contribute to global warming. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote … Continue reading Supreme Court narrows EPA’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions
Conservatives like Tucker Carlson who passionately argue against the increasingly depraved policy agenda of the Left are terrorists, according to a trendy new definition of terrorism being pushed by leftists. The new definition may have support in the Biden-Harris regime. … Continue reading Tucker Carlson, “stochastic” terrorist? The TV host is a threat to national security, regime academic claims
In a complex 5–4 ruling that narrows its own 2020 decision enhancing tribal authority in Oklahoma, the Supreme Court ruled on June 29 in favor of the state’s prosecution of a non-Native American man convicted of neglecting his young Indian stepdaughter on … Continue reading Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma child neglect prosecution in ruling that curbs tribal criminal authority
Texas violated a federal anti-discrimination law protecting veterans by refusing to rehire a former state trooper after he was injured in the Iraq War while serving as a U.S. Army reservist, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5–4 decision on June 29. … Continue reading Supreme Court upholds federal anti-discrimination law protecting veterans
The Supreme Court granted an emergency Republican application to reinstate a disputed election map in Louisiana late in the day on June 28, a move that allows the map to remain in place for the next elections. Attorney Marc Elias, whose law … Continue reading Supreme Court reinstates Louisiana election map disputed by Democrats
A national civics organization laid out a new set of academic standards this week for K-12 social studies classes aimed at improving education throughout the country and combating the rampant anti-American bias it says has taken hold in social studies … Continue reading Anti-woke ‘American Birthright’ project seeks to restore patriotism to state education
It should be easier to sue media organizations for defamation, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said on June 27 as he dissented from the court’s decision not to take up a defamation case. Former President Donald Trump has also said the legal … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Thomas suggests suing media for defamation should be less difficult: His comments came as high court refused to hear appeal in which church group sued Southern Poverty Law Center for defaming it as a ‘hate group’
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 27 that a school district in Washington state violated First Amendment religious freedom protections when it fired high school football coach Joseph Kennedy for leading personal prayers at the 50-yard line after games. The decision is regarded … Continue reading Supreme Court rules in favor of high school football coach fired for post-game prayers: Decision overturns the oft-reversed 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Two Christian former college students whose Supreme Court victory allowed them to pursue nominal damages after their right to share their faith on campus was infringed settled their lawsuit in exchange for a payment of more than $800,000 by the … Continue reading After Supreme Court win, Christian students accept monetary settlement from college that violated their free speech rights