Alito’s inverted flag makes a mockery of the Supreme Court’s code of ethics
The crumbling institutional legitimacy of the Supreme Court upside down flag — a banner of Trump insurrectionists and false stolen election claims — was hoisted from a flagpole at Justice Samuel Alito’s home on January 17, 2021, days before President Biden’s inauguration. This is a blatant political statement that destroys the appearance of impartiality of […]
In Georgia, fierce state Supreme Court race, Republican congressional primary top ballots
Georgia’s elections on Tuesday include a state Supreme Court race unusually heated by the sleepy standards of the state’s bipartisan judicial races, and the heavily Republican 3rd Congressional District south and west of Atlanta. It includes a five-way Republican primary for the vacant seat. . Two Democratic incumbents, Rep. David Scott and Rep. Lucy McBath, […]
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 […]