Supreme hypochondria – Washington Examiner
If you spent a few minutes skimming recent headlines of left-wing media outlets and press releases from Democratic Party politicians, you might conclude — wrongly — that the U.S. Supreme Court is full of corrupt ideologues. Justice Samuel Alito, they claim, is entirely compromised to the point that he cannot sit for any case involving […]
Supreme Court rules for Starbucks in union case over terminated employees
Supreme Court on Thursday The lower court’s decision was overturned The court ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven Memphis employees who were fired during a unionization drive. The ruling makes it more difficult to immediately block lawsuits alleging unfair labor practices because they move through administrative procedures that sometimes take years. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the […]
Pelosi: Supreme Court made 'correct decision' on abortion pill access
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) praised the Supreme Court’s decision to allow access to the abortion pill mifepristone, calling it “the right decision.” “Today’s Supreme Court decision affirming full access to safe and effective mifepristone is the right decision for millions of women across the country,” House Speaker Pelosi said in a statement after […]
Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of coffee chain Starbucks Co. in a challenge to a judicial order ordering the company to rehire seven Memphis employees who were fired for trying to unionize, a decision that could make it harder for courts to quickly halt labor practices that are challenged as unfair […]
Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill in unanimous ruling
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a petition to tighten restrictions on access to mifepristone, one of a combination of two drugs commonly used in abortions. In a 9-0 decision written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court concluded that the anti-abortion doctors who brought the case lacked standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s […]
Unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Racine mobile voting van, keep polling places
Conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court say an order banning mobile voting vans in Racine County while leaving other polling places in the city, which are heavily Democratic, open is meaningless. The liberal-majority court unanimously ruled that Racine and other Wisconsin cities cannot use vans to collect ballots. A Racine County judge said the same […]
Republicans block bill requiring Supreme Court to adopt enforceable ethics code
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other Republican senators on Wednesday blocked a bill that would have required the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and create a mechanism to enforce it, following several high-profile controversies. The bill, the Supreme Court Ethics, Challenge and […]
McConnell blasts Democrats’ attempts to undermine Supreme Court
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blasted Democrats’ recent attempts to undermine the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have come under concentrated attack from Democrats in recent years, with such scrutiny intensifying after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, […]
Durbin looks to force Supreme Court ethics bill vote amid Alito controversy
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) plans to try to force a vote Wednesday night on a Democratic-backed Supreme Court ethics bill amid the recent grilling of Justice Samuel Alito and renewed calls for conservative judges to recuse themselves from former President Trump’s immunity lawsuit. Durbin will lead the Judiciary Committee’s Democratic Senators Sheldon […]
Ocasio-Cortez, Raskin to introduce legislation to 'rein in a fundamentally unaccountable and rogue' Supreme Court
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Tuesday they would introduce the bill in response to growing ethics concerns about the Supreme Court. Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin, who serve as the ranking and deputy ranking members, respectively, of the House Oversight Committee, appeared at a committee roundtable on Tuesday to discuss those […]