Tag: Supreme Court

Judge Blocks 1999 California Law Requiring Specific Safety Features for Handguns

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against key parts of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act that would require new semiautomatic handguns to be fitted with certain safety features, finding it violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney on March 20 ruled in favor of the…


Navajo Nation Asks Supreme Court to Let It Access Colorado River Water

The Supreme Court heard a dispute on March 20 about whether an Indian tribe can draw water from the Colorado River over the opposition of several thirsty nearby states. The case pits the Navajo Nation, a large Indian reservation occupying territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, against the states of Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, the…


Supreme Court Overturns Appeals Court Ruling Upholding Abortion Without Parental Notification

The Supreme Court threw out a federal appeals court decision on March 20 that upheld the right of a minor to go to court for permission to pursue an abortion without notifying her parents. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole member of the Supreme Court to file a dissenting opinion in the case, Chapman…


SCOTUS Overturns Appeals Court Upholding Abortion Without Parental Consent

The Supreme Court threw out a federal appeals court decision on March 20 that upheld the right of a minor to go to court for permission to pursue an abortion without notifying her parents. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole member of the Supreme Court to file a dissenting opinion in the case, Chapman…


PREMIERING 3/21 at 7:30PM ET: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” Mark…


Biden DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Fast-Track Case That Could Reinstate Federal Gun Ban

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that struck down a federal law preventing people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from having guns. The Biden administration asked in its new petition (pdf) for the high court to hear the case on a “highly expedited schedule”…


ACLU Will Ask Supreme Court to Block State Law Banning Men From Women’s Sports

The Supreme Court has given counsel for a transgender middle school student until March 20 to respond to West Virginia’s emergency application to lift a federal appeals court order blocking the state’s Save Women’s Sports Act from taking effect. The legal action comes as West Virginia and other states have been taking action to make…


Supreme Court Seeks Extra $12 Million From Congress to Counter Security Threats

The Supreme Court is asking Congress for a $12 million funding boost in the coming fiscal year to enhance security at the court building and better protect the nine justices. The funding request comes months after a year-end report by Chief Justice John Roberts stated that the personal security of judges across the country needs to…


Supreme Court Is Asked to Take First Transgender Sports Case

The state of West Virginia and a former collegiate soccer player are asking the Supreme Court to back a state law that bans male student-athletes who present as female from playing on girls’ school sports teams. The legal action comes as West Virginia and other states are taking action to make sure women and girls…


SCOTUS Case About Excluding Judges From Electoral Redistricting Will Proceed, Lawyer for GOP Says

A U.S. Supreme Court case that could recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts will continue even though a recent action by the high court suggests it may drop the case, the top lawyer for Republicans who brought the case said in a prediction to The Epoch Times. Republican…