The Supreme Court announced on June 6 that it will hear the appeal of two Montana property owners who claim the U.S. Forest Service unilaterally and unlawfully changed the terms of a decades-old public access agreement affecting their private land. The case is Wilkins v. U.S., court file 21-1164, an appeal against a ruling by…
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Appeal by Montana Property Owners Complaining of Forest Service ‘Bait and Switch’
Supreme Court Overturns 4th Circuit Ruling, Unanimously Strikes Down Part of Bankruptcy Law
When Congress boosted bankruptcy fees but exempted filers in Alabama and North Carolina from the higher fees, it violated a uniformity requirement in the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on June 6. The 19-page court opinion (pdf) in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, court file 21-441, was written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Oral arguments in…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Senate Candidate’s Appeal for Law License
June 6, 2022
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The Supreme Court decided on June 6 not to hear the appeal of a U.S. Senate candidate whose law license was restricted after he wielded a gun outside his St. Louis home in 2020 to deter a group of trespassing left-wing protesters in the midst of nationwide race riots. Attorney Mark McCloskey is currently running…
Lawyer Couple Who Wielded Weapons in Front of Marchers Appeal Law License Curbs to Supreme Court
June 2, 2022
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A Missouri couple who gained folk hero status in the conservative movement for holding guns outside of their St. Louis home in 2020 to deter a group of trespassing left-wing protesters, including Black Lives Matter activists, are asking the Supreme Court to review law license sanctions imposed on them. The Supreme Court case is McCloskey…
New Republican Bill Would Criminalize Supreme Court Leaks
A group of 12 House Republicans introduced a bill in Congress this week that would make knowingly sharing confidential information from the Supreme Court a crime punishable by a fine or as many as five years in prison. The legislation comes a month after a leaked draft majority opinion indicated the Supreme Court was preparing…
Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Against Dallas Police in Death of Mentally Ill Man
Rejecting an appeal by Dallas police officers, the Supreme Court decided May 31 to allow a lawsuit to proceed against them after Tony Timpa, a mentally ill man, died in police custody. The case goes back to August 2016 when Timpa, 32, called 911 to report he was “having a lot of anxiety” about a…
Threats Against Schools After Uvalde Shooting; SCOTUS Blocks Texas Social Media Censorship Law | NTD News Today
Families begin burying victims of the Texas school shooting, while the school district police chief, who was reportedly in charge of the response, is sworn in as a city council member. The Supreme Court blocks a Texas Anti-Censorship Law. Social media giants are calling the law unconstitutional and an attack on the first amendment. A…
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Social Media Anti-Censorship Law
May 31, 2022
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The Supreme Court voted 5-4 late on May 31 to temporarily block a Texas law that prevents social media platforms from censoring users based on their political views. Known as HB 20, the state law makes it unlawful for tech platforms to restrict or remove content based on “the viewpoint of the user or another…
Supreme Court Won’t Block GOP Lawmaker Depositions in Texas Redistricting Challenge
The Supreme Court decided on May 31 not to block a federal court’s order compelling three Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives to appear for depositions in a consolidated lawsuit over congressional and state-level redistricting. The redistricting took place after the results of the 2020 Census were published. The emergency application filed May…
Farmer Groups Press Biden to Not Allow States to Use Own Product Safety Labels
A coalition of 54 agriculture groups is urging the Biden administration to drop its support for allowing states to impose their own warning labels—in addition to federal labels—on consumer products. The request came after U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar asked the Supreme Court to refrain from taking up an herbicide liability case known as Monsanto…
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