Civil rights cases. (Supreme Court decisions in several cases) (Developments in Industrial Relations)Ruben, George
Washington —The Supreme Court on Friday declined for now to take up a landmark case over whether former President Donald Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while he was in office, a move that allows the appeals process to play out first. The court issued ...
the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction—i.e., it serves as a trial court. Relatively few cases reach the court through its original jurisdiction, however; instead, the vast majority of the court’s business and nearly all of its most influential decisions derive from its appellate jurisdicti...
This term, which began in October 2023, follows two in which the Supreme Court handed down consequential decisionsunwinding the constitutional right to abortionandbringing to an end affirmative actionin higher education. The justiceskicked off this latest slateof cases with several involving administrativ...
Today the Supreme Court reaffirmed the ability of state courts to adjudicate 1933 Act class action cases, holding that “SLUSA did nothing to strip state courts of their longstanding jurisdiction to adjudicate class actions alleging only 1933 Act violations.” At the time of its enactment, Preside...
Supreme Court rulings buy Trump time, CNN legal analyst says CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic said theSupreme Court decisions todaywere a win for President Trump in terms of “the time he buys.” Since the cases will be sent to lower courts for further review, it all but ensures that the...
“This is supreme gaslighting,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.“Rather than issue clear rulings, they have left pathways for these decisions to come back to them later down the road.” Skye Perryman, president and CE...
The atmosphere in the Supreme Court on Thursday was “much more tepid” when compared to the oral arguments held for Bush v. Gore in 2000, according to CNN senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic, who was in the courtroom for hearings during both cases. “Not only could you feel prett...
In a 6-3 decision, the high court upheld the ruling of a Fifth Circuit court that said the SEC did not have the power to use in-house judges to decide on penalties for fraud cases.1This ruling could have far-reaching consequences for other agencies that also enforce laws u...
A tale of two cases: Bakke and Webster 5. A tale of two terms: the 1989 and 1994 court terms 6. 'The Supreme Court decided today ...' - or did it? 7. Which decisions are reported? It's the issue, stupid! 8. Television news and the Supreme Court: all the news that's fit ...