As usual, America’ s supreme court ended its annual term this week by delivering a clutch of controversial decisions. The one that caught the attention of businessmen, and plenty of music lovers, was a ruling concerning the rampant downloading of free music from the internet. Nine elderly judg...
The court returns to the bench facing steady criticism for some of its most significant rulings, beginning with its June 2022 decisionoverturning Roe v. Wadeand continuing with the July rulinggranting former President Donald Trumpsome level of immunity from federal prosecution.Justices Clarence Thomasa...
the United States, on June 24, 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the nation nearly 50 years ago. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua) ...
The Supreme Court's ruling has no direct legal effect on workplace laws, but it could be problematic for companies already running afoul of existing federal protections against decisions based on protected traits such as a person's race, gender, or age. "The bottom line is that the SCOTUS d...
Rulings in Review: Supreme Court Decisions on Some Important Cases This Year Will Be Felt in the States for Quite Some TimeThe U.S. Supreme Court decided six--arguably seven--"big" cases this term. All but one directly...Soronen, Lisa...
The ruling added to the sense that the United States is "divided, deeply and hopeless factionalized," the article said on Monday. "What's shocking is this proof of the court's desire and ability to control and punish women, to deprive us of our constitutional rights," it said. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives will weigh legislation next week to boost security for Supreme Court justices, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday, one day after an armed man was arrested near Brett Kavanaugh's home and charged with attempted ...
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Jan. 6 defendant’s bid to narrow the scope of a charge against him. But its ruling didn't help the former president.
Not only were conservative justices sharply critical, the court’s liberal justices also worried aloud about the impact of the ruling. “My question is why the framers would have designed a system that would — could — result in interim disuniformity in this way?" Justice Ketanji Brown Jacks...
America's supreme court has issued a momentous ruling—one that will have far-reaching consequences for the government's ability to curb the greenhouse-gas emissions. In West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency, the court sharply limited the EPA's power to regulate the millions of tonnes...