Supreme Courtdecisions are often extremely controversial. Many Americans view theSupreme Courtas their only chance to get political change that they want. CNN: Supreme Court has declined to take up challenge from lawyers for Trump challenging 2020 election results in the battleground state of Wisconsin...
“The Supreme Court’s refusal to grant our petition strikes a blow against an individual’s right to privacy and freedom of expression — two cornerstones of our society and the building blocks of Wikipedia,” James Buatti, legal director at the Wikimedia Foundation, said in a press release....
U.S. Supreme Court Trackers Get WikiU.S. Supreme Court watchers have a new Internet tool for following cases in which they're interested - a companion wiki added to the SCOTUSblog sponsored by the Akin Gump international law firm.Price, Marie...
The 4-3 decisionreflected the other decisions the court has made on redistricting: Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor voted to reject the maps, along with Justice Michael Donnelly, Justice Melody Stewart and Justice Jennifer Brunner. Justices Sharon Kennedy, Patrick DeWine and Patrick Fischer all dis...
Bush used his veto to shoot down the more comprehensive Civil Rights Act of 1990, Congress tried again in 1991, passing updates to federal labor law based on the decisions of the Supreme Court in several recent cases. The passage of this act allowed employees greater freedom to take thei...
A victory. “Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Remove Noncitizens from Voter Rolls before Election.” “More States Join Fight Against Biden-Harris Lawsuit Preventing Removal of Non-citizen Voters.” Colorado secretary of state Jena Griswold, the same official who tried to kick Trump off the ballot...
Why are Supreme Court appointments for life? The lifetime appointment is designedto ensure that the justices are insulated from political pressure and that the court can serve as a truly independent branch of government. Justices can't be fired if they make unpopular decisions, in theory allowing...
Supreme Court Disasters By Thomas Sowell June 30 2015 Many people are looking at the recent Supreme Court decisions about ObamaCare and same-sex marriage in terms of whether they think these are good or bad policies. That is certainly a legitimate concern, for both those who favor those poli...
The U.S. has been trying to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to face espionage charges – an effort he can now challenge in Britain's Supreme Court.
Interesting. The Cherokee “Nation” actually plays at government and courts. It’s a bit sickening to see them apeing the pomp and practice of their overlords. (See recent decisions here; including a recent decision controversially revoking the citizens