The U.S. Supreme Court set aside the death sentences of six convicted murderers in Arizona after recently ruling that withholding certain information from the jury during the sentencing process was unlawful. The court previously held it was illegal to prevent jurors from being informed that if a condemned person were given a life sentence it…
Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentences of 6 in Arizona, Orders New Sentencings
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal After Insurer Refused to Cover a Yacht Wreck
The Supreme Court agreed on March 6 to take up an appeal by an insurance company that refused to cover non-fire damage to a yacht after it ran aground while carrying a fire extinguishing system whose inspection had lapsed. The case is Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co. LLC, court file 20-500….
Supreme Court Sides With Offended Atheists in Lawsuit Against Florida City Over Prayer Vigil
The Supreme Court sided with atheists March 6 when it decided not to hear an appeal by a Florida city that sought to halt their lawsuit over a city-sponsored prayer vigil. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas objected to the court’s decision to deny the petition in City of Ocala, Florida v. Rojas, court file 22-278. The court majority…
Legal Team for Christian Postal Worker Pushed out for Demanding Sunday Work Exemption Hopeful About Upcoming Case
March 5, 2023
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The legal team representing an evangelical Christian postal worker who quit the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to accommodate his wish not to work on the Sunday Sabbath is “optimistic” about the case the Supreme Court will hear next month. Over the opposition of the Biden administration, the court agreed on Jan. 13 to…
Supreme Court May Back Out of Ruling on Doctrine Empowering State Legislatures to Regulate Elections
March 3, 2023
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The U.S. Supreme Court signaled late March 2 that it is considering dropping a high-profile pending case in which Republicans are asking it to rule that state legislatures have greater power over federal elections. The case, Moore v. Harper, court file 21-1271, is currently being deliberated by the justices after they heard almost three hours…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear First Step Act Drug Sentencing Appeal
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a convicted methamphetamine distributor who argues that he was improperly denied relief under the Trump-era First Step Act. The court granted the petition in an unsigned order on Feb. 27. No justices dissented from the order. The First Step Act, a bipartisan measure approved by Congress…
Biden Doubts Future of His Student Loan Cancellation Plan
March 2, 2023
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he’s not sure whether the Supreme Court would block his plan to “forgive” hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt. “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law. I’m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet,” the president told reporters when asked…
Court Reduces Sentence for Moncton Mountie Killer Justin Bourque
A New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in Moncton in 2014 will now be able to apply for parole far sooner than the record-setting 75 years imposed by a judge after the triple slaying. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal on Thursday reduced Justin Bourque’s parole ineligibility period to 25 years. It based…
3 Points of Focus for Supreme Court in Student Loan Forgiveness Arguments
March 1, 2023
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On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for and against the Biden administration’s contested student loan forgiveness program. As previously reported by The Epoch Times, the Biden administration announced its three-pronged Student Debt Relief program in a Fact Sheet on Aug. 24, 2022, just a little over two months before the Nov. 8, 2022, midterm…
Delaware Not Entitled to Seize Funds From Unclaimed Money Orders Purchased Elsewhere, SCOTUS Rules
The Supreme Court sided with 30 states that challenged Delaware’s practice of seizing unclaimed funds from customers of payments giant MoneyGram, ruling on Feb. 28 that the money left over from abandoned money orders may be taken by the state in which the money order was purchased. Because MoneyGram is incorporated in Delaware, that state…
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