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Utah Supreme Court upholds block on near-total abortion ban

The Utah Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an injunction blocking the state’s near-total abortion ban, upholding a law allowing abortions up to 18 weeks of pregnancy while litigation continues. The 4-1 decision by the female-majority Supreme Court is a blow to anti-abortion Republicans in the state Legislature, but it is not the final decision on […]

South Carolina Supreme Court rules death penalty by firing squad, other methods legal

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that firing squad and other methods of execution generally considered cruel and unusual are legal in the state if an inmate requests that method of execution. of Verdict This comes after the state passed a law in 2021 allowing firing squad and electrocution in addition to executions following […]

Biden, Harris Propose Abolishing Supreme Court as Independent Branch

WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday echoed President Joe Biden’s call to fundamentally abolish the Supreme Court’s independence and destroy its status as an independent branch of government protected from political pressure. That specific feature is patently unconstitutional and can only be achieved by changing the Constitution itself. And conservative leaders are […]

R. Kelly petitions Supreme Court to throw out sex crime convictions

Lawyers for R&B singer R. Kelly on Tuesday filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against his federal sex crimes conviction, arguing that the conviction should be thrown out because of the statute of limitations. Kelly, who is already serving a 30-year sentence for a sex trafficking case in North Carolina in 2021, was also […]

Biden’s Supreme Court Scheme Just Like Hugo Chavez’s

Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) on Monday slammed President Joe Biden for proposing radical changes to the Supreme Court, warning that the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez made a similar move shortly after his election. A hardline socialist dictator, Chavez was elected president of Venezuela in 1999 and […]