Songwriters are entitled to just one royalty—not two—when their music is streamed or downloaded through an online service, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The top court’s decision Friday clarifies the meaning of a Canadian copyright law provision dealing with communication of a work to the public online. Canada ushered in the provision after…
Man Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Supreme Court Justice Wants Confessions Thrown Out
The California man accused of planning to kill a Supreme Court justice is asking the court through his lawyer to suppress his confessions and any other statements he made to law enforcement. Nicholas John Roske, of Simi Valley, waived his rights to an attorney and to remain silent and confessed on June 8, shortly after…
Twitter Suspends Pro-Abortion Group Publicizing Justices’ Home Addresses
After two months of protests outside the homes of conservative justices, Twitter suspended on Thursday the activist group that had leaked their residential addresses. Ruth Sent Us, a pro-abortion group named after the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, publicized in May a map containing the locations of the six GOP-appointed Supreme Court justice’s residences…
Indiana Asks Supreme Court to Speed up Abortion Ruling Paperwork so It Can Enforce Parental-Notification Law
Indiana filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court July 13 urging it to speed up the post-judgment paperwork after it reversed Roe v. Wade and remanded a related case so it can enforce abortion regulations put on hold by lower courts. The request comes as the states figure out how to deal with the…
Here’s the Surprising Backstory of the Downfall of Roe v Wade
Erin Hawley didn’t know that she would help make history when she took a job in February with the conservative legal group, Alliance Defending Freedom. Two months later, the former law professor was on a plane to Mississippi to serve as co-counsel with the state’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, and its solicitor general, Scott Stewart,…
Most Democrats Want to Abolish Supreme Court or Involve United Nations: Poll
A majority of Democrats want to abolish the Supreme Court, according to a new survey. Fifty-three percent of Democrat respondents to a Rasmussen Reports poll said they would favor legislation that would terminate the court and replace it with “a new, democratically elected” court “with justices chosen by the American people.” Majorities of independents and…
Wisconsin Elections Commission Fails to Release Guidance for Clerks After Supreme Court Rules Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal
The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has not yet released new guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the upcoming August election after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled ballot drop boxes are illegal. Both Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on Tuesday when it came to deciding what the Supreme Courts’ ruling meant and…
Wisconsin Elections Commission Fails to Release Guidance for Clerks After Top State Court Rules Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal
The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has yet to release new guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the Aug. 9 primary election after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that ballot drop boxes are illegal. Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on July 12, when it came to deciding the meaning of the court’s…
No Guidance for Wisconsin Election Clerks After Top State Court Bans Ballot Drop Boxes
The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has yet to release new guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the Aug. 9 primary election after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that ballot drop boxes are illegal. Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on July 12, when it came to deciding the meaning of the court’s…
Poll: Most Democrats favor packing or abolishing the Supreme Court
Most Democrats would abolish the Supreme Court, an institution they described as “fundamentally racist” and “fundamentally sexist” in a new national poll. Democrats’ anger at the court has grown dramatically in recent weeks after a leaked court opinion indicated the court majority was planning on overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 abortion precedent. Democrats have…
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