Commentary The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing cases for its new term, following its customary summer recess, on Monday, Oct. 3. If this Court term is anything like the most recent one, conservatives and constitutionalists will rejoice. This most recent term, conservatives achieved secured massive wins on abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization), gun…
Justice Alito: Questioning Legitimacy of SCOTUS ‘Crosses an Important Line’
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has weighed in to defend the recent rulings from the conservative majority, saying that those questioning the high court’s legitimacy have “crossed an important line.” Alito, who penned the majority opinion that essentially sent the question of abortion access back to individual states, was asked by the Wall Street…
Supreme Court Grants Emergency Pause on Ruling Disallowing Novartis Pharmaceuticals’ Patent
The Supreme Court has granted a temporary emergency stay of a lower court order that Novartis Pharmaceuticals says would allow the development of as many as 20 generic versions of its commercially successful multiple-sclerosis drug, Gilenya. The emergency application in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. HEC Pharm Co. Ltd., court file 22A272, was filed with the…
17 States Ask Supreme Court to Protect Postal Worker’s Right to Honor Sabbath
September 28, 2022
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The attorneys general of 17 states are asking the Supreme Court to take up the civil rights lawsuit of an evangelical Christian postal worker in Pennsylvania who quit the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to accommodate his wish not to work on the Sunday Sabbath. The legal filing comes as the Supreme Court is…
Supreme Court Showdown on Censorship Ahead
Commentary A staggering 99 percent of Twitter employees who make political contributions give to Democrats. It’s almost as lopsided at Facebook and Alphabet (the parent company of Google), according to Federal Election Commission records. Relying on these left-leaning tech platforms to be even-handed was always naïve. But recent evidence—email correspondence between Big Tech executives and…
Feds Add ‘Inclusive’ Language to Application for Prospective Judges
The Liberal government has made a change to the questionnaire prospective judges must fill out before applying for a federal judicial appointment. Updated on Sept. 26, the “Questionnaire for Federal Judicial Appointments” now has an added section, titled, “Self-Identification Regarding Diversity (Optional).” The added section includes options for candidates to say whether they self-identify as…
Lawyers Challenging EPA Claim About Surface Water on Private Property Optimistic About SCOTUS Case
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in an upcoming Supreme Court case are upbeat about their challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-controversial claim that the presence of surface water on private property makes it a protected wetland subject to federal regulations. The case, Sackett v. EPA, is scheduled for oral argument on Oct. 3. A…
Former Justice Stephen Breyer Says He Urged Colleagues Not to Reverse Roe v. Wade
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said in a televised interview that he pushed his colleagues on the court to change their votes and not overturn Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 precedent that legalized abortion in the United States, a ruling that in the end they voted to reverse. Breyer, 84, was referring to the decision…
States Ask Supreme Court to Review Harassment Decision That Could Affect Schools’ Federal Funding
September 21, 2022
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Texas and eight other states are asking the Supreme Court to hear the University of Toledo’s appeal of a lower court ruling in a campus sexual harassment case they say threatens educational institutions with possible liability and loss of funding by the federal government. The decision, if left undisturbed, “threatens educational institutions with significant unknown…
Yeshiva University Vows to Continue Fight Against Forced Recognition of LGBT Campus Club
September 16, 2022
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Yeshiva University vowed to continue fighting in litigation over who should have the power to determine which campus groups it recognizes after the Supreme Court on Sept. 14 unexpectedly lifted a 5-day-old order that allowed it to refuse to accept an LGBT group based on the school’s religious beliefs. Founded in 1897, the Orthodox Jewish…
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