Tag: U.S. Supreme Court

Major Supreme Court Pro-Gun Decision Followed by Over 100 Federal Lawsuits | Facts Matter

Almost exactly one year ago, the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a monumental ruling on American gun rights—a ruling that has spawned hundreds of lawsuits across the nation, aiming to peel back decades of anti-gun legislation. And those lawsuits are beginning to actually bear fruit—meaning that advocates of gun rights are…


SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case

Commentary The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (pdf) follows a pattern common since the court’s Obamacare decisions: The justices trimmed back a government agency’s overreach, but failed to address the constitutionality of the statute that facilitated the overreach. Like eight other SCOTUS opinions since 2013, the Thomas–Gorsuch concurring opinion in…


The Supreme Court’s New Decision on ‘Taking Property’

Commentary In the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will be finishing up its October Term. The term gets its name from the fact that it begins Oct. 1. The next few columns will unpack some of the court’s most important decisions. I will be focusing mostly (although not entirely) on cases interpreting the Constitution…


Trump Says He Gave Pro-Life Movement Power to Negotiate Abortion Policy; Says Abortion Exceptions Are Important for Winning Elections

Former President Donald Trump has touted his U.S. Supreme Court picks for helping overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion precedent last year and said his actions gave pro-life advocates greater power to negotiate and set abortion policy. In an interview with Just The News on Tuesday, Trump claimed particular credit for the end of Roe…


LIVE 9 PM ET: Supreme Court Chief Roberts Speaks at American Law Institute Event

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Delivers a speech and receives an award at 9:00 p.m. ET on May 23 at the American Law Institute’s annual dinner. The chief justice’s remark comes as the Supreme Court faces ethics scrutiny from Congress. …


Democrats Could Withhold Funds to Compel Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Rules

Senate Democrats want the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt stricter guidelines for disclosing their income sources and potential conflicts of interest, and at least 14 Democratic senators see withholding funds from the court as a way to get their demands. In a March 31 letter (pdf) to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),…


Democrats, Republicans Battle Over Supreme Court Ethics Questions in Senate Hearing

Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee traded accusations on Tuesday as they debated whether to impose new ethical requirements on the U.S. Supreme Court. The debate centered around whether the court should be required to provide more detailed financial disclosures or implement stricter guidelines for when a justice must recuse themselves from hearing a case….


LIVE NOW: Supreme Court Forced to Act on Abortion Pill as Deadline Approaches

On April 21, the Supreme Court faces another self-imposed deadline to act on limits on access to abortion pill mifepristone. Exterior views of the Supreme Court building will be livestreamed. …


Supreme Court Puts on Hold Ruling That Restricts Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court’s order that suspends the federal approval of mifepristone, the nation’s most widely used abortion drug. In a brief order (pdf) issued Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the high court halted the enforcement of a decision issued earlier this month by U.S. District Court Judge…


Florida to Require 8 Jurors, Not all 12, to Impose a Death Sentence

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign into law a bill that would no longer require a jury to vote unanimously to condemn an offender to death. The bill, SB 450, was drafted last year in the wake of Nikolas Cruz receiving life in prison for killing 17 students and staff members at Marjory…