The Supreme Court’s decision restricting the use of a landmark 2018 drug reform law landed like an anvil Monday morning at the Decarceration Collective, a Chicago law firm that seeks to free people serving life sentences for federal drug crimes. The unanimous ruling said the law — which has been used to cut the sentences […]
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Dems To Expand Supreme Court To Protect Roe v. Wade
Democratic senators say if the Supreme Court strikes a blow against Roe v. Wade by upholding a Mississippi abortion law, it will fuel an effort to add justices to the court or otherwise reform it. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority this week agreed to hear the Mississippi case, which could dramatically narrow abortion rights by […]
Supreme Court Takes On Major Second Amendment Case
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, teeing up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment. In an unsigned order, the justices took up a bid by two gun owners and a New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association […]
Biden Looks To Expand Supreme Court
President Biden created a bipartisan commission Friday to study structural changes to the Supreme Court, giving the group 180 days to produce a report on a range of thorny topics including court expansion and term limits. The commission, composed of 36 legal scholars, former federal judges and practicing lawyers, fulfills Biden’s campaign promise to establish […]
Biden Begins Process To Overhaul The Supreme Court
The Biden administration has begun setting up a commission aimed at Supreme Court reform and the federal judiciary, according to a Politico report. Sources close to the matter told the publication that nine to 15 people are expected to be appointed to the commission that will study court reform. Those who are expected to be […]
Supreme Court Delivers Major Blow To Pro-Life Laws
The Supreme Court handed a victory to advocates of abortion rights Monday, wiping lower court rulings off the books that had upheld a Texas order banning nearly all abortions in the state during the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a halt to nonessential medical procedures in late March to conserve hospital resources and personal […]
Trump Tries To Overturn Pennsylvania Results Via SCOTUS
President Trump’s campaign team on Sunday filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to reverse several cases by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to change the state’s mail ballot law before and after the 2020 presidential election. The president’s campaign alleged in a statement that the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court’s changing of the […]
Supreme Court Tosses Trump’s Attempt To Overturn The Election
The Supreme Court denied a request from GOP allies of President Trump to overturn Pennsylvania’s election results on Tuesday The high court left intact a decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which tossed a lawsuit from Rep. Mike Kelly challenging a 2019 law to expand mail-in voting. The GOP appeal to the high court was […]
Supreme Court Justice Open To Preserving ObamaCare
Two conservative justices on the Supreme Court appeared prepared to preserve at least some of the major components of ObamaCare, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions, as they heard arguments Tuesday in a suit challenging the law. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh seemed to express the view that if the […]
Barrett Officially Sworn In As Supreme Court Judge
Judge Amy Coney Barrett officially became Justice Barrett following a private ceremony in the Supreme Court’s East Conference Room Tuesday morning. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the Judicial Oath to Barrett, officially making her the court’s 103rd associate justice. “Upon administration of that oath, she will be able to begin to participate in the work […]
Supreme Court Sides With GOP In Limiting Votes
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has faced a stream of last-minute appeals over election procedures since the spring, and most of the time it has rejected calls to allow less restrictive voting measures despite the pandemic. That has generally meant that Republicans prevailed in seeking to block changes that would make it easier to […]
Trump Files Emergency Request With Supreme Court To Stop Release Of Tax Returns
President Trump has filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to block the release of his tax returns. The request comes as the Senate is holding confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Last week, a federal appeals court ruled Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance can enforce […]