Tag: SCOTUS

BREAKING NEWS – SCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 Skip

Just a quick post – more later. TikTok vs. Garland A couple of snippets from the SCOTUSBlog live chat: PDF of the decision is at the bottom of this post. Two other non-decision issues came up from some of the commenters: Given that he’s officially relieved of his duties in three days and that most … Read more

Wrong House. Wrong Raid. Wrong Justice

December 23, 2024 John W. and Nisha Whitehead

In the 30 years since the Crime Bill fueled the militarization of police and the explosive growth of SWAT teams, SWAT teams continue to terrorize innocent homeowners and then receive qualified immunity from the courts. In an amicus brief in Jimerson v. Lewis, The Rutherford Institute has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to hold a law … Read more

The Case That Could Overturn the Infamous Kelo Decision

December 23, 2024 Jonathan Turley

As an academic and a legal commentator, I have sometimes disagreed with the United States Supreme Court, but I often stress the good-faith differences in how certain rights or protections are interpreted. One case, however, has long stood out for me as wildly off-base and wrongly decided: Kelo v. New London. The case allowed the government … Read more

Dred Scott, Politics, and the “Living” Constitution

December 15, 2024 Wanjiru Njoya

In a 2022 article titled “Will the U.S. Supreme Court ever get around to overruling the shame of Dred Scott?” the surprising proposition is advanced that the1857 Dred Scott case is “still precedent” in the United States, and that “racist lawyers and racist judges can (blatantly or discreetly) rely on it in their arguments and rulings.” Like … Read more

SCOTUS To The Rescue — Let’s Stop The Transgender Movement

December 14, 2024 Josh Hammer

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in this term’s marquee case, United States v. Skrmetti. The case, out of Tennessee, nominally involves a state law banning minors’ use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for purposes of so-called gender-affirming care — which, stripped of all euphemism, means genital mutilation and chemical castration. And the … Read more

Parents Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court After Vermont Courts Ruled Schools Can Vaccinate Kids Against Parents’ Wishes

December 9, 2024 John Klar

A Vermont family whose 6-year-old son was vaccinated with an experimental Covid-19 intervention against the family’s wishes has appealed a Vermont Supreme Court ruling. The Vermont court had ruled that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP) prohibits such claims, granting immunity to school and government personnel when they mandate vaccinations. Stunningly, the Vermont … Read more

Justices Wreck ‘Transgenderism’ Without Even Ruling

December 6, 2024 Steve MacDonald

A Tennessee law banning the drugging and surgical mutilation of children (doing business as gender-affirming care) has gotten a lot of support from the other side during oral arguments. The lawyers representing the side trying to get the law tossed out didn’t arrive at the Big School prepared to answer the hard questions. The ones … Read more

SCOTUS Fails to Hold Police Accountable for Shooting Armed Citizens Who Pose No Threat

December 3, 2024December 3, 2024 John W. and Nisha Whitehead

The U.S. Supreme Court is sending a chilling message to gun owners when it comes to encounters with police: comply or die. In refusing to hear an appeal in Argueta v. Jaradi, the Supreme Court is allowing a lower court ruling to stand, which threatens to erode Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable use of force by … Read more

A Case of Vermont Shame

November 26, 2024 John Klar

I have undertaken a Petition to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Politella family. I do not normally practice law. This is how I got involved. When I first read about the Vermont Supreme Court’s decision in Politella v. Windham Supervisory Union et al, I was shocked that any court would deprive … Read more

Vermont Parents Whose Child Was Vaccinated Against Their Wishes File Case at US Supreme Court

November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Update: Petition for Writ of Certiorari added Grok contributor John Klar is a farmer and a lawyer, and while he spends most of his time defending food and farming he will shortly (assuming they take the case, and I think they will) be arguing for the rights of Vermont parents whose child was given a … Read more

Breaking: SCOTUS Clears Way to Remove Illegals from Voting Rolls

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The effort by Virginia to remove ” noncitizens who were not eligible to vote in the first place” can proceed. The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for Virgina. The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked an order by a federal judge that would have required Virginia to return more than 1,600 people to … Read more

As SCOTUS Goes Back to Work – A Few Cases To Trigger the Proglodytes

October 9, 2024 Steve MacDonald

A bunch of robes with lawyers in them (housed in the finest Corinthian Style) will sit in judgment over numerous conflicts between people, states, or against the federal government, and so on. This is a tried-and-true tradition with questionable results based increasingly on ideology and peer pressure rather than the Constitution. It is, as they … Read more

SCOTUS Should Discourage Unconstitutional Mischief

September 16, 2024 The Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether the government should be able to sidestep accountability and avoid paying plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees when it has violated the Constitution. In Lackey v. Stinnie, The Rutherford Institute has joined a coalition of legal organizations in calling on the Court to affirm a ruling by … Read more

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When Johnny Can’t Read

July 3, 2024 Ian Underwood

I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but still, I am surprised at all the hyperbolic reactions that are being published in response to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity for official acts.

SCOTUS Starts to Shove the Govt Genie Back Into The Bottle Part 1

July 2, 2024 Skip

The most important Event of the past week was NOT the Presidential Debate between Trump and President Zombie (formerly known as Biden). It was important.

Breaking: SCOTUS Decision Drops on Trump Presidential Immunity …

July 1, 2024 Steve MacDonald

The Democrats broke new ground when the White House coordinated with DAs and DOJ to bring multiple prosecutions against former president and current Candidate Donald Trump. When asked about Constitutionality, SCOTUS responded with a decidedly constitutional response.

Breaking: SCOTUS Decision Drops on Trump Presidential Immunity …

July 1, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Night Cap: SCOTUS Rips Bump Stocks Out of the ATF’s Hands

June 24, 2024 Skip

One of the few huge mistakes that Trump made was back in 2017 after the Las Vegas shooting at a music festival where 58 people died. He, with the ensuing caterwauling by the anti-Second Amendment folks, commanded the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) to find that bump stocks, by their mere existence, can turn anything into a machine gun.

Sotomayor Writes 9-0 Free Speech Decision – NY Official Violated NRA’s First Amendment Rights

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Steve MacDonald

A former Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is alleged to have used the power of her office to coerce financial institutions to refuse to do business with the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Night Cap: Judge Sotomayor Was Great, But That Was Then, We Need Her Out Now

April 12, 2024 Ray Cardello

Thank you, Soto. You served your purpose, but your time has come. You are 70, and, yes, that is twelve years younger than feeble Joe, but we need your robe for a younger dudette. BTW, we need this to happen soon so we can replace you before Joe loses to Trump on November 5.