Category: U.S. Supreme Court

Anti-Discrimination Group Appeals University of North Carolina Case to Supreme Court

A recent federal court decision upholding the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill’s use of race in admissions is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was brought against UNC–Chapel Hill in November 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), which describes itself as a “group of more than 20,000 students,…


Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Loses 2 Conservative Members Amid Court Packing Debate

Two conservative members of President Joe Biden’s bipartisan commission examining public debate over U.S. Supreme Court reform, including whether to increase the number of justices, are no longer on the panel. Caleb Nelson, a law professor at the University of Virginia who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Jack Goldsmith, a law professor…


US Capitol Police Arrest Man Who Parked Suspicious Vehicle Outside Supreme Court

WASHINGTON—U.S. Capitol Police said they extracted a man from a suspicious vehicle in front of the U.S. Supreme Court where the nine justices were hearing oral arguments on Tuesday. “The man is in custody. Everyone is safe,” police said. The department reported the investigation on Twitter and later added that an officer had extracted the…


Biden Calls on Congress to Extend Nationwide Eviction Ban Before It Expires

The White House on Thursday called on Congress to extend a moratorium on eviction that is set to expire this week. The nationwide eviction ban was first enacted in September 2020 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the federal government’s effort to prevent the further spread of the CCP…


How the Media Misrepresents Our Liberal-Leaning Supreme Court

Commentary “Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary!” blared the headline on the June 29, 2021, NBC News story. The item continued, “Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court’s most conservative justices, said Monday that because of the hodgepodge of federal policies on marijuana, federal laws against its use or…


Legal Conservatism’s Moment of Truth: Abortion Returns to the Supreme Court

Commentary In agreeing to hear the Mississippi abortion case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week placed directly in its crosshairs the court’s two foundational modern abortion precedents, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In preparing to decide whether all restrictions on pre-”viability” abortions are unconstitutional,…


Live Q&A: Major Abortion Case Will be Heard by Supreme Court; Consumer Prices Increase Across US

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major abortion case, regarding a Mississippi appeal to reverse a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This will allow the Supreme Court to consider major rulings including Roe v Wade. And in other news, consumer prices are increasing across the United States, and while…


New Study on Supreme Court Shows Dramatic Increase in Support for Religious Freedom

A new study of Supreme Court decisions going back to 1953 shows the nation’s highest tribunal has moved from supporting religious freedom less than half the time to almost always in recent years. “The Roberts Court has ruled in favor of religious organizations far more frequently than its predecessors, over 81% of the time, compared…


Supreme Court Rules Against Ford in Product Liability Venue Dispute

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled against Ford Motor Co in a case in which the second-largest U.S. automaker had sought to bar two state courts from hearing product liability suits involving a pair of serious crashes. Ford had appealed rulings by the top state courts in Montana and Minnesota that had allowed the…


Volkswagen Asks US Supreme Court to Reverse Ruling on Local Emissions Claims

WASHINGTON—Volkswagen AG and a German auto supplier on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that said two counties could seek financial penalties over excess diesel emissions that could total billions of dollars. The German automaker’s U.S. unit and Robert Bosch LLC asked the U.S. high court to reverse a unanimous…