SCOTUS

News 05/04/22, 06:02

Following the unprecedented scandal over the leak of a draft revealing that the Supreme Court is about to overturn Roe v. Wade, the repercussions from both parties were not long in coming. While Democrats are lining up to retain the legality of abortion, Republicans charge that the leaks are a ...

D.C. 04/04/22, 18:06

The confirmation of Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee with a tied party-court vote, a situation not seen since the 1991 nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas, The Hill reported.  The committee's 22 senators, who are evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, voted 11-11 for the ...

U.S. 03/01/22, 16:34

President Joe Biden finally nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Feb. 25. She is expected to begin the first round of meetings with the Senate on Wednesday.  According to Politico, Jackson will hold one-on-one meetings with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Mich.), ...

U.S. 01/29/22, 17:17

The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden is mulling over picking Judge J. Michelle Childs to serve on the Supreme Court after Justice Stephen Breyer retires later this year. "Judge Childs is among multiple individuals under consideration for the Supreme Court. And we are not going to move her nomination ...

News 12/10/21, 20:40

In a triumph for Texas' pro-life law, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that it will not halt the state's abortion ban, dismissing a lawsuit filed against it by the Biden administration to block the law. The Supreme Court nonetheless gave the green light to Texas abortion businesses challenging the law to ...

U.S. 07/27/21, 18:45

Three Republican senators addressed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging the justices to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court decriminalized induced abortion in the United States, Fox News reported. An amicus brief is a legal document provided to a court that ...

U.S. 05/20/21, 17:10

The commission created by President Joe Biden to study possible changes to the U.S. Supreme Court held its first meeting Wednesday. It has six months to issue a report on reforms, including the possible expansion of the number of justices, an idea touted by liberal activists and Democratic lawmakers as ...

California 04/10/21, 19:34

In a split decision, the Supreme Court ruled against regulations imposed by California Democratic officials through which they have limited religious worship in homes, including group Bible studies and prayer meetings, putting First Amendment rights at risk. The court's order released Friday night is the latest in a recent series of ...

U.S. 04/05/21, 20:22

The case involving Former President Trump's Twitter @realdonaldtrump account while he was president is his personal property. The Justice Department claimed that preventing people from accessing it was analogous to elected officials refusing to allow opponents' yard signs to be placed on their front lawns. His account has over 88 ...

U.S. 02/23/21, 16:14

After the Supreme Court dismissed the Pennsylvania election fraud lawsuit, arguing, "it is dismissed as moot," Justice Clarence Thomas noted, "Citizens deserve better," on Feb. 22. The lawsuit was brought by then-president Donald Trump, who provided evidence that state officials had changed election rules, suppressing legislators' powers and thus favoring the ...

California 02/06/21, 15:43

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that California cannot ban churches and other religious organizations from holding services indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision implies a significant victory for First Amendment and religious rights, although it also specified several limitations on the gatherings. The legal wrangling between the California government ...

2022 Campaign 01/01/21, 12:27

President Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court to declare the election results in the state of Wisconsin "unconstitutional and void" and order the appointment of state electors. "In Wisconsin, security barriers against fraud were repeatedly lowered by unelected bureaucrats, who changed the rules on election eve without authority to do ...

2022 Campaign 12/30/20, 15:18

Trump Campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani announced the lawsuit he filed with the Supreme Court seeking to have Wisconsin's election results reversed and the state's votes awarded to President Donald Trump.  The case calls for a challenge to 50,000 votes, according to a statement published by attorney Jenna Ellis on her Twitter ...

2022 Campaign 12/24/20, 15:42

Although President Trump asked the Supreme Court to answer an appeal against Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and others before Jan. 6, the date was set for Jan. 22, two days after the presidential inauguration. For all practical purposes, this Supreme Court decision means that the appeal will not help ...

2022 Campaign 12/13/20, 06:22

Attorney Lin Wood on Saturday, Dec. 12, suggested that President Donald Trump should declare the martial law if the U.S. Supreme Court continues to reject election lawsuits. "If the Supreme Court does not act, someone who cares about the rule of law in this country has to act: That would be ...

2022 Campaign 12/12/20, 06:23

President Donald Trump on Friday, Dec. 11, expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's decision to shut down the Texas lawsuit challenging the election results in four battleground states.  The lawsuit, which was filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and supported by 20 other states, argued that Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and ...

2022 Campaign 12/09/20, 03:34

The state of Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Dec. 7, asking the court to invalidate the Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin election results. The lawsuit charged that those states violated the Constitution by making changes to how ballots were cast and counted without legislative approval. In ...

2022 Campaign 12/02/20, 03:41

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), on Tuesday, Dec. 1, urged the United States Supreme Court to hear an emergency appeal challenging the election results in Pennsylvania, saying the matter "raises serious legal issues." Cruz, a former law professor at the University of Texas Law School in Austin, publicly supported the appeal filed ...