'Sotomayor Rule' exposes the Supreme Court's porous ethics code
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recently dissented from most of her fellow judges and came out in support of an enforceable Supreme Court Code of Conduct to replace the unenforceable one issued by the Supreme Court late last year. in CBS News interview“There's nothing wrong with an enforceable rule,” the new judge said, which is “fairly […]
GOP lawmakers laud Supreme Court's rejection of DOJ's Title IX request
Republican lawmakers are in a celebratory mood after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision on Friday, rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration to partially reinstate new Title IX rules that, if implemented, would protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. “Unlike Democrats, Republicans know what it means to be […]
Bill Barr: Biden's reforms would purge Supreme Court's conservative justices
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Monday expressed concerns about President Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reforms, arguing they would remove conservative justices from the court and “destroy the independence of the judiciary.” “The American people need to understand that a movement to fundamentally change the Supreme Court is on the horizon. Current proposals, such as […]
Supreme Court's Idaho decision deepens abortion uncertainty
The Supreme Court’s rejection of an Idaho challenge to a federal emergency medical law provided temporary relief for doctors and patients in the state but did not end questions about whether federal law allows doctors to perform abortions in medical emergencies. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday to dismiss the case for “rashly approving,” […]