Supreme Court’s Approval Rate Plunges Amid Abortion Debate, Poll Finds
Topline The U.S. Supreme Court’s approval rating plummeted by more than 10 percentage points since July after the court came out with controversial rulings on abortion, immigration and the eviction moratorium, a new Marquette University Law School poll finds, as a growing share of Americans believe the conservative-leaning court rules based on politics. The U.S.…
Nearly 900 state legislators urge Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade in major abortion case
Nearly 900 state legislators from 45 states asked the Supreme Court on Monday to uphold Roe v. Wade and reject Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, a direct attack on the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide.The brief was filed Monday morning by the State Innovation Exchange, a progressive legislation advocacy group, in the case of Dobbs…
Democrats Introduce Bill Creating 18-Year Supreme Court Term Limits, Nominations Every Two Years
Topline A handful of House Democrats on Tuesday introduced long-shot legislation to fundamentally reshape the Supreme Court, which comes amid pressure from progressives to take action over a recent Court decision that left in place a controversial Texas abortion law. WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 22: A morning commuter walks passed the U.S. Supreme Court on…
Supreme Court declines to block Texas’ restrictive abortion law, dealing a blow to Roe v. Wade
A divided Supreme Court late Wednesday declined to block a restrictive Texas law banning abortions after a fetal cardiac activity can be detected, or as early as six weeks into pregnancy, and allowing anyone in the U.S. to sue abortion providers or others who help women get the procedure after that time frame.The vote was…
Supreme Court blocks Biden administration’s eviction moratorium
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Thursday blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from enforcing the federal moratorium on evicting renters during the coronavirus pandemic, a defeat for the Biden administration’s effort to continue the moratorium even though the court had signaled that the action lacked the proper legal basis.The current moratorium, which…
Supreme Court Orders The ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Reinstated For Asylum-Seekers
Migrants waiting to cross into the United States wait for news at the border crossing in February 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Supreme Court has upheld a judge’s order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico. Elliot Spagat/AP hide caption toggle caption Elliot Spagat/AP Migrants waiting to cross into the…
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied students’ request to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate
The Supreme Court allowed Indiana University to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A group of students asked the court to block the requirement, a request that lower courts denied. The case is the first legal battle over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to reach the Supreme Court. LoadingSomething is loading. The Supreme Court on…
Gay couple wins case against florist after Supreme Court rejects appeal
LGBTQ advocates hailed the Court’s affirmation of anti-discrimination law. July 2, 2021, 3:50 PM• 5 min readOver the objections of three conservative justices, the US Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Washington State flower shop that violated state anti-discrimination law by refusing to serve a same-sex couple on religious grounds.The decision means…
Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two election laws in the 2020 battleground state of Arizona that challengers said make it harder for minorities to vote.The case was an important test for what’s left of one of the nation’s most important civil rights laws, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the Supreme…
Supreme Court leaves CDC eviction moratorium in place
The Supreme Court is leaving a pandemic-inspired nationwide ban on evictions in place, over the votes of four objecting conservative justicesByThe Associated PressJune 29, 2021, 11:38 PM• 2 min readWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving a pandemic-inspired nationwide ban on evictions in place, over the votes of four objecting conservative justices.The court on Tuesday…
Transgender student wins bathroom battle after Supreme Court rejects school’s appeal
A lower court had ruled that a transgender bathroom ban was unconstitutional.June 28, 2021, 8:13 PM• 4 min readA transgender man from Virginia has won a years-long legal battle against his former high school over its refusal to let him use boys bathrooms when he was a student.The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected the Gloucester…
Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to Obamacare in 7-2 ruling
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a closely watched legal battle targeting the Affordable Care Act, rescuing the landmark health care law from the latest efforts by Republican-led states to dismantle it. The court ruled 7-2 that the red states and two individuals who brought the dispute do not have the legal…
Supreme Court agrees to decide whether gun owners have right to carry a weapon in public
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major gun-rights claim and decide whether the 2nd Amendment gives law-abiding individuals a right to carry a...
Trump lashes out after Supreme Court decision on his financial records
Source:Â The Hill Former President Trump on Monday lashed out after the Supreme Court declined to block the Manhattan District Attorney from obtaining his financial records,...
U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states
Source: Texas Tribune Briskly rejecting a long-shot but high-stakes case, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the Texas lawsuit that had become a vehicle...
Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn Biden’s win in Pennsylvania
Source: Politico The Supreme Court has rejected a bid by a Republican member of Congress and other GOP activists to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in...
Senate Republicans vote to advance Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
Source: UPI Senate Republicans voted to advance the process to confirm Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court in a procedural vote Sunday. The Senate voted 51-48 to break a...
Supreme Court declines to hear Democrats’ emoluments case against Trump
Source: The Hill The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case by 29 Senate Democrats who alleged that President Trump violated the Constitution’s...
SCOTUS won’t take up ex-Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ case
Source:Â Associated Press The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed...