Tag: U.S. Supreme Court

CDC Votes on Children’s Immunization Schedule; WI Group Ask SCOTUS to Block Student Debt Relief Plan | NTD Good Morning

The CDC is voting on the immunization schedule for children in the U.S. today. But will it lead to COVID vaccine mandates for school kids? Will the U.S. Supreme Court block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program?  That’s what a group of Wisconsin taxpayers is asking. Find out more about the petition they filed on Oct. 19. A Hong Kong…


Retired Tennessee Judge Shares Thoughts on What to Expect in the Supreme Court’s Next Session

The U.S. Supreme Court has returned to work after a three-month summer break. As this will be the first term with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the bench, one retired judge shares his thoughts on what to expect. According to an NPR report, the Supreme Court is the most conservative it has been in 90 years,…


Convictions in FBI Sting of Politician Should Be Thrown Out, Legal Scholar Says

An Ohio politician who was ensnared in an FBI “sting” wants his two corruption-related convictions thrown out—a challenge that ought to prevail, says a legal scholar who has followed the case closely. Lawyers for Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati city councilman who was convicted of bribery and attempted extortion this summer, filed motions for…


Cincinnati Ex-Councilman’s Convictions Should Be Thrown Out, Legal Scholar Says

A former Ohio politician is seeking to have his two federal corruption-related convictions thrown out—a challenge that ought to prevail, according to a legal scholar who has followed the case closely. Lawyers for Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati city council member who was convicted in July of bribery and attempted extortion, filed motions for…


Anti-Abortion Groups Ask State Attorneys General to Protect Them From Online Censorship

Facing violence in the real world and censorship in the virtual one, anti-abortion groups are asking state attorneys general to do more to keep them from being wiped off the map—Google map. Tension over abortion rights began even before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision on June 23 overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion that…


San Clemente Blocks Abortion Ban Proposal

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—The San Clemente City Council voted 3–1 on Aug. 6 to remove a resolution from its Aug. 16 meeting that sought to ban abortions in the city, after hearing from mostly outraged citizens during a public comment period that lasted about two hours. The majority of residents who addressed the council during Saturday’s…


Perspective on California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye Retiring

Commentary California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye announced she’s retiring on Jan. 1, 2023. The Associated Press story reported, “Cantil-Sakauye indirectly contrasted the California justices’ good working relationship to the vitriol and distrust on the U.S. Supreme Court particularly since a leak of the high court’s pending abortion decision earlier this year.” Cantil-Sakauye…


Global Impact of the Roe v. Wade Overturning: Can Respect for Life Be Restored Worldwide?

Commentary To those who wonder what the overruling of Roe v. Wade has to do with other countries, the fact is that as the dominant Western power, the institutions and culture of the United States, including its jurisprudence, have a worldwide impact. From the early 20th century, it was inevitable that the United States would surpass…


The Supreme Court’s Decision Could Have Ramifications in Australia

Commentary As expected, since the leaking of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in early May, the American Supreme Court has now overturned the nearly 50-year precedent of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v Casey. Since Roe v Wade was decided in 1973, America has been fiercely divided into pro-life and…


The New Supreme Court: Not Conservative, But No Longer Liberal

Commentary Despite the establishment media’s fact-free description of the current Supreme Court as “conservative,” it really isn’t. But its decisions during the term just ended show that it’s no longer liberal. A year ago—on July 4, 2021—The Epoch Times published my column assessing the court’s performance during the term just ended. I pointed out that…