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Alito and Thomas Have Already Taken the Most-Contradictory Positions of the Supreme Court Term
1 week, 1 day ago

Alito and Thomas Have Already Taken the Most-Contradictory Positions of the Supreme Court Term

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Alito and Thomas, however, criticized this approach, insisting that lower courts should not use standing as “a way of avoiding some particularly contentious constitutional questions.” In their view, the court should have followed Troxel v. Granville and considered how …

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Here’s What’s Been Going On at the Supreme Court While We’ve All Been Distracted
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Here’s What’s Been Going On at the Supreme Court While We’ve All Been Distracted

Slate  

With its six-justice conservative supermajority, the Supreme Court has made a sharp right pivot in recent years, eliminating federal abortion rights, certain gun restrictions, and protections for the administrative state while also expanding executive power. The court’s conservative justices didn’t seem to see it this way though, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh arguing that “the Constitution doesn’t take sides on how …

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Amy Coney Barrett: Meet the last best hope for Supreme Court liberals
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amy Coney Barrett: Meet the last best hope for Supreme Court liberals

CNN  

CNN — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stands apart. When an Idaho state lawyer defending the ban hedged on whether grave complications could be addressed in emergency room situations, Barrett said, “Counsel, I’m kind of shocked actually because I thought your own expert had said that these kinds of cases were covered.” Barrett’s scrutiny of how the Idaho ban …

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Oral Arguments Over Trump’s $489 Million Civil Fraud Verdict To Begin
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Oral Arguments Over Trump’s $489 Million Civil Fraud Verdict To Begin

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Lawyers for Donald Trump are set to appear at an appellate court for oral arguments in New York on Thursday as they try to overturn a staggering civil fraud verdict — now nearing $500 million with interest — that the former president and his co-defendants were slapped with earlier this year. Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in February …

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Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case

Salon  

The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a legal battle over state bans of gender-affirming care in its next session, accepting for review what experts say could be one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights — should the justices take the opportunity to make it so. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support …

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Trump has already won his immunity case
6 months ago

Trump has already won his immunity case

Raw Story  

Is Donald Trump immune from criminal prosecution? On December 1, 2023, federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has been assigned to preside over the subversion case in the event it ever goes to trial, rejected Trump’s immunity claim in a blistering 48-page opinion, writing: “Whatever immunities a sitting President may enjoy, the United States has only one Chief Executive …

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Voice-cloning technology bringing a key Supreme Court moment to ‘life’
7 months, 1 week ago

Voice-cloning technology bringing a key Supreme Court moment to ‘life’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Seventy years ago on Friday, no one outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building heard it when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision on school desegregation. Now, through the use of an innovative voice-cloning technology, it is becoming possible for people to “hear” Warren read the decision as he did …

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How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity
7 months, 3 weeks ago

How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts may emerge as the pivotal vote in two politically charged cases on abortion and presidential immunity the Supreme Court heard this week, but it was Justice Amy Coney Barrett who owned the arguments. “We’ve seen a number of signs during oral arguments this term, especially in the last few sessions, that Justice Barrett is …

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How Supreme Court delays gave Trump what he wants before 2024 elections
7 months, 4 weeks ago

How Supreme Court delays gave Trump what he wants before 2024 elections

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But rather than affirm lower-court decisions that rejected …

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Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar again in the spotlight fighting the conservative Supreme Court on abortion
8 months ago

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar again in the spotlight fighting the conservative Supreme Court on abortion

CNN  

CNN — For the fourth time since she became the federal government’s top Supreme Court advocate, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is arguing an abortion-related case. In the first two abortion-related cases Prelogar argued as the Justice Department’s fourth-ranking official, both heard during the Supreme Court’s 2021 term, the conservative majority rejected her calls that abortion rights be protected. The administration’s …

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The Anti-Abortion Endgame That Erin Hawley Admitted to the Supreme Court
54 years, 11 months ago

The Anti-Abortion Endgame That Erin Hawley Admitted to the Supreme Court

Slate  

Somewhat lost in the debate around abortion pills and oral arguments that took place at the Supreme Court in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on Tuesday was one deeply uncomfortable truth: The very notion of what it means to practice emergency medicine is in dispute, with anti-abortion doctors insisting upon a right to refuse treatment for any patient who …

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Supreme Court Abortion Pill Oral Arguments
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Abortion Pill Oral Arguments

Huff Post  

Jessica Ellsworth, who represents the drugmaker behind mifepristone, Danco, just called out District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who last year not only cited studies on mifepristone that were later retracted, but also cited a study based on years-old anonymous blog posts about the personal experiences of random people with abortion.“You have a district court that among other things relied on one …

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March 26, 2024: Supreme Court hears oral arguments in abortion pill cases
8 months, 4 weeks ago

March 26, 2024: Supreme Court hears oral arguments in abortion pill cases

CNN  

Jessica Ellsworth, representing Danco, which makes mifepristone, argues before the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on March 26. Bill Hennessy CNN News Associate Jalen Beckford attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court for the first time. Here are his observations: Upon arrival at the Supreme Court, members of the press and onlookers were greeted by abortion rights groups marching …

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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
9 months ago

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care. “While there are no comprehensive data on the number of self-managed medication abortions in the United States, evidence suggests they have been increasing in the past …

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Column: Elon Musk is suing to stop the government from enforcing labor laws. The Supreme Court might agree with him
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Elon Musk is suing to stop the government from enforcing labor laws. The Supreme Court might agree with him

LA Times  

Elon Musk at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne: No fan of government regulations, but you knew that. — Catherine Fisk, UC Berkeley Now he’s trying what may be his most audacious flip-off to regulators yet: Faced with an accusation by the National Labor Relations Board that SpaceX improperly fired nine employees in 2022, among other illegal acts, the company, which is …

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Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court
1 year ago

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health. The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Dr. Austin Dennard …

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The Supreme Court’s Big Gun Case Was Humiliating for the Justices
54 years, 11 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Big Gun Case Was Humiliating for the Justices

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. In an opinion penned by Thomas, the court held, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, that restrictions on the right to bear arms are presumptively unconstitutional unless they are, in a judge’s learned opinion, consistent with the nation’s “historical …

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Principles Of Natural Justice Not Violated When The Opportunity To Make Oral Submission Is Not Availed: Delhi High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Principles Of Natural Justice Not Violated When The Opportunity To Make Oral Submission Is Not Availed: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The High Court of Delhi has held that the principles of natural justice are not violated when the opportunity to make oral submissions on an issue was granted but not availed by the party. The Court remarked that when the dispute between the parties was based on documents, merely because the oral arguments were not addressed by a party, does …

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Written Submissions Can Never Substitute Oral Arguments: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
1 year, 4 months ago

Written Submissions Can Never Substitute Oral Arguments: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Live Law  

Recently appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan speaking at his felicitation ceremony held by the Supreme Court Bar Association stressed on the importance of oral hearings. Justice Bhuyyan also recalled that when he was first offered High Court judgeship, he was in a dilemma about accepting it, as his career as an advocate was starting to take off. Justice …

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Supreme Court Issues Guidelines For Filing Written Submissions Before Constitution Benches & Important Final Hearing Cases
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Guidelines For Filing Written Submissions Before Constitution Benches & Important Final Hearing Cases

Live Law  

The Supreme Court registry today issued a circular detailing comprehensive guidelines to streamline the process of filing written submissions and compilations before constitution benches and important final hearing cases. The guidelines, laid out in a Standard Operating Procedure, are set to provide a structured framework for filing soft copies of written submissions and creating common compilations of essential documents, rules, …

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A man convicted of stalking says his online messages were not threats. Now the Supreme Court will decide what a true online threat is
1 year, 7 months ago

A man convicted of stalking says his online messages were not threats. Now the Supreme Court will decide what a true online threat is

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Supreme Court’s question The question the justices …

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‘Student debt is a crisis’: Activists rally outside Supreme Court for loan forgiveness
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Student debt is a crisis’: Activists rally outside Supreme Court for loan forgiveness

LA Times  

People rally outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday to show support for the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan while the court hears oral arguments in two cases challenging that plan. Hundreds of debt advocates and progressive political organizers gathered outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday while justices heard oral arguments in two cases challenging President Biden’s plan to cancel …

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SCOTUS’ First Decision of the Term Is a Unanimous Blow to Disabled Veterans
1 year, 10 months ago

SCOTUS’ First Decision of the Term Is a Unanimous Blow to Disabled Veterans

Slate  

After an unusual delay, the Supreme Court finally issued its first opinion of the term on Monday: a unanimous decision in Arellano v. McDonough siding against disabled veterans who seek compensation for disabilities related to their service. It said that federal law allows retroactive compensation only if service members file “within one year of discharge,” which Arellano had not. First, …

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How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff
2 years ago

How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff

Salon  

It's never an issue for this U.S. Supreme Court to move the goalposts, change the rules or simply make up them as it goes along. North Carolina's state supreme court, equally determined, struck that rigged map down this year as a violation of the state constitution's guarantee that all elections must be free and fair. The court ruled that maps …

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