Members phkrause Posted March 3, 2023 Members Posted March 3, 2023 will not hear case to oust Biden, reinstate Trump CLAIM: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case to remove President Joe Biden from office and reinstate former President Donald Trump in his place. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-supreme-court-trump-biden-election-850929590422 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 12, 2023 Author Members Posted April 12, 2023 Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing about "the need to restore confidence in the Supreme Court's ethical standards," Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the panel, wrote in a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, following revelations in ProPublica last week that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury vacations from a major GOP donor but didn't disclose them. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/10/1169131806/clarence-thomas-trips-durbin-hearings? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 24, 2023 Author Members Posted April 24, 2023 Chief Justice John Roberts’ Mockery of Stalking Victims Points to a Deeper Problem The justices take their own safety very, very seriously. Everybody else’s? Not so much. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/counterman-colorado-supreme-court-threats-stalking.html? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 25, 2023 Author Members Posted April 25, 2023 Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that previously came up in a case involving former President Donald Trump. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-social-media-free-speech-a8a504d97bd7ba9640ca53916214e778? Supreme Court student loan hearing: What you need to know NEW YORK (AP) — The fate of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is up in the air after Supreme Court justices questioned whether his administration has the authority to broadly cancel federal student loans. https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-scotus-what-to-know-06a8ac6187fb39b2edc2cf5a379c22c0 Supreme Court seems ready to reject student loan forgiveness WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative justices holding the Supreme Court’s majority seem ready to sink President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans. https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-supreme-court-hearing-2128da75fc27ff3bcc0c3804ebd98aa7? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 27, 2023 Author Members Posted April 27, 2023 Supreme Court seems to favor woman who got $0 in condo sale WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Wednesday to give a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman another day in court to try to recoup some money after the county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-just-compensation-tax-sales-minneapolis-45d19359249669f7b75da32ac352d4c2? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 28, 2023 Author Members Posted April 28, 2023 Supreme Court on ethics issues: Not broken, no fix needed WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is speaking with one voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices: No need to fix what isn’t broken. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-clarence-thomas-2f3fbc26a4d8fe45c82269127458fa08? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 30, 2023 Author Members Posted April 30, 2023 The right wing of the Supreme Court shows its hand in student loan forgiveness case The recent Supreme Court hearing on the challenge to the Biden administration’s $300 billion student loan forgiveness program was unusually revelatory in several ways. https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/27/the-right-wing-of-the-supreme-court-shows-its-hand-in-student-loan-forgiveness-case/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 3, 2023 Author Members Posted May 3, 2023 U.S. Supreme Court to hear N.J. fishing case that could limit federal agency powers The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case from New Jersey commercial fishermen next term that could significantly constrain federal agencies’ rulemaking, the court said Monday. https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/05/02/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-n-j-fishing-case-that-could-limit-federal-agency-powers/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 5, 2023 Author Members Posted May 5, 2023 Supreme Court Justice Stevens’ private papers open to public WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly opened records that belonged to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens give the public a behind-the-scenes glimpse at his decades on the court, including the tense struggle over the 2000 presidential election and major cases on affirmative action and abortion. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-justice-john-paul-stevens-papers-256540500178c8c7bfd57a3f26d8b7d7? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 7, 2023 Author Members Posted May 7, 2023 Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997 murder-for-hire after the state’s attorney general agreed Glossip’s life should be spared. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-death-penalty-oklahoma-richard-glossip-54f6c8ed1b09c6ab5e22aa86e7f9cceb? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 16, 2023 Author Members Posted May 16, 2023 Supreme Court to decide South Carolina racial gerrymander case The Supreme Court on Monday announced it will determine whether South Carolina racially gerrymandered one of its congressional districts. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4004676-supreme-court-to-decide-south-carolina-racial-gerrymander-case/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 18, 2023 Author Members Posted May 18, 2023 Supreme Court lets Illinois keep ban on sale of some semiautomatic guns for now WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semiautomatic guns and large-capacity magazines. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-illinois-gun-law-14bcad1bf2ee322b0517086755b8ff56? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 18, 2023 Author Members Posted May 18, 2023 Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies from being sued for what users post WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by others. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-terrorism-lawsuits-google-twitter-facebook-60495e2340598057c17f555c9502b596 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 19, 2023 Author Members Posted May 19, 2023 Trust in Supreme Court fell to lowest point in 50 years after abortion decision, poll shows WASHINGTON (AP) — Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022 in the wake of the Dobbs decision that led to state bans and other restrictions on abortion, a major trends survey shows. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-poll-abortion-confidence-declining-0ff738589bd7815bf0eab804baa5f3d1? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 19, 2023 Author Members Posted May 19, 2023 Clyburn’s Role in South Carolina Redistricting May Be Examined as Supreme Court Hears Racial Gerrymandering Case The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear oral arguments in a South Carolina redistricting case where the NAACP is challenging the state’s Republican plan as racially motivated. https://www.propublica.org/article/james-clyburn-south-carolina-gerrymander-redistricting-scotus? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 19, 2023 Author Members Posted May 19, 2023 U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place Illinois assault weapons ban The court denied a request by the National Association for Gun Rights and a firearms retailer for an injunction blocking enforcement of the state law and a similar ban enacted by another Chicago suburb, Naperville, while a legal challenge to the measures proceeds. No justice publicly dissented from the decision. https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-declines-block-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-2023-05-17/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 19, 2023 Author Members Posted May 19, 2023 Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies from being sued for what users post WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by others. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-terrorism-lawsuits-google-twitter-facebook-60495e2340598057c17f555c9502b596? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 20, 2023 Author Members Posted May 20, 2023 Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230 The Supreme Court has declined to consider reinterpreting foundational internet law Section 230, saying it wasn’t necessary for deciding the terrorism-related case Gonzalez v. Google. The ruling came alongside a separate but related ruling in Twitter v. Taamneh, where the court concluded that Twitter had not aided and abetted terrorism. https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728423/supreme-court-section-230-gonzalez-google-twitter-taamneh-ruling Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 26, 2023 Author Members Posted May 26, 2023 Supreme Court sharply limits federal government’s ability to police pollution into certain wetlands WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the federal government’s authority to police water pollution into certain wetlands, the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority narrowed the reach of environmental regulations. https://apnews.com/article/wetlands-business-climate-and-environment-washington-news-41fc297006512e1f507dc12daa44824a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 29, 2023 Author Members Posted May 29, 2023 In a Gift to Polluting Industries, Supreme Court Rolls Back Clean Water Act Protections Industries ranging from animal agriculture to mining to fossil fuel rallied in support of the Idaho couple behind Sackett v. EPA. https://theintercept.com/2023/05/26/supreme-court-sackett-epa-clean-water-act/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 31, 2023 Author Members Posted May 31, 2023 As Supreme Court considers affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals WASHINGTON (AP) — As an alternative to affirmative action, colleges from California to Florida have tried a range of strategies to achieve the diversity they say is essential to their campuses. Many have given greater preference to low-income families. Others started admitting top students from every community in their state. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-affirmative-action-college-admissions-1d37af28939a533551cff45fa577ceb0? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted June 6, 2023 Author Members Posted June 6, 2023 Supreme Court to hear ‘Trump too small’ trademark case The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear whether a California lawyer can register the phrase “Trump too small” as a federal trademark on t-shirts. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/05/supreme-court-to-hear-trump-too-small-trademark-case-00100187? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted June 10, 2023 Author Members Posted June 10, 2023 Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-redistricting-race-voting-rights-alabama-af0d789ec7498625d344c0a4327367fe? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted June 13, 2023 Author Members Posted June 13, 2023 Supreme Court won’t review North Carolina’s decision to nix license plates with Confederate flag WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t review North Carolina’s decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-confederate-license-plate-north-carolina-6042b7db4218798b93dbaa8924272cec? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted June 20, 2023 Author Members Posted June 20, 2023 Supreme Court turns away veterans who seek disability benefits over 1966 hydrogen bomb accident WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while responding to a Cold War-era hydrogen bomb accident in Spain. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-veterans-radiation-accident-disability-benefits-e541ded7f3d8a17d680a07fc2105a6df? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
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