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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the two cases on Monday, with rulings due by the end of June. Blum's goal is for the Supreme Court to overturn its own precedents allowing race as a factor in admissions. Blum raised more than $8 million from 2015 to 2020 for Students for Fair Admissions, most going to covering legal fees. No Students for Fair Admissions members served as plaintiffs or testified in court in the Harvard and UNC cases as the group lost in lower courts. The Supreme Court in January agreed to hear appeals backed by Blum in both cases.

☆ Alito says leaked abortion opinion made conservative justices 'targets for assassination'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Tuesday night that the leak of the draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade this year endangered the lives of justices by putting a target on their backs. Alito, who was nominated by former President George W. Bush and is part of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, authored the draft and the final opinion that removed constitutional protections for abortion. Now we're in a new term," Alito said Tuesday, adding that the justices and staff members "want things to get back to normal, the way they were before all of this last term, before Covid." Additional security measures were put in place in the aftermath of the leak and in response to demonstrations outside several justices’ homes. Last week, a Georgia man was arrested on weapons charges after police said they found two handguns and a shotgun in a van he was driving in Washington with plans to “deliver documents” to the Supreme Court.

☆ Alito says Supreme Court's leaked abortion decision led to assassination threats
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlito says Supreme Court's leaked abortion decision led to assassination threatsCNBC's Shep Smith reports that Justice Samuel Alito claims the leaked memo about the Roe decision led to death threats against Supreme Court justices.

☆ Supreme Court's Alito says the recent pointed words between justices are nothing personal — but appeared to take a swipe at Kagan for her comments on Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Justice Samuel Alito appeared to take a swipe at Justice Elena Kagan in an interview on Tuesday. "Someone also crosses an important line when they say that the Court is acting in a way that is illegitimate," Alito said. He added that the justices often disagree about the law but get along well personally. "We sometimes disagree pretty passionately about the law," Alito told Heritage President Kevin Roberts of his fellow justices. Roberts then pointed out that Alito recently said that questioning the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as an apolitical institution "crosses an important line."

[1/2] Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Alito, speaking at an event organized by the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, also condemned the leak last May of his draft opinion overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, saying it made the justices "targets." Everyone is free to strongly criticize the court's decisions or the reasoning behind them, Alito said. In blunt terms, Alito also commented on the man who was charged with attempted murder after being arrested near the Maryland home of conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh in June. The conservative majority has shown an increasing willingness to take on divisive issues as it steers the court on a rightward path.

☆ Samuel Alito assured Ted Kennedy of his respect for Roe v. Wade's precedent years before writing the majority opinion that overturned the landmark case: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Justice Samuel Alito once told the late Sen. Ted Kennedy that he respected Roe v. Wade's precedent. The NY Times previewed portions of Kennedy's journal in "Ted Kennedy: A Life" by John A. Farrell. Despite assurances from Alito, Kennedy was unconvinced and voted against his confirmation. The June decision overturned Roe v. Wade and made clear that Alito had long been a critic of the case. Long-held precedent, Alito wrote "does not compel unending adherence to Roe's abuse of judicial authorities.

☆ Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told Ted Kennedy the legal basis ensuring abortion rights was 'settled' law in 2005, new book reveals
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"I am a believer in precedents," the conservative Alito told Kennedy, the liberal Massachusetts Democratic senator wrote in his diary in November 2005, The New York Times reported. Farrell's new book, "Ted Kennedy: A Life," which features details of the diary entries, is being published Tuesday. Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. "Judge Alito assured Mr. Kennedy that he should not put much stock in the memo," the Times reported. 'I was a younger person,' Judge Alito said.

☆ 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.

☆ Federal appeals court pauses Texas social media law’s enforcement amid looming Supreme Court petition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN Business —A federal appeals court has agreed to suspend enforcement of Texas’ social media law restricting content moderation, in the face of a looming request by tech industry groups for the Supreme Court to review the case. Some justices, including conservatives Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, have explicitly cited the role and power of social media platforms as reasons the Court should step in. Last month, Florida’s attorney general called on the Supreme Court to review a social media law in that state that is similar to Texas’ legislation. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals had earlier blocked Florida’s law, saying it was likely unconstitutional. That finding created a split with the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold Texas’ law, making it even more likely for the Supreme Court to take up the matter.

☆ 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.

☆ Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Rhode Island Supreme Court relied on the now-reversed Roe precedent in finding that the 14th Amendment did not extend rights to fetuses. The Roe ruling had recognized that the right to personal privacy under the U.S. Constitution protected a woman’s ability to terminate her pregnancy. The old Rhode Island laws included a criminal statute, predating the Roe ruling, that had prohibited abortions. After the Roe ruling, a federal court declared that Rhode Island law unconstitutional, and it was not in effect when the Democratic-led legislature enacted the 2019 Reproductive Privacy Act. More than a dozen states have enforced near-total abortion bans since the Supreme Court’s abortion June ruling in a case called Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court relied on the now-reversed Roe precedent in finding that the 14th Amendment did not extend rights to fetuses. The Roe ruling had recognized that the right to personal privacy under the U.S. Constitution protected a woman's ability to terminate her pregnancy. The old Rhode Island laws included a criminal statute, predating the Roe ruling, that had prohibited abortions. After the Roe ruling, a federal court declared that Rhode Island law unconstitutional, and it was not in effect when the Democratic-led legislature enacted the 2019 Reproductive Privacy Act. More than a dozen states have enforced near-total abortion bans since the Supreme Court's abortion June ruling in a case called Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

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."

Under Pennsylvania law, voters are required to write the date on the outer envelope of a mail-in ballot. In his appeal, Ritter argued that mail-in ballot rules improve election administration and deter fraud. Alito wrote that the 3rd Circuit ruling "could well affect the outcome" of elections this year. Pennsylvania Republican legislators echoed Ritter's warning. Pennsylvania Republican legislators in a filing to the Supreme Court said the 3rd Circuit's ruling threatened an orderly election in November.

☆ Alabama’s arguments in voting rights case are rooted in white supremacy
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Bradley E. Heard | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Stripping away the right of communities of color to equal representation is just the latest effort by anti-voter politicians to destroy voting rights in America. Just 16 years ago, the Voting Rights Act was reauthorized unanimously by the Senate and signed into law by President George W. Bush. Now, politicians are showing that they do not want Black communities to have a fair voice in government by blocking any attempt to restore federal protections for voting rights, such as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. This ongoing assault on voting rights calls for a renewal of the civil rights movement. We must stand against politicians who wish to strip away our democracy and threaten our voting rights.

☆ 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.

Alums include 6 judges, Big Law partners, top law school professors, Hunter Biden, and a priest. Yale Law School is one of the most prestigious law schools in the world, and arguably one of the most powerful. Graduates of Yale Law are known for going into public service and academia, but alumni have also landed top positions at elite law firms and Fortune 500 companies. But Yale Law still carries cachet in the legal community, and many top law firms, schools, judges, and agencies hire its alumni. Here's a look at the careers of some notable alumni of the Yale Law Class of 1996, more than a quarter of a century years after their graduation.

☆ Kagan v. Roberts: Justices Spar Over Supreme Court’s Legitimacy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Jess Bravin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—During the summer months when the Supreme Court was out of session, new arguments arose between the justices themselves on whether the court’s legitimacy, in the eyes of the American public, was imperiled after it overturned longstanding precedents in its most recent term. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan , in a series of public appearances, said the court’s conservative majority had diminished the high court’s credibility with decisions that track Republican priorities. Chief Justice John Roberts , speaking at a separate event, retorted that the court’s decisions have no bearing on its legitimacy as it carries out its mandate to interpret the Constitution. On his side was fellow conservative Samuel Alito , author of the majority opinion in the term’s landmark case overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.

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.

☆ Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, says his Catholic faith makes him mindful of 'real world' impact of SCOTUS decisions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Justice Samuel Alito delivered a lecture at the Catholic University of America's law school. The judge discussed how his Catholic faith influences his judicial work, according to Reuters. Alito, who wrote the majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade, did not mention the landmark case. The conservative judge earlier this year penned the majority opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively gutting the nearly 50-year landmark ruling that legalized abortion across the country. Alito also avoided any of the criticism he's recently flung at vocal opponents of the Roe reversal, focusing his speech primarily on Catholicism and the law, according to Reuters.

☆ 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.

REUTERS/File PhotoSept 21 (Reuters) - Florida on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a state law aimed at stopping social media companies from restricting users' political speech after a federal appeals court blocked it earlier this year. Circuit Court of Appeals, allowed a similar Texas law that had also been challenged by NetChoice to take effect. NetChoice general counsel Carl Szabo said in a statement that the group agreed the case should be heard by the Supreme Court, and was confident it would prevail. read moreAlso in May, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, temporarily blocked the Texas law while lower courts considered NetChoice's challenge. Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch said in a dissent that it was not clear how the First Amendment should apply to large social media companies.

☆ Justices join debate on Supreme Court's legitimacy after abortion ruling
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | Lawrence Hurley Covers The Supreme Court For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Chief Justice John Roberts, one of the court’s six conservatives, pushed back against some of the criticism in a recent public appearance, saying people should not question the court’s legitimacy just because they disagree with its rulings. It is important that the public think the justices are reaching decisions in good faith based on the law, Girgis said. Sotomayor said at an event in California on Thursday that “there’s going to be some question about the court’s legitimacy” if people think the justices are acting based on politics, according to a Courthouse News Service report. But I don’t understand the connection between opinions people disagree with and the legitimacy of the court,” he said. Conversely, in 1954, Southern states resisted enforcing the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which ended segregation in public schools.

☆ What is Moore v. Harper? Experts say the next big Supreme Court case 'could provide the path for election subversion'
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-03 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear the case of Moore v. Harper in October. Moore v. Harper is a North Carolina case regarding the independent state legislature doctrine and gerrymandering. The review was granted on June 30 with the case to be heard in the Supreme Court session this October. "And it would do so at a time when voting rights are under attack, including at the Supreme Court itself." Conservative Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito have all endorsed versions of the legal theory in previous court opinions.

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☆ Vice President Kamala Harris warns the Supreme Court will target the right to contraception and same-sex marriage after overturning Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-27 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday. Vice President Harris said she's concerned the court now will target birth control and same-sex marriage. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas "just said the quiet part out loud," Harris added, when he wrote in a concurring opinion that the court should reconsider rulings on contraception and same-sex marriage. On Friday, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a Mississippi ban on abortion after 15 weeks in Dobbs v. Jackson. Thomas was alone in openly calling for other rights to get another look by the Supreme Court.

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