Trump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can’t do

Ian Millhiser, Vox

The six Republican justices have largely behaved as lickspittles to the leader of their political party. These are, after all, the same GOP political appointees who said that President Donald Trump is allowed to commit crimes. Last May, however, the Court did…

Justice Jackson Correctly Defines The John Roberts Supreme Court As The Calvinball Court

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

In theory, the nice thing about having a Supreme Court is that it provides some level of legal certainty. You know how the system works: lower courts make decisions based on law and precedent, parties can appeal, and eventually the highest court issues carefu…

WATCH: Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling

ABC News

Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples, the justices will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that asks them to overturn that decision.

There’s only one type of American who still trusts the Supreme Court

Ian Millhiser, Vox

A new Gallup poll finds public approval of the Supreme Court falling below 40 percent for the first time in the poll’s history. The poll aligns with many others, which have shown public support for the Supreme Court collapsing since Justice Amy Coney Barrett’…

A new Supreme Court case asks whether children still have First Amendment rights

Ian Millhiser, Vox

Let’s give credit where it is due. The current Supreme Court has a decent record on free speech issues.  There have been some worrisome moves, such as the Court’s decision not to immediately reverse an appeals court decision that stripped activists of their r…

Brett Kavanaugh says he doesn’t owe the public an explanation

Ian Millhiser, Vox

Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended the Supreme Court’s recent practice of handing victories to President Donald Trump without explaining those decisions, while speaking at a judicial conference on Thursday. For most of its history, the Supreme Court was very ca…

Kavanaugh Admits Trumpy Shadow Docket Rulings Are Tearing SCOTUS Apart

William Vaillancourt, Daily Beast

Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged that the recent flurry of short, unexplained rulings in the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has caused a rift among...

Ghislaine Maxwell makes pitch to Supreme Court

Aaron Katersky, ABC News

The U.S. Supreme Court should hear Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction, her lawyers argued in a brief to the Supreme Court Monday.

3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections

Ian Millhiser, Vox

Last month, two Republican federal appeals court judges effectively abolished the law banning  race discrimination in elections in seven states. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a brief order blocking this decision. The upshot is that, at least for now, …

Supreme Court To Lower Courts: Ignore Actual Binding Precedent, Follow Our Unexplained Shadow Docket Vibes Instead

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

The Supreme Court’s shadow docket has become a lawless mess. The justices are issuing extremely consequential rulings with either no explanation at all, or with barely a paragraph of reasoning. No full briefing. No oral arguments. Just vibes-based constitutio…

US Supreme Court says Trump can remove Democrats from consumer safety panel

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The nation's highest court has frequently ruled in favour of Trump's expansive interpretation of presidential powers.

On The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Vandalism In Service Of Inherited Wealth

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Peter Shane’s devastating analysis in The Atlantic has performed the invaluable service of documenting what many suspected but few could prove: that Chief Justice John Roberts has systematically dismantled American constitutional government while claiming to …

Judge Reinstates Fired FTC Commissioner While Everyone (Including The Judge) Knows The Supreme Court Will Overturn

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Judge Loren AliKhan knows exactly how this story ends, but she’s going to make the Supreme Court write the final chapter themselves. Her ruling reinstating illegally fired FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter reads like judicial theater—a careful performa…

The Power of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic

A conversation with Quinta Jurecic on why the justices aren’t explaining their rulings

The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something

Aziz Huq, The Atlantic

Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.

Dismantling the Department of Education, Without Saying Why

Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic

The American people deserve to know the Court’s reasoning.

The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Has Become A Lawless, Explanation-Free Rubber Stamp For Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

When Joe Biden wanted the Department of Education to forgive student loans, the Supreme Court shut him down hard. The Court spent pages in Biden v. Nebraska explaining why the Department lacked authority under the HEROES Act, demanding “clear congressional au…

AP Top Stories July 15

Associated Press Videos, Yahoo Entertainment

Here's the latest for Tuesday July 15th: Trump threatens Russia with steep tariffs; Supreme Court allows Dept. of Education job cuts; Fire at Massachusetts...

Supreme Court rules Trump's efforts to close the Education Department can continue

Cory Turner, NPR

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration can resume its dismantling of the Department of Education.

DOJ urges Supreme Court to turn away Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal

James Hill, ABC News

The Department of Justice on Monday urged the Supreme Court to turn away an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence.

US Supreme Court backs Trump push for mass firings at Education Department

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Court reverses lower court ruling that said large staff cuts would effectively hamstring the federal education agency.

The Supreme Court just handed Trump his biggest victory of his second term

Yahoo Entertainment

Justice Department tells Supreme Court not to toss the sex-trafficking conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell

Jacob Shamsian, Business Insider

The Justice Department and FBI said it would no longer release Jeffrey Epstein files, reigniting interest in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.

Supreme Court says Trump's efforts to close the Education Department can continue

Cory Turner, NPR

The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S. Education Department and to reinstate many of the workers the government had laid off.