The Supreme Court must decide this issue on climate lawsuits someday. Why not do it now?
“Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” This maxim has been (perhaps falsely) attributed to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and others, and provides sage advice to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is reflected in a pending ruling asking us to decide today whether federal law preempts state common law public nuisance and […]
Supreme Court Slaps Down Challenge That Could Have Gutted Financial Regulatory Agency
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge on Thursday that could have paved the way for a consumer protection regulator to be dismantled. The court ruled by 7-2 vote that the unconventional way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) receives funding is constitutional, dealing a blow to the business interests who brought the challenge. Two trade […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold Anheuser-Busch stock during Dylan Mulvaney boycott
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is speaking out against Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch, amid a social media boycott over the brand’s controversial advertising partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. He sold his stock and bought stock in rival Molson Coors. Mr. Alito sold between $1,000 and $15,000 of AB InBev stock on […]
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Maryland Gun Ban
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Then-Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley signed the ban into law in May 2013. According to the list of orders, the court denied the specific writ petition. released Monday. (Related: Exclusive: Republican state legislators join push to end blue state […]
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on assault-style weapons
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Maryland’s ban on certain assault-style semiautomatic rifles, leaving the law in place for now. The court did not elaborate on its decision, but it would be unusual for the justices to agree to take up the case since it is still being considered by […]
US Supreme Court rejects former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Omar Khadr’s attempt to vacate his conviction for the 2002 murder of a U.S. soldier and other crimes he committed when he was 15 years old. The justices declined to hear the appeal, noting that Khadr waived his right to appellate review as part of his 2010 plea agreement. […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader confirms VP as interim president after death of President Raisi
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has approved First Vice President Mohammad Mokbel as interim head of the country’s executive branch following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and other officials were pronounced dead on Monday after the helicopter they were traveling in crashed into a […]
Biden on Trump’s next Supreme Court pick: ‘Do you think he’ll put anybody who has a brain?’
President Biden told an audience at the NAACP Detroit Chapter dinner that if former President Trump were elected to the White House for a second term, he would fill the hypothetical vacancy on the Supreme Court with “someone with a brain.” I asked them to think about whether or not they thought so. In a […]
Nadler questions Supreme Court ethics after Alito flag debacle: ‘None of them have clean hands’
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.Y.) has criticized Supreme Court ethics after Justice Samuel Alito was criticized earlier this week for displaying an upside-down American flag outside his Virginia home in 2021. brought the issue back to light. “None of them have clean hands, none of them have clean hands,” Nadler said Saturday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” […]
Dems Need to ‘Put the Supreme Court on the Ballot,’ Blame GOP for Justices with No Decency
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Democrats need to make the Supreme Court an election issue. “What we have to do now is give the Supreme Court a vote, and that being a member of the Supreme Court is going to be the lasting impact of this election,” Blumenthal said. “It’s […]