Commentary The past five weeks has seen a flurry of media activity, clearly coordinated, against the right-of-center U.S. Supreme Court. First, the outlet ProPublica began publishing a series of pieces “exposing” the well-known fact of Justice Clarence Thomas’ long-running friendship with billionaire real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, and alleging ethical improprieties pertaining to the justice’s…
Supreme Court Overturns Corruption Conviction of Former Cuomo Aide
May 11, 2023
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The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the public corruption conviction of Joe Percoco, formerly a longtime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a May 11 ruling. The new decision, a defeat for the Biden administration, is a blow to prosecutors and the federal honest-services fraud statute, which some lawyers and civil libertarians say is vague and…
Supreme Court Sides With Transgender Asylum Claimant in Deportation Dispute
May 11, 2023
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled May 11 in favor of a transgender illegal alien from Guatemala seeking asylum who claims he would face persecution if forced to return to his home country. The ruling, a defeat for the Biden administration, is expected to make it easier for those challenging deportation to make their case. The…
Supreme Court Upholds Restrictive California Pork Production Law
The Supreme Court narrowly upheld a voter-approved animal welfare law in California on May 11 that bans the sale of pork from hogs unless the animals were raised in a space that exceeds industry norms. The court split 5–4 in its ruling, which affirmed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit….
Harlan Crow Refuses to Answer Democrats’ Questions About Justice Thomas, Casts Probe as Illegitimate
May 9, 2023
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Texas billionaire Harlan Crow refused to answer questions from a Democratic senator who is examining whether gifts such as luxury vacations that Crow gave his friend Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated U.S. tax law. The relationship between Crow and Thomas has generated outrage on the left as well as calls for Thomas’s impeachment from…
IN-DEPTH: Why Biden Admin’s Latest Push for EVs, Wind, and Solar Is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court
May 8, 2023
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Two new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that are currently being finalized will leverage the EPA’s authority to regulate emissions in order to force both America’s electricity network and America’s automotive industry to shift production to wind, solar, and electric vehicles (EVs). However, new EPA initiatives targeting America’s fossil fuel industry will face legal challenges…
Ex-Supreme Court Justice More Sympathetic to GOP-Backed Election Theory Than Previously Thought
Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, seemed to express sympathy in 2000 for elements of a controversial GOP-backed legal theory that would recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, according to the recently unveiled papers of the late Justice John Paul Stevens. Then-President Gerald Ford appointed Stevens, a liberal…
Instead of Smearing Justices, Senators Should Be Asking Them for Ethics Lessons
Commentary The concerted effort by the media and Democrats to delegitimize the Supreme Court is the most consequential attack on our institutions in memory. Make no mistake. The “Supreme Court Ethics Reform” hearing this week was meant to discredit the high court and slander justices with innuendo. Nothing else. Democrats are angry because the court…
Supreme Court Inches Closer to Decision in Major Redistricting Case
May 5, 2023
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The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. Many legal observers had speculated that the case was…
‘Another Attempt to Manufacture a Scandal’: Friend of Clarence Thomas Hits Back at New Report Targeting the Justice
May 4, 2023
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A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is pushing back against a new report claiming a wealthy GOP donor paid for the private school tuition of the justice’s grandnephew. During the presidency of Donald Trump, Mark Paoletta was general counsel to the Office of Management and Budget and before that chief counsel to then-Vice…
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