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 certiorari process: Seeking Supreme Court review
WEBThis election explainer was written by Amy Howe.It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State.. When the losing side in a case decided by a federal court of appeals (or a state’s highest court) wants the Supreme Court to weigh in, it files a brief (known as a “petition for certiorari” or …
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WEB3 days ago · A man in Alaska was arrested on Wednesday for sending hundreds of messages threatening to kill, injure, and torture six Supreme Court justices and two family members. According to a statement by the Department of Justice, the messages, sent through the court’s website, contained violent, homophobic, and racist content.
Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal ...
WEBJun 28, 2024 · Friday’s ruling came in one of three cases during the 2023-24 term seeking to curtail the power of federal agencies – a conservative effort sometimes dubbed the “war on the administrative state.”. In October, the court heard arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of the mechanism used to fund the consumer watchdog Consumer ...
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 …
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WEBAnswer: A petition for certiorari, or cert petition, is a document filed in the Supreme Court asking the justices to review a lower court’s ruling in a case. This comes most often on appeal from one of the federal courts of appeals or a state’s highest appellate court. A cert petition usually gives a narrative account of the dispute and the ...
Smith v. Arizona - SCOTUSblog
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Smith v. Arizona. Holding: When an expert conveys an absent lab analyst’s statements in support of the expert’s opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, then the statements come into evidence for their truth, and thus implicate the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause. Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an ...
Announcement of orders and opinions for Monday, June 13 …
WEBJun 13, 2022 · Live. Announcement of orders and opinions for Monday, June 13 (complete) By Angie Gou. on Jun 13, 2022 at 12:00 am. We live blogged as the court released the order list from the June 9 conference and opinions in Kemp v. United States, Garland v.
Term limits for justices gain new attention, but prospects for …
WEBAug 16, 2022 · However, a recent drop in public confidence in the court to a historic low may explain why support for term limits is growing now. In July, a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 67% of Americans support term limits for justices. Support among Democrats was …
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness …
WEBJun 30, 2023 · By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority last year when it announced that it would cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. The Biden administration had said that as many as 43 million Americans would have benefitted from the loan forgiveness program; almost half of those borrowers would ...