The Supreme Court case of McGirt v. Oklahoma began with a horrific crime, and ended this morning with 1.8 million Oklahomans’ land being declared within an Indian reservation for the purposes of prosecuting any crimes committed by American Indians. The decision has met celebration among some American Indians, as well as deep concern from legal […]
Supreme Court Blocks and Punts on Trump Financial Records Cases…
Apparently stall tactics are all the rage amid a political judiciary that is collapsing from a quickly metastasizing cancer inside the third branch of government. Today the Supreme court blocked in part, and punted in part, on three cases related to the resistance effort to gain the private financial records of President Trump. The bottom […]
Unanimous Supreme Court Smacks Down ‘Faithless Electors’ in Time for 2020 Election…
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down an opinion in the “Faithless Elector” cases on Monday, which will maintain status quo on all things electoral college for the foreseeable future. Holding that the Electors’ “constitutional claim has neither text nor history on its side,” the Court ruled unanimously that states have the right […]
Landmark Victory for Parents in U.S. Supreme Court School Choice Case…
In a landmark 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a state court may not strike down a school choice program simply because it permits families to choose religious schooling. In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the Court held that barring religious options in school choice programs violates the First Amendment’s protections […]
Justice Roberts Swings Another SCOTUS Ruling; Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday morning supported abortion rights by striking down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reported Bloomberg. The 5-4 ruling, with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court’s four liberals, determined that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals violates the abortion right […]
Supreme Court Rule 7-2 to Uphold Fast-Track Deportation of Rejected Asylum Seekers…
The Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 (pdf here) that asylum seekers have no right to a hearing when their claim is denied; and their deportation is in accordance with the law. This is a major win for the Department of Homeland Security, immigration and border controls – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that asylum seekers […]
Cruz Scorches Sotomayer Over Court Critique, Turns Tables on Her Dissent…
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday tore into Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for a widely noticed dissent in which she blasted her colleagues for lifting injunctions on controversial Trump administration policies. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the use of nationwide injunctions – which stop policies from taking effect – Cruz cast the […]
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Dissent in Wolf v. Cook County…
The Resistance Starts to Infect Our Courts…
We wonder what the Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, makes of that headline about the Ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals. “Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit — and some new judges are causing a ‘shock wave,’” the headline said. Los Angeles Times attributes the claim to one of the circuit’s […]
Ginsburg Declares ERA Dead and Calls for New Campaign…
I have long criticized Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for making comments on political issues to liberal and academic groups. While not unique on the Court in what I have called the era of “celebrity justices”, Ginsburg is something of recidivist in abandoning the long-standing avoidance of political discussions by justices as well as […]
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