The Supreme Court refused—over the dissent of three liberal justices—on April 3 to take up an appeal by a death row prisoner in Louisiana who was seeking a new sentencing hearing. The inmate, David Brown, argued the prosecution improperly withheld a confession from a co-defendant that could have affected the sentence Brown was given. The…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Death Sentence Appeal Where Prosecution Allegedly Withheld Evidence
April 3, 2023
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Supreme Court Allows Disabled Student to Pursue Discrimination Suit Against Los Angeles Schools
April 3, 2023
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The Supreme Court gave an elementary school student with disability-related behavioral issues permission to move forward with a discrimination lawsuit against a California school district under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Supreme Court ruled April 3 that a young student identified as D.D. may move forward with his lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified…
Lawyers Say Supreme Court Justices Not Subject to New Gift Reporting Rules
It is unclear if Supreme Court justices will have to comply with new regulations requiring members of the federal judiciary to publicly disclose more information about personal hospitality, gifts, and benefits they receive from outside sources, lawyers told The Epoch Times. Supreme Court justices have said they voluntarily comply with the official code of conduct,…
Supreme Court Suggests IRS Went Too Far in Tax Enforcement Case
The Supreme Court seemed generally sympathetic to the claim of the wife of a delinquent taxpayer that the IRS had gone too far in her case in secretly summonsing third-party bank records. Throughout the hearing on March 29, the justices acknowledged the Internal Revenue Service needs tools to pursue delinquent accounts but suggested that potential…
Attorney General Garland Hopes to Wind Down US Marshal Protection for Supreme Court
March 29, 2023
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United States Attorney General Merrick Garland is hoping to wind down the U.S. Marshals Service security details for U.S. Supreme Court justices and leave the task to the Supreme Court Police. The Supreme Court justices have faced heightened security concerns following the leaking of a draft opinion overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion case. Following…
Christian Counselor Asks Supreme Court to Invalidate Law Forbidding Talk Against Gender Transitions
March 29, 2023
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A licensed marriage and family counselor is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Washington state law that prohibits counseling against gender transitions. Counselor Brian Tingley says the state’s counseling censorship law violates his freedom of speech and infringes on his religious faith and that of his clients by prohibiting certain private client-counselor conversations…
SCOTUS Issues ‘Major Victory for Property Rights’ in Forest Service Dispute: Attorney
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of Montana property owners who claim the U.S. Forest Service cheated them by unilaterally changing the terms of a decades-old public access agreement affecting their private land. The March 28 decision split the court’s six-member conservative wing. Three members sided with the property owners; the other three sided with…
Supreme Court to Consider Case of Litigious Disability Activist
March 28, 2023
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging a serial lawsuit filer who has sued more than 600 hotels over their alleged failure to post disability accessibility information on their websites. Activists say they are only helping to enforce the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which they say hotels do not…
Supreme Court Leaves Trump’s Steel Import Tariffs Intact
March 27, 2023
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The Supreme Court decided on March 27 not to take up an industry challenge to steel import tariffs that then-President Donald Trump launched in 2018 on U.S. national security grounds. President Joe Biden has left the tariffs, which Trump said were needed to assure robust levels of domestic steel production, largely intact. The Biden administration…
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Kansas Congressional Map
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 27 rejected a challenge to a redrawn congressional map for Kansas. The Supreme Court did not release a tally of which justices, if any, would have heard the challenge to a ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court. Four justices must approve the type of challenge made, a writ of…
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