Speaker Johnson to file brief supporting Bannon Supreme Court appeal
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said he would file a legal brief supporting an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court by Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, to avoid prison. Bannon filed the appeal after being ordered to report to prison by July 1 in connection with his conviction for evading a subpoena […]
Georgia Supreme Court disbars embattled Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson
The Georgia Supreme Court has removed a county probate judge who was recently arrested for allegedly shoving a police officer during an expletive-hitting brawl outside an Atlanta nightclub. Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson has been removed from her position and barred from holding any judicial office in the state for the next seven years […]
Looming Supreme Court decision could curtail federal agency powers
The Supreme Court is soon set to hand down a ruling that could strip federal agencies of their power and expand judges’ authority. The decision, which could be made as soon as this week, could limit the agency’s power to issue any number of consumer, workplace and environmental safeguards. During oral arguments, the court’s conservative […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Against First Publicly-Funded Religious Charter School
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the charter of what would have been the nation’s first publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional, according to court records. Oklahoma’s Virtual Charter School Board voted to approve an application for a virtual religious charter school in June 2023, but Republican state Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit […]
Arkansas Supreme Court eliminates gender neutral option for state IDs
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday eliminated the option for residents to use gender-neutral identifiers on their state identification cards. The ruling reinstates a state law banning the use of “X” as a gender identifier after a lower court blocked the bill earlier this month, saying it would harm transgender residents. Arkansas Attorney General Tim […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Must Now Enter Compulsory Military Service, Israel’s Supreme Court Decides In Historic Ruling
Israel’s Haredim or ultra-orthodox Jews must be drafted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the country’s supreme court unanimously decided Tuesday in a historic ruling, multiple outlets reported. The court decided that exemptions for the Haredim constituted “invalid selective enforcement, which represents a serious violation of the rule of law, and the principle according to […]
Supreme Court rejects Josh Duggar’s appeal in child porn case
Josh Duggar was out of luck. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a disgraced former reality star who was convicted of child pornography. Per Fox. Duggar, 36, was trying to vacate his 12-year prison sentence, which he is expected to serve until 2032. The Supreme Court has rejected Josh Duggar’s appeal. AP […]
US Supreme Court to weigh Tennessee ban on transgender puberty blockers for minors
The U.S. Supreme Court will enter a bitter battle over the treatment of transgender minors during its next term, following lobbying from everyone from the Biden administration to transgender actor Elliot Page. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to a Tennessee law that restricts the use of puberty-suppressing drugs and […]
Supreme Court declines to hear reality star Josh Duggar’s appeal of child pornography conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected reality TV star Josh Duggar’s appeal of his child pornography conviction. In a list of orders on Monday, the court announced the rejection of Duggar’s appeal of his conviction. The former reality TV star had sought to overturn the 12-year prison sentence he was given in December 2021. He […]
Supreme Court Agrees To Take Up Red State Ban On Child Sex Change Procedures
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider Tennessee’s ban on child sex change procedures. The case, United States v. Skrmetti, considers whether a Tennessee law that bans medical procedures intended to enable “minor[s] to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex ” — such as cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers […]