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WEB1 day ago · The justices on Tuesday evening denied Oklahoma’s request to reinstate $4.5 million in federal funding for family-planning projects which was terminated over the state’s refusal to provide patients information about obtaining abortions, a requirement of the funding under federal law. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch ...
High-speed pursuit liability and other questions ... - SCOTUSblog
WEBJul 23, 2021 · Burke. 21-10. Issues: (1) Whether a court should apply the intent-to-harm standard of liability to all police high-speed driving, as have the 8th and 9th Circuits, or instead employ an analysis which examines the facts of individual cases to decide whether there was an opportunity to deliberate and apply the standard of deliberate indifference ...
The Supreme Court and the president’s pardon power
WEBon Jan 1, 2021 at 3:38 pm. Correction appended. The Constitution gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.”. In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, including Paul ...
Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion
WEBJun 24, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade. The decision by Justice Samuel Alito will set off a seismic shift in reproductive rights across the United States. It will allow states to ban abortion, and experts expect about half the states ...
The Supreme Court’s role in defining American citizenship
WEBJan 27, 2021 · The 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause overruled Dred Scott, declaring that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”. The Supreme Court played a vital role in implementing the 14th Amendment’s citizenship ...
In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry law
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York handgun-licensing law that required New Yorkers who want to carry a handgun in public to show a special need to defend themselves. The 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is the court’s first significant decision on gun rights in over a …
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - SCOTUSblog
WEBDec 1, 2021 · May 26 2021. Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. Jun 01 2021. Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. Jun 04 2021. Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended ...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - SCOTUSblog
WEBSep 9, 2009 · 08-205. Dist. Ct. for D.C. Sep 9, 2009. Jan 21, 2010. 5-4. Kennedy. OT 2008. Holding: Political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, and the government may not keep corporations or unions from spending money to support or denounce individual candidates in elections. While …
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo - SCOTUSblog
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2023. Brief of respondents Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. in opposition filed. DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023. Reply of petitioners Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. filed.
Biographies of the Justices - SCOTUSblog
WEBChief Justice John Glover Roberts Jr. was born on January 27, 1955. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, and Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review, in 1979. Roberts clerked for Judge Henry Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist.