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☆ A conservative group just asked the Supreme Court to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness, saying it is 'critical' the relief is halted this week
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Wisconsin conservative group is asking SCOTUS to block Biden's student-debt relief. The group argued that the loan forgiveness has an "improper racial motive" and is unconstitutional. It said Biden exceeded his constitutional power by enacting the loan relief without congressional approval. While that decision is being appealed, the group is now escalating the issue to the Supreme Court in an effort to block Biden's plan from taking effect. The HEROES Act has been widely debated even before Biden announced debt relief.

☆ Obama says 'a lot of voters' got 'complacent' when Roe v. Wade was the law of the land
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Obama said "a lot of voters" became "complacent" when Roe v. Wade was the law. Obama remarked on Roe and the Supreme Court during a recent episode of "Pod Save America." Roe v. Wade. Obama successfully nominated two justices to the Supreme Court during his presidency — Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — who were part of the minority of justices who sought to keep Roe in place. In 2017, then-President Donald Trump would go on to successfully nominate conservative Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, and later selected Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

☆ Justice Clarence Thomas confesses he's a Prince fan during a spirited debate over Andy Warhol's artwork and copyright law
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Supreme Court heard a case involving pop artist Andy Warhol's iconic silkscreen prints of musician Prince. At issue is whether Warhol violated copyright law by relying on a photographer's image of Prince for his art. The Andy Warhol Foundation has asked the Supreme Court to overturn that ruling. "If you called Andy Warhol as a witness, what would he say?" "And this is a work of art sending a message about modern society," he said of Warhol's.

Oct 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether upholding a California law banning the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces would invite states to adopt laws imposing their political or moral views outside their borders. "It's an extraterritorial regulation that conditions pork sales on out-of-state farmers adopting California's preferred farming methods for no valid safety reasons," Bishop said, noting that 99.9% of California's pork comes from elsewhere. "As I read California's law, it's about products being sold in California," conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that while California represents a huge market, "no one's forcing them to sell to California." 'SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT'But liberal Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson said that the court must accept that California's law will have a "substantial impact on the operation of this market."

☆ See the first-ever Supreme Court photo with 4 female justices as Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the bench
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court posed for a group photo with its newest justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands between Associate Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, right. Scott ApplewhiteThe group photo came as the Supreme Court kicked off its new term, which is shaping up to a be a consequential one.

The Supreme Court in June announced it would hear the case in its new term, which begins on Monday. This showed the increasing willingness of its 6-3 conservative majority take on divisive issues as it steers the court on a rightward path. According to Irv Gornstein, executive director of Georgetown University Law Center's Supreme Court Institute, Kavanaugh now wields outsized influence over the speed and limits of the court's rightward shift. In its most recent term, there were 14 rulings decided on a 6-3 tally with the conservative justices on one side and the liberals on the other. The court appears likely to continue to take up cases particularly important to conservatives, Feldman said.

☆ Trump asked British Prime Minister Theresa May to 'imagine if some animals with tattoos raped your daughter' in conversation about abortion: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new book from Maggie Haberman details Trump's first meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May. He reportedly brought up abortion, saying "imagine if some animals with tattoos raped your daughter." The graphic statement suggests a private sympathy with abortion rights, despite his record. "Imagine if some animals with tattoos raped your daughter and she got pregnant?" As president, Trump often sought to satisfy his evangelical base, most of whom are strongly opposed to abortion rights.

☆ Alzheimer's disease, retirement 'pacts,' and serving until you're 104 years old: Inside the federal judiciary's reckoning with age
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Camila Dechalus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

She was nearly two decades older than the median age — 68 — for all federal judges, according to an Insider analysis. More than a century later, in the 1920s, future Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes argued for a mandatory retirement age. In 1954, the Senate passed a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that'd require retirement at age 75 for federal judges. A recent poll by Insider and Morning Consult found that 71% of 2,210 respondents said the federal judiciary should have a mandatory retirement age. For Scheindlin, the former federal judge in Manhattan, Weinstein was an example of an older judge who was "terrific to his last day."

The Democratic-led Senate confirmed four new circuit court judges in the last two weeks, most recently U.S. District Judge Florence Pan to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. By contrast, Trump had installed 69 judges at this point in his tenure. The most recent two-term presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, each secured 325 Senate-confirmed judges for district courts, circuit courts and the Supreme Court over eight years. McConnell's allies say a GOP-run Senate would force Biden to pick judges who are acceptable to conservatives in order to get floor votes. Republicans ended the tradition for circuit judges in the Trump era and some liberals want to end it for district judges so that GOP senators in red states cannot block Biden’s nominees for vacancies.

☆ Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says he did 'everything' he could to stop the overturning of Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Newly-retired SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer said he did "everything" he could to stop the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Of course, of course," Breyer told CNN. Of course, I didn't," a stern Breyer told CNN's Chris Wallace, referring to the Supreme Court's June 24 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which struck down Roe v. Wade along with a subsequent 1992 abortion ruling, Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Breyer's comments come as the Supreme Court is preparing to begin a new term on October 3. During the CNN interview, Breyer also commented on the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe.

☆ What it's like working for lawmakers whose golden years are clouded by power struggles, rumors of senility, and constant second-guessing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, told Insider that some political maneuvering is more tactical. Emanuel, now the US's ambassador to Japan, didn't refute that the exchange took place but told Insider he didn't remember it. It serves the institution," the former GOP aide told Insider, adding that seasoned dealmakers are preferable to partisan bomb-throwers "with some agenda that they're driving." Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesWhite, now the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, told Insider his boss always had the final word. 'Preserving their dignity'Convincing career lawmakers to hang it up before they tarnish their respective legacies is tricky business, a veteran GOP leadership aide told Insider.

☆ Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, undoing nearly 50 years of legalized abortion nationwide
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-24 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion across the US. "For millions of women, Roe and Casey have been critical in giving them control of their bodies and their lives. President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders across the nation swiftly condemned the Supreme Court's ruling on Friday, while Republicans celebrated it. An increased police presence has gathered in Washington, DC, in response to protests outside the Supreme Court. However, legal experts say those are likely to fail, given the Supreme Court has handed off abortion decision-making to the states.

☆ Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, in a bipartisan vote
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-07 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson makes history as the first Black woman to become a Supreme Court justice. The 51-year-old jurist currently serves on the second-most powerful court in the country, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, often considered a launchpad to the Supreme Court. Biden appointed her to that seat a year ago, which, at the time, sparked rumors that she would make the shortlist if a Supreme Court vacancy arose. In her opening statement, she pledged to "support and defend the Constitution" if confirmed to the Supreme Court.

☆ How abortion bans widen the gender pay gap and diminish women's economic power
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-26 | by ( Paul Constant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He recently spoke with economics professor Caitlin Myers about the impact of abortion bans. Myers said bans hurt women's economic agency, access to education, and careers. How abortion bans strip women of their economic agencyWhen lawmakers and judges outlaw abortion, they immediately erase a wide array of options for the estimated one in four women who have an abortion in their lifetimes. "Women's earnings are a lot closer to men's, and this is true in the United States and other developed countries." By diminishing women's economic power, abortion bans exclude women from fully participating in their lives and in the economy, keeping them politically and economically dependent on men for their survival.

☆ Mississippi banned most abortions to be the 'safest state' for the unborn. Meanwhile, one in three Mississippi kids lives in poverty.
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-26 | by ( Sarah Fowler | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Mississippi lawmakers said the ban on most abortions after 15 weeks makes Mississippi 'the safest state in the country' for the unborn. "We've had so many state leaders who have talked about wanting Mississippi to be the safest state in the country for unborn babies. It's even higher for kids: one in three Mississippi children live in poverty. Each of the women has dedicated their life to helping Mississippi women and families. More than 100,000 Mississippi children should be eligible, but in 2019 – the most recent year for which there's data – just 20,900 benefited from the program.

☆ Donald Trump şi Michelle Obama, cel mai admirat bărbat şi cea mai admirată femeie din SUA // SONDAJ
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Michelle Obama ocupă prima poziţie în acest clasament pentru al treilea an consecutiv, în timp ce Trump a reuşit să-l detroneze pe soţul ei, fostul preşedinte Barack Obama, pentru prima dată în acest an. Astfel, 18% dintre participanţii la studiu au spus că îl admiră cel mai mult pe preşedintele în exerciţiu şi doar 15% l-au pus pe primul loc tot pe Barack Obama, care a fost primul 12 ani la rând. Realizatorii clasamentului au consemnat şi o tendinţă la nivel de partizani politici, republicanii afirmând că îl admiră pe Trump, iar democraţii pe soţii Obama. Pe poziţia a doua în topul celor mai admirate femei din SUA s-a clasat vicepreşedinta aleasă Kamala Harris. În "top 10" al celor mai admirate femei din SUA au mai intrat vedeta TV Oprah Winfrey, cancelarul german Angela Merkel, reprezentanta Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, regina Elisabeta a II-a, judecătoarea Curţii Supreme Amy Coney Barrett şi militanta ecologistă Greta Tunberg.

Persons: Michelle Obama, Trump, Barack Obama, Obama, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Merkel, Cortez, regina Elisabeta a II, Amy Coney Barrett, Greta, Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci, Tesla, Bernie Sanders, Bill Gates, LeBron James Locations: SUA, Alexandria, Los Angeles

☆ Curtea Supremă a SUA și-a schimbat jurisprudența în privința lăcașurilor de cult
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Curtea Supremă a SUA a interzis miercuri guvernatorului statului New York să impună restricţii lăcaşurilor de cult din cauza epidemiei de coronavirus, argumentând că reuniunile religioase nu trebuie tratate diferit de cele nereligioase autorizate. Guvernatorul Andrew Cuomo a impus o limită de zece numărului de oameni care se pot reuni în locuri de cult în aşa-zisele „zone roşii”, adică unde se consideră că virusul circulă mai intens. Măsura a fost contestată de dioceza romano-catolică din Brooklyn şi de două sinagogi, iar Curtea Supremă a apreciat, cu cinci voturi contra patru, că ea încalcă libertatea religioasă protejată de Primul amendament al constituţiei SUA, transmite Agerpres. Noua judecătoare Amy Coney Barrett a „înclinat balanţa” de partea conservatorilor în această decizie, după ce mai devreme în acest an - înainte de decesul judecătoarei Ruth Bader Ginsburg şi numirea lui Barrett - Curtea Supremă a SUA a susţinut impunerea de restricţii similare în California şi Nevada. Pandemia a alimentat tensiunile între primăria democrată şi comunitatea evreilor ortodocşi din New York, acuzată că nu respectă regulile de distanţare sanitară, dând naştere unor proteste pe alocuri violente în Brooklyn, în octombrie, scrie digi24.ro.

Persons: Andrew Cuomo, Amy Coney Barrett, Ruth Bader, Barrett, Nevada . Pandemia Organizations: Supremă, Agerpres Locations: SUA, New York, Brooklyn, California, Nevada, ortodocşi

☆ Donald Trump planifica o...
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-02 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump va organiza o petrecere electorală în seara votului, la Casa Albă, la care sunt invitate peste 400 de persoane, scrie The New York Times, potrivit Mediafax. Petrecerea a fost mutată de la hotelul „Trump” de pe bulevardul Pennsylvania, locul iniţial ales de campanie, în parte din cauza regulilor pentru combaterea coronaviruslui din Washington DC care interzic adunările a mai mult de 50 de persoane în interior. Acum, ceea ce iniţial era de aşteptat să fie o mică adunare în camera de est, s-a transformat într-o mare petrecere interioară, cu câteva sute de invitaţi. New York Times a contactat mai mulţi oficiali care se ocupă de aripa respectivă din Casa Albă, dar aceştia nu au răspuns la solicitările pentru comentarii. Staff-ul de campanie al candidatului democrat Joseph Biden a anunţat sâmbătă că acesta se va adresa naţiunii în noaptea alegerilor din Wilmington, Delaware.

Persons: Donald Trump, Amy Coney Barrett, Staff, Joseph Biden, Joseph Biden Organizations: Albă, New York Times, Mediafax, Washington DC, Casa Albă, The New York Times, Delaware Locations: Pennsylvania, Washington, Trandafirilor, York Times, Casa, Wilmington, Delaware

☆ 'Barrett is like Jesus' for evangelical voters: Why confirming a new Supreme Court justice before the election mattered more to Republicans than another coronavirus stimulus
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-28 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It pales in comparison to getting the Supreme Court justice," an expert told Insider. The federal judge — now a newly minted Supreme Court Justice — is the first nominee in US history to be confirmed this close to an Election Day. McConnell's 'leave no vacancy behind' mindset about the courtsAnd the timing couldn't have been more ideal for the party, experts told Insider. In total, the top Republican has overseen 220 confirmations, including three Supreme Court justices. The Supreme Court offers them a shortcut "to enforce these kinds of values that they're really concerned about."

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