SCOTUS

Democrats to Unveil Court-packing Bill; Expands Supreme Court to 13 Via Breitbart: Democrats will reportedly unveil a bill Thursday to pack the Supreme Court by expanding the number of justices from nine to thirteen, with the four new vacancies to be filled immediately by President Joe Biden and the Democrat-controlled Senate. The Intercept reported Wednesday evening: Congressional Democrats plan to unveil legislation expanding the size of the Supreme Court on Thursday, according […]

Liberals demand Breyer retire after justice warns against court packing Via Just The News: Justice Stephen Breyer has long been the target of a whisper campaign among liberals hoping he will retire and give President Biden a fresh appointment to the Supreme Court. But the volume got a lot louder on the left this week after the court's longest serving liberal warned against the political movement known as "court packing" and […]

U.S. Supreme Court widens ability to sue police for excessive force Via Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the ability of people to sue police for excessive force, ruling in favor of a New Mexico woman who filed a civil rights lawsuit after being shot by officers she had mistaken for carjackers. The 5-3 decision allowed the woman, Roxanne Torres, to pursue her lawsuit accusing New Mexico State […]

SCOTUS to consider restoring Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence Via Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the federal government’s bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. The Justice Department, before former President Donald Trump left office, filed an appeal of a lower court’s 2020 decision ordering […]

High court revives ex-student’s suit against Georgia college Via AP News:  The Supreme Court is reviving a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian literature on campus. The high court sided 8-1 with the student, Chike Uzuegbunam, and against Georgia Gwinnett College. Uzuegbunam has since graduated, and the public school in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has changed its policies. Lower courts said the […]

U.S. Supreme Court Signals More Leeway For Voting Restrictions Via Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold two Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona in a case that could further hobble the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. During nearly two hours of oral arguments by teleconference the court’s conservative justices, who hold a 6-3 majority, asked questions indicating […]