Two Democrat representatives are pushing for term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices amid the court’s latest rulings on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, and more. The court recently concluded its 2022 term by striking down race-based admissions in higher education, rejecting the Biden administration’s plans for student debt forgiveness, and ruling that web designers…
Democrats Decry ‘Politicized’ Supreme Court, Resume Push for Term Limits
Unravelling the Damage Inflicted by Past Judicial Activism
Commentary Judicial activism. The role of the democratic legislature. The separation of powers. The creative tensions between the two. They are all substantive issues vitally important to the proper functioning of our body politic. It is right and proper that those who make the laws are not the interpreters of those laws. So we have…
SCOTUS Wakes Up
Commentary The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) hasn’t given conservatives a straight flush. Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh broke ranks with their conservative confrères in the so-called voter rights case in Alabama. I say “so-called voter rights case” because, in fact, it had nothing to do with the law, which stipulates that…
The Voice Proponents, Australian Universities Should Heed U.S. Supreme Court Race Ruling
Commentary The United States Supreme Court has rendered an important decision on race-based admissions to colleges and universities which, at least indirectly, is relevant to Australia’s debate on the proposed entrenchment of The Voice in the Constitution and necessitates a reflection on Australia’s university admission policies. On June 29, the Supreme Court decisively banned race-based…
Advocates of Changing Australia’s Constitution Should Heed the US Supreme Court’s Race Ruling
Commentary The United States Supreme Court has rendered an important decision on race-based admissions to colleges and universities which, at least indirectly, is relevant to Australia’s debate on the proposed entrenchment of The Voice in the Constitution and necessitates a reflection on Australia’s university admission policies. On June 29, the Supreme Court decisively banned race-based…
SCOTUS Cites Nancy Pelosi’s Own Words to Justify Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
A set of 2021 comments by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ended up undermining President Joe Biden’s efforts to implement a student loan cancellation plan. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Biden could not excuse student debt repayments through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) or…
LIVE NOW: Asian Americans Rally for Historic US Supreme Court Decision
Representatives of a coalition of organizations and Asian American community members rally at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 29, right after the release of the Supreme Court decision on the landmark cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel…
Asian Americans Rally for Landmark US Supreme Court Decision
Representatives of a coalition of organizations and Asian American community members rally at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 29, right after the release of the Supreme Court decision on the landmark cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel…
Supreme Court Rejects Music Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by music website Genius Media Group after a lower court threw out its lawsuit against Alphabet, the parent company of Google, for stealing millions of song transcripts. On June 26, Supreme Court left in place a ruling that dismissed the suit by Genius, which accused Google…
Biden to Rally With Pro-Abortion Advocates to Mark Anniversary of Dobbs Decision
President Joe Biden will mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic overturn of Roe v. Wade by attending a pro-abortion rally in Washington, the White House announced earlier this week. Biden is expected to speak at the June 23 rally, just one of several pro-abortion events the White House has planned to observe…
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