‘Each state is allowed to make its own decisions’ Speaking outside the Supreme Court building after the arguments, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said the state’s argument would allow other states to set their own policies on whether or not...
It is has led to what I consider a Supreme Court that is wholly invalid and without legal standing. Now, I’ve had my troubles with decisions of the Supreme Court all the way down to defining a tomato as a vegetable but my understanding of the court differs wildly from that of Alan ...
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...
, and Harlan Fiske Stone), Hughes and Roberts entered the court as potential swing votes. As their service on the bench would reveal, Hughes and Roberts did often vote in similar fashion, leading some to regard their seemingly inevitable coupling—and ability to tilt decisions in a liberal or...
We can also abandon our reverence for the court’s presumed wisdom and scholarship. We may be legally bound by the court’s decisions, but there is no reason to regard the justices as infallible demigods deliberating on high. We can and should expose them as we would any other public serva...
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a Mississippi abortion case that could result in the repeal of Roe v. Wade –the 1973 landmark decision legalizing abortion nationwide prior to viability. The court seemed poised to uphold the state law that bars abortions afte...
Trump calls the Supreme Court arguments ‘a beautiful thing to watch’ By JILL COLVIN Share Trump, who is speaking to reporters on today’s proceedings, called the Supreme Court argument “a beautiful thing to watch in many respects,” even as he complained about the case being brought in...
Nobody is debating the importance of the issue the Supreme Court is debating today – no less than the future of the democratic process, some argue. But as we enter hour three, if you think that oral arguments are taking a really, really, really long time these days, you’re right. ...
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Trump’s presidential campaign sent out a fundraising email to supporters as the Supreme Court was hearing arguments this morning. “THEY WANT TO ERASE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE FOR ME!” The email read. Trump plans to fly to Las Vegas later today for a watch party as the Nevada Republican caucus...