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Justice Alito spars over trans rights with first openly trans attorney at the Supreme Court
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Justice Alito spars over trans rights with first openly trans attorney at the Supreme Court

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 Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Justice Samuel Alito grilled ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first-ever openly trans attorney to …

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Prep Rally: Previewing championship week in high school football
4 weeks ago

Prep Rally: Previewing championship week in high school football

LA Times  

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. He was the school’s principal and is a former basketball coach.... LIONS POSTGAME: The JSerra Boys Water Polo team used a stout defensive effort to help them win their third straight CIF Regional title, as the Lions held Newport Harbor to their second lowest goal total of the season in an …

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Sotomayor basketball team chooses to play season opener after tragic deaths
1 month ago

Sotomayor basketball team chooses to play season opener after tragic deaths

LA Times  

Starting point guard Juan Melendez Jr. of Sotomayor was shot to death on Nov. 7. What’s a high school basketball team supposed to do when a week before its season begins, the starting point guard and a former player are found shot to death? At 12:15 a.m. on Nov. 7, police found Juan Melendez Jr., 17, the senior captain for …

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor has no plans to retire, sources say
1 month, 1 week ago

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has no plans to retire, sources say

Daily Mail  

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has no plans to retire, according to those close to her, despite a number of Democrats calling for her to stand down. Their strategy supposes that Sotomayor might not survive Donald's second term, which would allow him to select a fourth justice for the Supreme Court. Anchor John Berman reacted to the idea with amazement, …

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Amid Sotomayor fears, Senate Dems face “road blocks” to approve judges before Trump takes office
1 month, 1 week ago

Amid Sotomayor fears, Senate Dems face “road blocks” to approve judges before Trump takes office

Salon  

As some on the left call for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire so she could be replaced before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, President Joe Biden and the outgoing Democratic Senate majority have dozens of judicial vacancies left to fill. Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin’s, D-Ill., office indicated that he “aims to confirm every possible nominee before the end …

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down

CNN  

CNN — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made clear she has no plans to step down, according to people close to her, despite calls from some on the left that President Joe Biden should try to name a successor before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Some progressives have suggested Sotomayor, the most senior liberal on the conservative Supreme Court, …

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A law expert explains the role federal judges will play in Trump's presidency
1 month, 1 week ago

A law expert explains the role federal judges will play in Trump's presidency

NPR  

A law expert explains the role federal judges will play in Trump's presidency AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: When Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, Republicans will control the Senate and, therefore, appointments to the federal bench. I think the difference is that even if Democrats and, you know, other sort of critics of President Trump find some success …

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down

CNN  

CNN — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made clear she has no plans to step down, according to people close to her, despite calls from some on the left that President Joe Biden should try to name a successor before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Some progressives have suggested Sotomayor, the most senior liberal on the conservative Supreme Court, …

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Could Sonia Sotomayor be replaced by Kamala Harris on the Supreme Court after Trump’s victory? Who is she
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Could Sonia Sotomayor be replaced by Kamala Harris on the Supreme Court after Trump’s victory? Who is she

Live Mint  

US Elections 2024: Following President-elect Donald Trump's victory, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is reportedly under pressure to retire to prevent Trump from potentially filling another court vacancy. A CNN legal analyst suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris could be nominated to the US Supreme Court, as a replacement of Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic judge, …

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Trump’s election sparks speculation and infighting over future Supreme Court vacancies
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s election sparks speculation and infighting over future Supreme Court vacancies

CNN  

CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s return to power is setting off a flurry of speculation and interparty bickering about potential retirements on the Supreme Court, underscoring how even a single departure by one of the nine justices can shape the law for generations. Progressive groups leaned heavily on Justice Stephen Breyer to step down during Biden’s first year in …

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'Heads to explode': Ex-lawmaker 'stirs up everything' with controversial Biden scheme
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Heads to explode': Ex-lawmaker 'stirs up everything' with controversial Biden scheme

Raw Story  

Democrats are suddenly panicked about the prospect of replacing U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor before Donald Trump returns to the White House. Senators have been actively discussing replacements for the 70-year-old justice, if she could be persuaded to retire before president Joe Biden leaves office, and former Democratic lawmaker Bakari Sellers floated one intriguing possibility on CNN. "I hope …

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Man's Execution In Shaken Baby Case Delayed After Texas Lawmakers' ‘Unprecedented’ Move
2 months ago

Man's Execution In Shaken Baby Case Delayed After Texas Lawmakers' ‘Unprecedented’ Move

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The execution of a Texas man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter under a disputed shaken baby syndrome diagnosis was put on hold Thursday hours before he was scheduled to die when Texas lawmakers demanded he appear at an upcoming hearing. In a last-ditch effort on Wednesday, his lawyers filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court …

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Clarence Thomas Thinks the Real Victims Are Prosecutors Who Engage in Misconduct
54 years, 11 months ago

Clarence Thomas Thinks the Real Victims Are Prosecutors Who Engage in Misconduct

Slate  

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Glossip v. Oklahoma, a death penalty case posing a question so bizarre that its very existence should serve as an indictment for capital punishment: Can courts force a state to execute a possibly innocent prisoner when the state itself doesn’t want to? At one point, the lead prosecutor, Connie Smothermon, asked Sneed …

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Welcome to the farm where cows, pigs and sheep are part of the climate curriculum
3 months, 1 week ago

Welcome to the farm where cows, pigs and sheep are part of the climate curriculum

LA Times  

You might miss it when you’re driving by, but there’s a 1.75-acre farm wedged between the football field and active Metro and freight train tracks at the back of the Sotomayor Arts & Sciences Magnet High School campus in Glassell Park. “Agriculture can reset natural ecosystems and become part of the solution to climate change,” said Reies Flores, the agriculture …

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Only WE can save our democracy
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Only WE can save our democracy

Raw Story  

“The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after Monday’s devastating, anti-American ruling giving presidents immunity from prosecution for their official actions in office Good day, my friends. These soulless, corrupt “justices” are backed by a sickly …

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Fearmongering? A troubling aspect behind John Roberts' presidential immunity decision
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fearmongering? A troubling aspect behind John Roberts' presidential immunity decision

Raw Story  

Like many of you, I’ve been going over Chief Justice John Roberts’ presidential immunity decision, trying to understand the distinction it sets out between “official” acts of a president, which are immune from prosecution, and “unofficial” acts, which are not immune. Having served in the Justice Department soon after Richard Nixon sought to use the department to go after the …

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Can the President Send SEAL Team Six to Assassinate His Rival? After Monday, Yes.
54 years, 11 months ago

Can the President Send SEAL Team Six to Assassinate His Rival? After Monday, Yes.

Slate  

On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a much-awaited and long-delayed decision in Trump v. United States, testing the former president’s claim to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for the events surrounding the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The 6–3 decision, penned by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by all of the court’s conservatives, broadly expanded …

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Camping bans found constitutional despite lack of shelters
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Camping bans found constitutional despite lack of shelters

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism as a public service. Punishing people experiencing homelessness for sleeping outdoors is not cruel and unusual punishment, even if too few shelter beds are available, the United States Supreme Court said Friday after reviewing City of Grants Pass v. Johnson et al. Previously, …

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Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election. Majority: Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett Dissent: Kagan, Sotomayor, Jackson Bump stocks Struck down a ban on bump stocks, rapid-fire gun accessories …

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Legal wonks clash over 'hysterical' Sotomayor dissent: 'That sounds pretty sexist to me'
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal wonks clash over 'hysterical' Sotomayor dissent: 'That sounds pretty sexist to me'

Raw Story  

Two titans of the American legal system had very different takeaways after Monday's Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity. Former Trump White House counsel Ty Cobb appeared on CNN to undermine Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent for being big on "hysterical. Sotomayor's dissent wrote that the decision by the high court armed the president with monarchy powers to order the elimination …

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What does Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision mean?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What does Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision mean?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for acts he committed within his constitutional powers as president. Described by Trump as a “BIG WIN” on Truth Social, a social media platform owned by the Republican leader, but as a “dangerous precedent” by President Joe Biden, here is more about the …

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It's official: The Supreme Court's Imperial Presidency is now here
5 months, 3 weeks ago

It's official: The Supreme Court's Imperial Presidency is now here

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court handed a massive victory to Donald Trump in this so-called “immunity” case, and it will probably take a year or more before there’s even a chance he’ll be held to trial for trying to overthrow the 2020 election and, thus, the government of the United States. READ: Why I'm sticking with Joe Biden Chief Justice Roberts went …

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'Dripping with disdain': Witness says Sotomayor didn't try to hide her contempt in court
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Dripping with disdain': Witness says Sotomayor didn't try to hide her contempt in court

Raw Story  

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's voice was "dripping with disdain" Monday as she read her dissent against Chief Justice John Roberts' decision granting immunity to former President Donald Trump for "official acts," legal analyst Joan Biskupic told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Monday. Biskupic said Monday this is highly revealing because it's a sharp departure from how the court normally handles …

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Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the election. She was joined …

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