Later this month, the Supreme Court will consider a case arising out of a botched sex-trafficking investigation about whether state and local police officers enjoy immunity from lawsuits when they are federally cross-deputized as members of joint state-federal task forces. Three young women, including Ifrah Yassin, are suing the Saint Paul, Minnesota, Police Department, claiming…
SCOTUS to Consider Immunity of Police on Joint State-Federal Task Forces in Bungled Sex-Trafficking Prosecution
February 1, 2023
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Biden Sparks Confusion by Saying Supreme Court Will End National COVID-19 Emergency
February 1, 2023
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President Joe Biden caused confusion on Jan. 31 when he told a reporter the Supreme Court would “end” national COVID-19 emergency policies on May 15, after telling Congress the day before that his administration would terminate the emergencies on May 11. In response to Republican proposals in Congress to end the national emergency and public…
Poll Says Public Approval of Supreme Court Slowly Rising After Abortion Ruling
Public opinion of the Supreme Court remains underwater but has improved by several percentage points since it dropped precipitously in June 2022 when the court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll. Among U.S. adults responding to the latest Marquette Law School survey, 47 percent currently approve of the court, while 53 percent…
Public Approval of Supreme Court Slowly Rising Since Abortion Ruling, Poll Says
Public opinion of the Supreme Court remains underwater but has improved by several percentage points since it dropped precipitously in June 2022 when the court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll. Among U.S. adults responding to the latest Marquette Law School survey, 47 percent currently approve of the court, while 53 percent…
US Supreme Court Seeks Biden Admin Input on Texas, Florida Social Media Laws
January 24, 2023
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The Supreme Court has invited the Biden administration to give input on laws in Florida and Texas that allow users to sue large social media companies over censorship. NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations representing Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other social media and e-commerce companies, brought the case to challenge the states’ laws. Both state laws…
Supreme Court Won’t Stop $2 Million IRS Penalty Against Grandmother Whose Family Fled Nazis
January 23, 2023
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The Supreme Court turned away an appeal on Jan. 23 over a $2.1 million penalty the IRS assessed against a grandmother whose family fled Nazi persecution, for failing to report a foreign bank account. The decision came as the U.S. House of Representatives, now controlled by Republicans, voted earlier this month to repeal a congressional…
Supreme Court Marshal Reveals Why She Didn’t Ask Justices to Swear They Weren’t Behind Leak
The Supreme Court’s marshal on Jan. 20 said she interviewed all nine justices in her investigation into the leak of a draft opinion but opted against making the justices sign sworn affidavits attesting they were not behind the leak. “During the course of the investigation, I spoke with each of the Justices, several on multiple…
Florida Supreme Court Upholds State Law Banning Local Governments From Restricting Gun Sales
January 20, 2023
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The Florida Supreme Court on Jan. 19 upheld a state law banning local governments from implementing restrictions on the sale of guns and ammunition. Under Florida law passed in 1987, cities and counties are not allowed to create restrictions on guns that are stricter than state law, also known as “preemption” of local gun laws. Those who do…
Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to Overturn First Amendment Decision
Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. FEC decision made in 2010. The court ruled 5–4 that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations and overruled an earlier decision…
LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (Jan. 19): Biden Approval Rating Drops to 40 Percent Amid Docs Scandal; Alec Baldwin to Be Charged With Manslaughter
A Santa Fe district attorney announced on Jan. 19 that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged before the end of the month for fatally shooting a cinematographer on set in 2021. The incident happened in New Mexico during a rehearsal of the upcoming film “Rust.” Amid the fallout of the documents debacle, a new poll…
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