Although few (except the NPC Observer) outside the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) likely have noticed, earlier this year it was agreed between the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee and the SPC that this year’s SPC specialized report to the NPC Standing Committee will focus...
But he quickly became one of the court's most outspoken conservatives, serving as a steadfast opponent of gay rights and affirmative action in hiring and school admissions, and abortion rights. The landmark case of Roe v. Wade, he said, was wrongly decided, declaring rights that the found...
Communist Party and the Courts, Court Reform, Recently in the Court New Spirit at the Supreme People’s Court May 8, 2023 1 Comment A fundamental principle of Chinese bureaucracy over the millennia is that a change in leadership brings a change in policy. As we know, Zhang Jun (张军)...
Recent Supreme Court decisions have addressed the power of federal agencies, including Loper Bright v. Raimondo, which was decided last year. With Loper Bright, a majority of justices rejected the established principle known as the Chevron deference, which held that courts should typically give ...
The Supreme Court has presided over cases that have changed the history of the United States? The Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, and it permits Congress to decide how to organize it. The generalizations I would make about the backgrounds of the Justices, letting the American people ...
Abortion rights groups also are closely watching Kansas, where six of the seven Supreme Court justices face a statewide yes-or-no vote to stay on the bench for another six years. Two of the six were in the 6-1 majority that in 2019 declared access to abortion a “fundamental” ri...
WASHINGTON —President Biden has told progressives in Congress that he will soon endorse proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including by putting term limits on the justices and enforcing an ethics code. He also spoke in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment tooverturn ...
“And yet the Supreme Court won’t even acknowledge it’s a problem.” So far, the court has chafed at the prospect of such reforms. Though the court recently laid out its ethics practices in a statement signed by all nine justices, Chief Justice John Roberts has not directly addressed ...
"Roe is the thing that Michigan people rely on for access to abortion care, so it would certainly call that into question," she said. Adding to concerns for abortion rights advocates - the new conservative majority on the US Supreme Court with recently confirmed justice...
Barrett’s scrutiny of how the Idaho ban was endangering women caused a shift in the thinking of key justices. The majority ended updismissing the caseand allowing lower court judges to assess the situation first. That blocked the Idaho ban from being enforced in hospital emergencies. ...