US Supreme Court

[CraigB]

Hawley claims Democrats are intimidating the Supreme Court with push for stricter ethics

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274969881.html

All I have to say is... FUCK JOSH HAWLEY

 

[GRtak]

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising “as a son.” “This is way outside the norm,” said a former White House ethics lawyer.

www.propublica.org

Nothing to see here, move along.

 

[GRtak]

https://twitter.com/IAmPoliticsGirl/status/1654505203675332608

 

[GRtak]

Supreme Court halts execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip

Death row inmate Richard Glossip’s execution has been stayed again, this time by the U.S. Supreme Court, less than two weeks away from his execution date.

www.kgou.org

 

[GRtak]

Is it OK for a Supreme Court justice to accept bagels and lox from her high school friends?

Elena Kagan's high school classmates wanted to give her a gift of bagels and lox. Here's why they decided not to.

forward.com

What a difference between two Justice's interpretation of what is an allowed gift.

 

[jack_christie]

Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments​

Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments

The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors’ conservative advocacy machine.

www.levernews.com

 

[GRtak]

View: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177228505/supreme-court-shadow-docket

 

[GRtak]

Clarence Thomas should resign from the supreme court, for the good of the court | Steven Greenhouse

By acting as if Thomas has done nothing wrong, chief justice John Roberts looks pathetic and enabling of unethical behavior

www.theguardian.com

 

[GRtak]

2 new rulings from SCOTUS. One is really good and the other is fairly bad.


View: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1178150234/supreme-court-epa-clean-water-act

 

[GRtak]

View: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179524247/supreme-court-ruled-against-a-union-but-left-strikers-rights-protections-untouch

 

[GRtak]

Supreme Court justices, minus Thomas, and Alito, file financial disclosure reports​

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180896886/supreme-court-financial-disclosure-reports

 

[GRtak]

Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering​

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1181002182/supreme-court-voting-rights

 

[GRtak]

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.

www.propublica.org

 

[jack_christie]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhMi7C6QiKM

 

[GRtak]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/politics/alito-barrett-supreme-court-ethics-travel/index.html

 

[GRtak]

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration​

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1182015382/supreme-court-ruling-immigration?ft=nprml&f=1003

 

[GRtak]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/politics/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-redistricting/index.html?

 

[GRtak]

The Supreme Court May Preemptively Ban a Federal Wealth Tax

Given the recent ethics questions about justices’ interactions with billionaires, it’s an interesting case to take on.

newrepublic.com

Supreme Court declines case challenging school's skirts-only dress code for girls​

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1183781580/supreme-court-dress-code

 

[CraigB]

Hmm... Wonder why they would ban a wealth tax. Couldn't be all the billionaires that court them (no pun intended), could it?

 

[GRtak]

How the Supreme Court made it harder to overturn the 2024 election

A ruling rejecting a broad version of the "independent state legislature theory" could help deter far-fetched legal arguments in the 2024 election.

www.nbcnews.com

Supreme court rules against fringe legal theory in key voting rights case

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue ruling following dispute over electoral maps

www.theguardian.com

Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state

The Supreme Court has ruled that state courts can act as a check on their legislatures in redistricting and other issues affecting federal elections.

apnews.com