Tag: Samuel Alito

One Supreme Court Justice Dissents in Major Illegal Immigration Case

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito stood alone last week in opposing a majority ruling that Louisiana and Texas lacked standing to challenge a Biden administration immigration policy. The high court, in an 8–1 decision (pdf), ruled that the state challengers lacked standing to file a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities that were unveiled…


Left-Wing Donors Behind ProPublica Funds Attacks on Conservative Supreme Court Justices

A nonprofit news outlet, ProPublica, which has been launching personal attacks on two conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices, is being funded by the same left-wing organization that has been actively pushing for their removal. ProPublica has written multiple stories about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ alleged ethics violations while receiving donations from the same groups…


ProPublica and Donors Attack Conservative Supreme Court Justices

A nonprofit news outlet, ProPublica, which has been launching attacks on two conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices, is being funded by the same left-wing organization that has been actively pushing for their removal. ProPublica has written multiple stories about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ alleged ethics violations while receiving donations from the same groups that…


ProPublica and Donors Attack Conservative Supreme Court Justices: Report

A nonprofit news outlet, ProPublica, which has been launching attacks on two conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices, is being funded by the same left-wing organization that has been actively pushing for their removal. ProPublica has written multiple stories about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ alleged ethics violations while receiving donations from the same groups that…


Supreme Court Rejects Oil Companies’ Attempt to Move Climate Change Lawsuits to Federal Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by major oil companies to move a series of climate change-related lawsuits against them out of state courts and into federal courts, where they hoped to have better odds. The justices denied (pdf) a total of five petitions from BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Suncor Energy,…


Two Supreme Court Justices Dissent in Major Abortion Case

A majority of Supreme Court justices halted a lower court’s order on Friday that blocked access to an abortion drug, but Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. Alito wrote a 4-page dissent and explained why he would allow partial restrictions on the drug mifepristone—coming after the Biden administration appealed a ruling against a Texas district judge…


2 Supreme Court Justices Dissent in Major Abortion Case

A majority of Supreme Court justices halted a lower court’s order on Friday that blocked access to an abortion drug, but Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. Alito wrote a four-page dissent and explained why he would allow partial restrictions on the drug mifepristone, after the Biden administration appealed a ruling against a Texas district judge…


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…


2 Supreme Court Justices Dissent on Ruling in Key Transgender Case

A majority of the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a transgender individual to continue to participate in a girls’ track team as a lower court considers the case—but two justices dissented. Justice Samuel Alito, in an opinion (pdf) backed by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote that the dispute that was dismissed on Thursday “concerns an important issue…


Reverend Who Accused Supreme Court Justice of Leaking Decision Lied in Book: Hearing

The reverend who claims he received advance word of a Supreme Court decision lied in his book, it was revealed on Dec. 8. Rev. Rob Schenck, a former pro-life leader who has since turned pro-abortion, claimed in his 2018 book “Costly Grace” that he and his brother successfully inserted the word reverend in a case…