Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Sings on Broadway in Reimagined Queer ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took to the stage Saturday in his one-off Broadway debut. & julietQueer Musical Works Reimagined romeo and juliet. Jackson danced, sang, and acted with aplomb during the Dec. 14 production at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, becoming the first sitting Supreme Court justice to appear in a Broadway play. “I […]
TikTok turns to US Supreme Court in last-ditch bid to avert ban
TikTok made a last-ditch effort to continue operating in the United States on Monday, filing a law aimed at forcing China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. They asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the decision. Prohibited. TikTok and ByteDance file emergency request with judge to halt impending […]
TikTok asks Supreme Court to delay divest-or-ban law
TikTok filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a stay on a law banning the video-sharing platform nationwide unless it exits its Chinese parent company. of company application form It asks the court to hold off on a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or ban the company until a judge resolves […]
Trump girds for battle with Democrats, Supreme Court over birthright citizenship
President-elect Trump, Democratic lawmakers and the Supreme Court are on a collision course over restrictions on birthright citizenship, which Trump has made a top priority for his incoming administration. Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill said the language of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all people born in the United States, is being misused […]
Supreme Court to hear dispute over Catholic group, Wisconsin tax exemption
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a Catholic charity's efforts to qualify for religious exemption from Wisconsin's unemployment tax system. Although Wisconsin exempts employers “operated primarily for religious purposes,” Catholic Charities employs non-Catholics, does not seek to instill the Catholic faith in its participants, and does not seek to instill the Catholic faith […]
Montana Supreme Court blocks ban on transgender surgeries, prompting outcry from GOP lawmaker, supporters
A Montana law banning transgender surgeries on minors will remain temporarily blocked following a state Supreme Court ruling that Republican lawmakers called “an egregious example of bipartisanship.” The justices found that the law, which bans puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria, likely violates Montana's constitutional right to privacy, a lower court […]
We need a Supreme Court for all Americans
The Supreme Court voted last month, and Donald Trump's victory dashed progressive dreams of court reform and personnel changes. Meanwhile, conservatives face the temptation to push our nation's constitutional jurisprudence further in a right-wing direction. It would be a mistake to do so. In times of division and distrust, what we need is a non-political […]
Supreme Court tosses Nvidia appeal to dismiss shareholders’ fraud lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against shareholder lawsuits in a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia of misleading investors about how much of its revenue depended on volatile cryptocurrency markets. He avoided a decision on whether to allow the case to proceed. The justices, who heard arguments in the case on […]
Supreme Court hears NEPA case
Click here for the latest news on The Hill {beacon} energy and environment energy and environment Full text Hawley vows to block any CR, including bare-bones Radiation Compensation Fund Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) vowed Tuesday to block a continuing resolution that would only fund the government to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) […]
Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin pushes constitutional amendment for Supreme Court term limits
Sens. Joe Manchin (IW.V.) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) are proposing a constitutional amendment that would create term limits for future Supreme Court justices. Currently, there is no term limit for high court judges. The U.S. Constitution states that they “…shall perform their duties while acting in good faith…” The proposed amendment would create an 18-year […]