This article assesses the role of the Indian Supreme Court in policing the Indian federation. Drawing from the literatures on courts and comparative federalism, it tests three assumptions to evaluate the performance of the Supreme Court in this regard: the political supremacy, the judicial safeguard ...
There have been 115 Supreme Court justices in US history. Some of the most notable have been: John Jay, John Marshall, Earl Warren, and Thurgood Marshall. The current Supreme Court justices are: Stephen Breyer, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Ka...
Learn the names of the past and present U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Explore the history of previous Supreme Court Justices and longest service current justice. Updated: 11/21/2023 What is the Supreme Court of the United States? The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-...
While the public debate over American policing has been roiling for months, a quieter debate has been playing out at the Supreme Court, which is now refining some of the rules that govern police conduct across the country. During the court’s current term, which concludes at the end of Jun...
Today, the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent that enabled America’s colleges and universities to build vibrant diverse environments where students are prepared to lead and learn from one another. Although the Court’s decision threatens to move the country backwards, the Biden-Harris Admini...
There are plenty of ideas for addressing the Court's trust problem. Maybe there should be term limits. Maybe there should be more than nine justices. Maybe an inspector general should oversee the Court. And of course, there's always the nuclear option: Impeachment. Ray said, "If it's rea...
The Court will hear arguments today, Monday, March 18th, over whether the US government did, and can, censor social media content. Lawsuit claims the government pressured social media platforms to censor The lawsuit claims the Federal government pressured, or worked with social media platforms, to...
"Recent reporting by the New York Times ... only deepens our concerns about the lack of adequate ethical and legal guardrails at the Court,” Johnson and Whitehouse wrote in a letter last week. The justices are largely self-policing when it comes to ethics matters and ...
The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) There have been bipartisan calls in Congress to limit the provision's scope, with lawmakers saying it gives too much power to these platforms, has not kept pace with the rapidly evolving digital landscape, and leave...
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending recognition of a constitutional right to abortion and giving individual states the power to allow, limit, or ban the practice altogether.