Tag: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Receptive to Pitch to Allow Court Challenges to Administrative State Powers

A security technology company and an accountant claiming unfair treatment at the hands of federal agencies’ in-house administrative tribunals urged a seemingly receptive Supreme Court on Nov. 7 to make it easier to challenge their structure. The Supreme Court could use the opportunity to rein in the so-called administrative state and reaffirm the separation of…


Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to 8-Person Juries in Criminal Trials

Over the dissents of two conservative justices, the Supreme Court refused on Nov. 7 to take up the case of a man who claimed it was unconstitutional for Arizona to convict him using a jury comprising just eight persons instead of the usual 12. The ruling means that a handful of states may continue to…


If GOP Regains Control of Senate, They Can Impact Federal Judiciary: Stand for Freedom Center Director

If Republicans take the Senate majority after the Nov. 8 midterm elections, they could have a significant impact on how many of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees get approved, said Ryan Helfenbein, executive director of the Standing for Freedom Center. Since taking office, Biden has nominated 144 judges to district and circuit courts, with 27 nominees announced…


A Stranger in Town (1943)

In a small corrupt town, an honest crusading lawyer running for mayor gets unexpected help from a tourist who happens to be a Supreme Court judge. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Indian Tribe’s Bid to Access Water From the Colorado River

The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 4 to hear a dispute about whether an Indian tribe has the right to draw water from the Colorado River. 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 Metropolitan Water District of…


Supreme Court’s Barrett Denies Emergency Filing to Block Biden Student Loan Plan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied an emergency court filing to block President Joe Biden’s student loan debt elimination plan, marking the second such time Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected a bid to block Biden’s plan. Barrett did not refer the case to the full Supreme Court, acting alone in refusing to take…


NYC Firefighters, Police, Teachers Ask Supreme Court to Halt Vaccination Mandate

New York City firefighters, police officers, and other government employees who were fired after the city refused their request to be exempted on religious grounds from the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court late on Nov. 2 asking for the mandate to be halted. It’s unfair that unvaccinated adult…


Supreme Court Blocks Congress From Getting Trump’s Tax Returns In a Surprise Temp. Ruling | Facts Matter

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Congress from obtaining former President Trump’s tax returns. Trump filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking it to halt the order. Chief Justice Roberts’ stay comes after Trump, and this temporary stay gives the court more time to consider Trump’s emergency appeal. Stay…


Supreme Court Blocks Congress From Getting Trump’s Tax Returns in a Surprise Temporary Ruling | Facts Matter

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Congress from obtaining former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Chief Justice Roberts’s stay comes after Trump filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking it to halt the order, and this temporary stay gives the court more time to consider Trump’s emergency appeal. Stay…


Supreme Court Hears Businessman’s Appeal After IRS Increases Penalty for Paperwork Mistake by 5,400 Percent

A businessman whose initial fine of $50,000 for violating an obscure tax-filing rule ballooned to $2.72 million at the insistence of the IRS urged the Supreme Court on Nov. 2 to reduce the fine. The case came as the Biden administration’s attempts to beef up enforcement efforts by the IRS became an issue in the…