The U.S. Supreme Court made headlines Monday with its acceptance of a case that argues whether legislative maps can be ruled unconstitutional simply due to the partisan advantages that may be gained from their designs. Some election law experts contend the matter is a means to an end in transferring redistricting powers—commonly held in legislative […]
SCOTUS Rules September 11 Detainees Can’t Sue Government…
SCOTUS Throws Cold Water Early on Obama’s Partisan Gerrymandering Project…
SCOTUS to Tackle Partisan Gerrymandering…
The Supreme Court will once again wade into the world of partisan gerrymandering – that is, the practice of purposely drawing district lines to favor one party and put another at a disadvantage. The justices announced today that they will review Wisconsin’s appeal of the decision by a three-judge district court striking down, as the […]
Trump Will Appeal Travel Ban To Supreme Court…
Well, Trump did warn he would appeal the travel ban all the way to the Supreme Court if he had to, and that’s precisely what he plans on doing. On Thursday afternoon, shortly after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 10-3 vote that Trump’s travel ban likely violates the constitution and ruled […]
Napolitano: Justice Scalia Believed Supreme Court Was Being Surveilled by Obama (VIDEO)…
Judge Napolitano: Justice Scalia told me that he often thought the court was being surveilled. And he told me that probably four or five years ago…If they had to unmask Senator Paul’s name to reveal a conversation he was having with a foreign agent and the foreign agent was hostile to the United States they […]
U.S. Supreme Court Decides 6,700 Page ‘Torture Report’ to Remain Secret…
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a report on the CIA’s post-September 11 torture programme, ensuring it will remain secret. The court rebuffed arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union that the highly classified report, compiled in 2014 by the Senate Intelligence Committee, should […]
Grassley: Expect a SCOTUS Resignation This Summer…
Rumors have been ubiquitous in the nation’s capital as to whether another Supreme Court vacancy is on the horizon. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said in February that the “odds are very good” that at least one justice would be retiring. The signs appear to point to Justice Anthony Kennedy, who will be turning 81 this […]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case of Illegal Immigrants Denied Asylum…
The Supreme Court won’t wade into the debate over illegal immigration, declining to hear an appeal from a group of women and children from Central America who are seeking asylum. The case sought to clarify the rights of those prioritized for deportation. The rejection leaves in place the ruling from a lower court that the […]
Nuclear Option Restores Constitutional Balance…
On April 6, the U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to extend Senate Democrats’ own precedent to guarantee that Supreme Court nominees can be confirmed with a simple-majority vote of 51 out of 100 senators. As an immediate result, Gorsuch was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice Friday morning by a bipartisan vote of 54-45, but the […]