10,000 Court Decisions Can’t Be Wrong, Even If Trump Thinks Otherwise

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

It’s absolutely amazing how wrong this administration has been when it comes to immigration enforcement. That some people still think the Supreme Court is in the best position to resolve this is insane. This isn’t a circuit split in need of mending. This is p…

Alito Helped Normalize Unreasoned Shadow Docket Orders. Now He’s Mad About One.

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

A couple weeks back, Supreme Court watcher Steve Vladeck pointed out a fascinating “tell” by Justice Samuel Alito in dealing with stays that he will issue on shadow docket requests. If he is prone to agree with the underlying claim, he’ll issue an unbounded s…

Impeaching Every Federal Judge and Justice Who Endorsed Unitary Executive Theory

Christopher Armitage, Substack.com

A serious claim requiring serious consideration.

A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight

Jessica Washington, The Intercept

Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication. The post A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight appeared first on The Intercept.

The Supreme Court abortion pills case, explained

Peter Balonon-Rosen, Sean Rameswaram, Vox

Abortion pills have been on a bit of a journey in the United States over the past few weeks. It starts in Louisiana: The state sued the Food and Drug Administration late last year, seeking to eliminate access to the abortion pill mifepristone through teleheal…

He’s the Supreme Court’s Anonymous “Nice Guy” Conservative. The Reality Is Way More Disturbing.

Susan Matthews, Slate Magazine

When I reached deep into his past, a clear story emerged.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asks public to back judicial independence

Josh Gerstein, Politico

Despite barbed opinions, Supreme Court’s newest member insists relationships among the justices are “fine.”

Supreme Court Breaks Another Election To Make Sure Black Voters Are Disenfranchised

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Again, I feel like I’m going crazy here, but the obviously extremely partisan Supreme Court has struck again. I will repeat some of the basics, because it’s hard to believe how blatant all of this is. In November, a (Trump-appointed) judge threw out Texas’s n…

Opinion - God won’t save this Supreme Court: That job belongs to all of us

Svante Myrick, opinion contributor, The Hill

The Roberts Court has become a partisan and ideological tool of the right-wing legal and political movement.

John Oliver explains how the Supreme Court keeps letting Trump get away with it

Drew Gillis, Jezebel

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Supreme Court’s junior justice goes on solo tear as Trump fights put her at odds with the bench

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The Spine of Justice Roberts

Americanthinker.com

Photo Credit:Image: Chief Justice John Roberts.  Credit: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Supreme Court’s chief justice seems to have something other than the Constitution as his top pr…

Louisiana v. Callais And The Long Run

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Photo Credit: American ThinkerIf Republicans are wise, Louisiana v. Callais could be the kind of once-in-a-century Supreme Court decision that returns America to its constitutional roots.

The Supreme Court Is Considering Whether to Deal Another Big Blow to Abortion Access

Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone

The Supreme Court is considering whether to uphold a lower court ruling prohibiting abortion providers from mailing mifepristone.

This was John Roberts’ plan all along

David Daley, Salon

The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It

The Intercept Briefing, The Intercept

As Tennessee eliminated its only majority-Black district, Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson explain how SCOTUS enabled the right’s “power grab.” The post The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It  appeared first on The Int…

John Roberts Wants You To Stop Believing Your Own Eyes

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

John Roberts has spent years whining about how totally unfair it is that people claim he and his colleagues rule based on partisan leanings. He did it in 2014. He did it in 2017. He did it in 2019. Hell, he did it a couple months ago too. So it’s little surpr…

After Trump's attacks on court, Gorsuch determined to be 'fearless' and 'independent'

Linsey Davis, Devin Dwyer, Lindsey Griswold, Jon Schlosberg, Abcnews.com

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch responded to attacks by President Trump in an interview, suggesting he is determined to remain “independent” and “fearless.”

Amid attacks by Trump, Justice Gorsuch says "my loyalty is to the Constitution"

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Sen. Raphael Warnock: Supreme Court "poured fuel on this redistricting arms race"

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia called the Supreme Court's decision last week to strike down Louisiana's congressional map and weaken the Voting Rights Act "a massive and devastating blow."

Supreme Court asked to restore access to mail-order abortion pill

Peter Charalambous, Devin Dwyer, Abcnews.com

A pharma company that produces mifepristone asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s ruling barring health providers from dispensing the abortion pill by mail.

The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Is Results-Driven Cynicism, Not Law

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

I will continue to make the case for a 100 Justice Supreme Court because we need to get to the point that no single Supreme Court Justice matters. As it stands, each individual Justice has way too much power, and when they go mad with it, they can undermine t…

The Supreme Court Is Corrupt. This Is What We Can Do About It.

Jason Kottke, kottke.org

This is excellent: Jamelle Bouie explains why he thinks the Supreme Court is corrupt and what we (through Congress) can do about it. Not all video transcripts work as text, but this one does, so I

Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Now that the Supreme Court has gutted yet another piece of the Voting Rights Act, this one concerning redistricting, here’s one thing we know for sure: Democrats will have to enter into a new era of procedural total war. That might make many of them uncomfort…