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☆ The I.V.F. Ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court Should Not Be a Surprise - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Linda Greenhouse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I never thought I’d be grateful to the Alabama Supreme Court for anything, but now I am. With its decision deeming frozen embryos to be children under state law, that all-Republican court has done the impossible. It has awakened the American public, finally, to the peril of the theocratic future toward which the country has been hurtling. The fact that religious doctrine lay at the heart of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was perfectly clear, as I observed then. But there’s no avoiding the theological basis of the Alabama court’s solicitude for “extrauterine children,” to use the majority opinion’s phrase.

Persons: I’d, Samuel Alito’s, Dobbs, “, ” Tom Parker, Alabama’s, Jeremiah, ’ Organizations: U.S, Jackson, Health Organization, Alabama Locations: Alabama, Dobbs v

☆ Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over bump stocks and machine guns
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( John Fritze | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Supreme Court’s conservatives pressed the Biden administration Wednesday to justify a federal ban on bump stocks, a device that can convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire far more rapidly. The ATF reclassified the devices as machine guns in 2018. “And through many administrations, the government took the position that these bump stocks are not machine guns.”The court’s liberals seemed more certain the devices fell within what Congress intended when it banned machine guns. “That’s exactly what bump stocks do, as the Las Vegas shooting, vividly illustrated.”Justice Samuel Alito asked the attorney representing the ban’s challenger, Michael Cargill, if he could imagine the reasons why a lawmaker might ban machine guns but not bump stocks. “Bump stocks can help people who have disabilities, who have problems with finger dexterity, people who have arthritis in their fingers.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Brett Kavanaugh, ensnare, you’re, ” Kavanaugh, Biden, “ That’s, It’s, Barrett, Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, ” Barrett, “, Neil Gorsuch, ” Gorsuch, Elena Kagan, Kagan, ” Brian Fletcher, Fletcher, ” Fletcher, ”, Samuel Alito, Michael Cargill, Jonathan Mitchell, Sonia Sotomayor, ” Kagan, Alito Organizations: CNN, Biden, Trump, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, ATF, Las Locations: Vegas

Here are the key takeaways from the courtroom:How far does the First Amendment reach when it comes to social media? Online platforms engage in censorship when they silence certain users’ speech, the states argued to the court. In fact, the tech industry argued, government requirements that social media not moderate content would violate the platforms’ own First Amendment freedoms from government meddling. Section 230 features prominently in argumentsOne question kept coming up during the arguments, just as it has in lower courts: What these state laws could mean for Americans’ overall ability to sue social media companies over content moderation. The state laws explicitly allow users to sue tech platforms for alleged censorship.

Persons: Donald Trump, Samuel Alito, Biden, ” Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, ’, ” Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Elon Musk, ” Kagan, –, – that’s, Kagan, Uber, you’re, Amy Coney Barrett, ” Organizations: CNN, Meta, ”, X, Elon, YouTube, Communications Locations: Texas, Florida

Supporters of the state laws say they foster free speech, giving the public access to all points of view. One contrarian brief, from liberal professors, urged the justices to uphold the key provision of the Texas law despite the harm they said it would cause. “Social media platforms exercise editorial judgment that is inherently expressive,” Judge Kevin C. Newsom wrote for the panel. To the surprise of many, some prominent liberal professors filed a brief urging the justices to uphold a key provision of the Texas law. In the second case, Miami Herald v. Tornillo, the Supreme Court in 1974 struck down a Florida law that would have allowed politicians a “right to reply” to newspaper articles critical of them.

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, ”, Scott Wilkens, Ron DeSantis, John Tully, Donald J, Trump, Greg Abbott of, —, Ken Paxton, “, Andrew S, Oldham, Kevin C, Newsom, Lawrence Lessig, Tim Wu of, Teachout, Mandel Ngan, Richard L, “ Florida’s, Moody, Paxton, Robins, William H, Rehnquist, Pat L, Tornillo, Warren E, Burger Organizations: Facebook, YouTube, Columbia University, Big Tech, The New York Times, Gov, Republican, Computer & Communications Industry, New York Times, Fox News, U.S ., Appeals, Fifth Circuit, ISIS, Harvard, Tim Wu of Columbia, Zephyr, Fordham, Twitter, Manchester Union, Citizens United, Agence France, University of California, Miami Herald, Florida, Representatives, Constitution Locations: Florida, Texas, Greg Abbott of Texas, Ukraine, Los Angeles, Campbell , Calif

☆ Supreme Court Won’t Hear New Case on Race and School Admissions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge to new admissions criteria at an elite public high school in Virginia that eliminated standardized tests, clearing the way for the use of a policy intended to diversify the school’s student body. As is its custom, the court gave no reasons for turning down the case. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued a dissent, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, that was harshly critical of an appeals court’s ruling in the case upholding the new criteria and rejecting the challengers’ argument that they unlawfully disadvantaged Asian Americans. The Supreme Court’s “willingness to swallow the aberrant decision below is hard to understand,” Justice Alito wrote. G. Roberts, quoted an earlier ruling that stated, “what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly.”

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, Clarence Thomas, ”, Alito, “, John, G, Roberts Organizations: Harvard, University of North Locations: Virginia, University of North Carolina

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday heard two hours of historic arguments in a Colorado case to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Murray gave well-rehearsed arguments that won the day in the Colorado Supreme Court, whose 4-3 ruling that Trump was ineligible got the case to Washington. Salmon Chase, who was then the chief justice of the Supreme Court, heard the case while acting as an appellate judge. Going into the case, the prevailing view of legal experts was the Supreme Court would keep Trump on the ballot. Would it mean a reelected President Trump suddenly becomes ineligible.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, TRUMP, Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanagh, John Roberts, Jason Murray, Murray, Salmon Chase, Chase, weren’t, Kavanagh, Ketanji Brown, Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's lawyeer, Jonathan Mitchell, Mitchell Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, U.S, Capitol, Democrat, Colorado Supreme Locations: Colorado, Washington, Virginia

☆ How lawyers in the Trump ballot case are training for the Supreme Court arguments
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Joan Biskupic | Cnn Senior Supreme Court Analyst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Mitchell joined the case on behalf of Trump around the time arguments were underway at the Colorado Supreme Court. Georgetown’s Supreme Court Institute, for instance, relies heavily on attorneys who have served in the US solicitor general’s office, the government’s top lawyers before the Supreme Court. (The Institute, which operates on a non-partisan basis and offers its sessions for free, declined to comment on the Trump case arrangement.) Particularly valuable for any moot court, along with former members of the solicitor general’s office, are former Supreme Court law clerks. In that November 2021 controversy, the Supreme Court allowed Mitchell 10 minutes as an an intervenor on the Texas side.

Persons: Jason Murray, Donald Trump, Jonathan Mitchell, who’ve, Murray, Mitchell, It’s, ”, David Frederick, ” Frederick, Trump, John Roberts, Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito, Anderson, Jack Dempsey, disqualifying, Bartlit Beck, Olson Grimsley, Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Eric Olson, Sean Grimsely, Antonin Scalia, Roe, Wade . Kagan, Dobbs Organizations: CNN, Liberal, Trump, SPAN Murray, Colorado, Georgetown Law, Institute, Lawyers, Colorado Supreme, Organizers, Supreme, Harvard, Appeals, University of Chicago, Jackson, Health Organization Locations: Trump, Washington, Denver, Colorado, Texas

☆ Trump’s critics hope that Antonin Scalia can sway the Supreme Court in 14th Amendment fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

On a court where conservatives hold a 6-3 supermajority, including three Trump nominees, citing Scalia is no coincidence. The advocates are hoping to convince the justices that they can write off Trump’s arguments in a way that still squares with conservative legal principles. The Scalia concurrence, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and two other conservatives, involved a dispute between the teamsters and a soda distributor. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and former President Donald Trump. “Many times, members of the court greatly respect each other but will disagree with what they’ve had to say,” Muller said.

Persons: Scalia, Donald Trump, Antonin Scalia, Trump, “, –, ”, Derek Muller, “ They’re, Conway, SCOTUS, CNN Trump, J, Michael Luttig, John Roberts, Joshua Blackman, South Texas College of Law Houston, Blackman, ” Blackman, Neil Gorsuch, Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, ” Alito, they’ve, ” Muller Organizations: Trump, CNN — Liberal, Capitol, Supreme, Notre Dame Law, CNN, United, Republican, Chief, teamsters, South Texas College of Law, Getty, Appeals, Colorado Republican Party, Congress Locations: United States, Colorado

☆ Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Coney Barrett split with conservatives to give Biden a border win
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court cleared the way for federal agents to cut through barbed wire that Texas put up along the southern border. It's a huge win for the Biden administration in its border fight with Texas. AdvertisementTwo of the Supreme Court's conservative justices just handed Joe Biden a major win at the southern border. The 5-4 ruling is a huge win for the Biden administration, with Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett splitting with the court's other conservatives and siding with liberal justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The appeals court put that decision on hold while it reviewed the case, prompting the Biden administration to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.

Persons: John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Biden, —, Joe Biden, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh Organizations: Texas, Service, US Border Patrol, Fifth Circuit, US Justice Department, Texas National Guard, Justice Department Locations: Texas, Rio Grande, Mexico

☆ Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A closely-divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort by the state to prevent illegal border crossings. The Biden administration says the wire prevents agents from reaching migrants who have already crossed over the border into the U.S.Texas Gov. Texas sued after Border Patrol agents cut through some of the razor wire, claiming the agents had trespassed and damaged state property. A federal judge ruled for the Biden administration, but the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. The Department of Homeland Security said Border Patrol agents were "physically barred" from entering the area during the incident.

Persons: Biden, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Gregg Abbott, Ken Paxton Organizations: Border Patrol, U.S . Texas Gov, Republican, Texas, Circuit, Star, Democratic, Biden, Supreme, The Department of Homeland Security Locations: Rio, United States, Eagle Pass , Texas, Texas, Mexico, U.S, Eagle, New Orleans, Grande

His spokesman said the absence of razor wire and other deterrents encourages migrants to risk unsafe crossings and makes the job of Texas border personnel more difficult. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe White House applauded the order, which was handed down after a federal appeals court last month had forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire. Eagle Park has become one of the busiest spots on the southern U.S. border for migrants illegally crossing from Mexico. Abbott has said Texas won’t allow Border Patrol agents into Shelby Park anymore, having expressed frustration over what he says are migrants illegally entering through Eagle Pass and then federal agents loading them onto buses. Texas officials have argued that federal agents cut the wire to help groups crossing illegally through the river before taking them in for processing.

Persons: Biden, Greg Abbott, Abbott, ” Abbott, Andrew Mahaleris, Angelo Fernández Hernández, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, ___ Weber, Valerie Gonzalez Organizations: WASHINGTON, Border Patrol, U.S, Justice Department, Texas Gov, Republican, House, Texas Military Department, Eagle, Shelby, Border, Texas, Associated Press Locations: Texas, U.S, Mexico, Rio, Eagle, Austin , Texas, McAllen , Texas

The 1984 decision states that when laws aren’t crystal clear, federal agencies should be allowed to fill in the details as long as they come up with a reasonable interpretation. At least four justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — have questioned the Chevron decision. Defending the rulings that upheld the fees, the Biden administration said that overturning the Chevron decision would produce a “convulsive shock” to the legal system. Environmental, health advocacy groups, civil rights organizations, organized labor and Democrats on the national and state level are urging the court to leave the Chevron decision in place. Conservative interests that also intervened in recent high court cases limiting regulation of air and water pollution are backing the fishermen as well.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, John Paul Stevens, Trump, — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh —, Chevron, Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar, Ketanji Brown Jackson Organizations: WASHINGTON, Chevron, Marine Fisheries Service Locations: Rhode, New Jersey, Rhode Island

Lower courts used the decision to uphold a 2020 National Marine Fisheries Service rule that herring fishermen pay for monitors who track their fish intake. A group of commercial fishermen appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. They lost in the lower courts, which relied on the Chevron decision to sustain the regulation. The Supreme Court itself hasn't invoked the Chevron decision since Trump's justices began arriving on the court in 2017, the first year of the Republican's administration. ___Follow the AP's coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Mark Chenoweth, Koch, it’s “, David Doniger, Doniger, — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh —, Ryan Mulvey, “, Leif Axelsson, Axelsson, he’d, John Paul Stevens, ” Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, hasn't, Paul Clement, ” Clement Organizations: WASHINGTON, — Business, Marine Fisheries Service, Supreme, Chevron, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Natural Resources Defense, American Cancer Society, ”, Trump, Action Institute, Fishermen, U.S Locations: Rhode Island, Cape May , New Jersey, Coast, Cape

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a case Tuesday over a Washington couple's $15,000 tax bill that is widely seen as a test of a never-enacted tax on wealth. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesThe Moores paid $15,000 in taxes based on Charles Moore’s investment in an Indian company. They argue that the tax violates the 16th Amendment, which allows the federal government to impose an income tax on Americans. “The Moore case could make it impossible to close those loopholes,” Wyden said. Public documents show that Charles Moore's involvement with the company, including serving as a director for five years, is far more extensive than court filings indicate.

Persons: Charles, Kathleen Moore, Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, ”, Moores, Charles Moore’s, Moore, Democratic Sen, Ron Wyden, “, ” Wyden, Charles Moore's, Samuel Alito, David Rivkin, Alito, Rivkin, Fatima Hussein Organizations: WASHINGTON, Washington, Wisconsin Republican, Republican, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Democratic, Oregon, Moores, ___ Associated Locations: Redmond , Washington, Indian, ___

☆ Supreme Court won’t resolve case concerning self-appointed ‘tester’ of Americans with Disabilities Act
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The court decided the case was moot after the plaintiff at the center of the dispute, Deborah Laufer, dropped her lawsuit. We are not convinced, however, that Laufer abandoned her case in an effort to evade our review,” Barrett wrote. Jackson reiterated her concerns about when the court should and should not vacate lower-court rulings when a case becomes moot on appeal. Though the justices weighed that question during oral arguments, they spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out if they should resolve the issue at all. The defendant’s website, everybody agrees, is now in compliance with the ADA,” liberal Justice Elena Kagan said during oral arguments.

Persons: Deborah Laufer, Acheson Hotels, Amy Coney Barrett, Laufer, ” Barrett, “, Acheson, Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Thomas, Jackson, didn’t, Elena Kagan, ”, Samuel Alito, ” Laufer, Adam Unikowsky, John Roberts, hasn’t, Kelsi Corkran, Corkran Organizations: CNN, Acheson Locations: Maine

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. Such a ruling also could frustrate policies favored by some Democrats, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, for a tax on the net worth - meaning all assets and not just income - of the super-rich. Alito defended the court in articles in the Wall Street Journal's opinion section. The Moores sued the U.S. government in 2019 challenging the mandatory repatriation tax. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the case, noting that under Supreme Court precedent the "realization of income is not a constitutional requirement."

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, Evelyn Hockstein, Samuel Alito, Charles, Kathleen Moore, Donald Trump, Moores, Elizabeth Warren, Alito, Alito's recusal, David Rivkin Jr, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Democratic, Moores, Street, Circuit, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Redmond , Washington, Republican, Constitution's, Bangalore, India, San Francisco

WASHINGTON (AP) — One fall day in 2010, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor slipped into the courtroom where she worked for nearly 25 years to take in an “amazing” sight. That was pretty amazing.”O’Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesO’Connor, who left the court in 2006, died Friday in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said. “I had never expected or aspired to be a Supreme Court justice. —-Richard Carelli, a former Supreme Court reporter for The Associated Press who is now retired, contributed to this story.

Persons: Sandra Day O’Connor, O’Connor, “, ” O’Connor, Ronald Reagan, Samuel Alito, wasn’t, John, Donald Trump's, Alito, O'Connor, ”, Sandra Day, Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “ I’m Sandra, Ruth, ” Ginsburg, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, David Souter, “ It’s, Obama, Elena Kagan, Trump, Amy Coney Barrett, Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Ketanji Brown Jackson, she'd, SCOTUS, ” Ruth McGregor, O’Connor’s, Mary, David Letterman’s, Jon Stewart, John O’Connor, Scott, Brian, Jay, Potter Stewart, Richard Carelli Organizations: WASHINGTON, New York Times, Iraq, College of William, CBS, Supreme, Associated Press Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, Washington, United States, Virginia, Los Angeles

☆ Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice, dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who blazed trails as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, has died, the court announced Friday morning. O’Connor inspired generations of female lawyers – including the five women who served after her nomination on the high court. O’Connor stepped down from the court in 2006 to care for her husband who was ailing from Alzheimer’s disease. Key vote on abortion, affirmative action, Bush v. GoreDuring her tenure, the court for a time was known informally as the “O’Connor Court” because she served as the deciding vote in so many controversial cases. O’Connor was well aware of the symbolism of her place in history as the first female justice.

Persons: Sandra Day O’Connor, O’Connor, John Roberts, ”, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George W, Bush, Samuel Alito, William Rehnquist, John O’Connor, “, ” O’Connor, James Forman, ’ ” Forman, Gore, Casey, Donald Trump’s, O’Conner, Marci Hamilton, ” Hamilton, Alito, Roe, Wade Organizations: CNN, ”, Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Maricopa County Superior Court, of Appeals, University of Michigan, Supreme Court, Republican Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County

☆ Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Ensuring Judicial Independence Through Civics Education" on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. She died in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday "of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer's, and a respiratory illness," the Supreme Court said in a statement. O'Connor was appointed to the court in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan, and served nearly a quarter-century, retiring in 2006. O'Connor had co-authored the majority opinion in the latter case, which Alito blasted for having "enflamed debate and deepened division" in the United States.

Persons: Sandra Day O'Connor, O'Connor, Ronald Reagan, Samuel Alito, Roe, Casey . O'Connor, Alito Organizations: Civics, U.S, Supreme, Wade Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, United States

☆ Opinion | Sandra Day O’Connor Never Stopped Being a Politician
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jeffrey Toobin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Because she was a skilled politician, her radar was set for the political center, and that’s where she always wanted the court to be. Justice O’Connor avoided such a dramatic choice. And where Justice O’Connor was on the issue is almost exactly where public opinion was, too. Justice O’Connor didn’t call herself a feminist, though she was one, and the patronizing nature of that provision appalled her. As it happens, throughout the court’s history, backgrounds like Justice O’Connor’s were more the rule than the exception.

Persons: O’Connor’s, Norman Schwarzkopf, “, O’Connor, —, Casey, Roe, Wade, Justice O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Justice O’Connor didn’t, Samuel Alito, Brown, Earl Warren Organizations: General Motors, of Education Locations: Pennsylvania, California

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. When she retired, Justice Clarence Thomas, a consistent conservative, called her “an outstanding colleague, civil in dissent and gracious when in the majority.”She could, nonetheless, express her views tartly. “I had never expected or aspired to be a Supreme Court justice," she said. The retired justice was relieved that he was comfortable and happy at the center, according to her son, Scott. “It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms,” the justice wrote.

Persons: —, Sandra Day O’Connor, O’Connor, John Roberts, “, Roberts, ”, John O’Connor, Ronald Reagan, Roe, Wade, Casey, Samuel Alito, George W, Bush, Democrat Al Gore, Clarence Thomas, tartly, unwisely, ” O’Connor, Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary, Scott, ” Bush, Potter Stewart, Alzheimer’s, Brian, Jay Organizations: WASHINGTON, Senate, Democrat, Iraq, College of William, Office, Legislature, Washington, Republicans Locations: Phoenix, American, ”, Arizona, Vermont, Virginia, Afghanistan, Rose, Los Angeles, United States

☆ Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

[1/5] U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks during an interview with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler at the 92nd Street Y in New York March 15, 2012. Chief Justice John Roberts recalled O'Connor as having "blazed an historic trail as our nation’s first female justice." "We at the Supreme Court mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent defender of the rule of law, and an eloquent advocate for civics education." Her 1981 appointment by Republican President Ronald Reagan made her the Supreme Court's first woman justice nearly two centuries after the Supreme Court was established in 1789 but her place in history went beyond breaking men-only barriers. The Supreme Court, which has had a 6-3 conservative majority since 2020, overturned the landmark Roe ruling in 2022.

Persons: Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen Adler, Shannon Stapleton, Sandra Day O’Connor, O'Connor, John Roberts, Roberts, George W, Bush, Samuel Alito, Ronald Reagan, you’ve, Roe, Wade, Republican George W, Democrat Al Gore, O’Connor, Harry, Ada Mae, Rehnquist, John, Warren Burger, Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Justice Potter Stewart, “, Barack Obama, Bill Trott, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, Democrat, Chicago Tribune, Stanford University, Arizona, Democratic, Senate, Ladies, White, Thomson Locations: New York, Phoenix, Arizona, Georgia, Texas, Florida, El Paso , Texas, Los Angeles, San Mateo County , California, United States, West, Reuters Washington

☆ Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has died, the Supreme Court announced. AdvertisementFormer Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who became the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died on Friday, the high court announced. Before her tenure on the nation's top court, O'Connor served as the Republican leader of the Arizona Senate. O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court in 2005O'Connor announced her retirement in 2005 after her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2012 in Washington, DC.

Persons: Sandra Day O'Connor, O'Connor, —, John Roberts, " O'Connor, Roberts, Ronald Reagan, William Rehnquist, Rehnquist, John O'Connor, Sandra Day, David Hume Kennerly, Reagan, Casey, Gore, T.J . Kirkpatrick, Samuel Alito, George W, Bush, iCivics Organizations: Supreme, Service, trailblazer, Republican, The Associated Press, US, New, Associated Press, Stanford University, Stanford, Maricopa Superior Court, Court, Senate, Bollinger, Alzheimer's, Former Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington , DC, Maricopa, Washington, DC, Bush, Washington ,

People visit the U.S. Supreme Court building on the day that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito released their delayed financial disclosure reports and the reports were made public in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Senate Democrats are expected on Thursday to vote on authorizing subpoenas to a pair of influential conservatives with ties to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of an ethics inquiry spurred by reports of undisclosed largesse directed to some conservative justices. Democrats are expected to face resistance from the panel's Republican members, who have painted the oversight effort as an attempt to tarnish the Supreme Court after it handed major defeats to liberals in recent years on matters including abortion, gun rights and student debt relief. Lawyers for Leo and Crow in letters to the committee criticized the committee's information requests as lacking a proper legal justification. Crow's lawyer proposed turning over a narrower range of information but Democrats rebuffed that offer, according to the panel's Democratic members.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Kevin Wurm, largesse, Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, Donald Trump's, Dick Durbin, Crow, Leo, Paul Singer, Trump, Thomas, Alito, Singer, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Nate Raymond, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic, Republican, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Texas, Alaska, New York, Boston

☆ Senate Democrats subpoena Harlan Crow, escalating probe of GOP megadonor's relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Senate Democrats pushed forward on a subpoena of Harlan Crow. The GOP megadonor has been at the center of ethics concerns regarding Justice Clarence Thomas. Republican senators previously filed 177 amendments to the subpoena authorization, including a subpoena of Jeffrey Epstein's estate for his private flight logs. Crow has been in the news for months related to his friendship to Justice Clarence Thomas. ProPublica uncovered numerous trips and gifts Crow lavished on the justice and his family, which Thomas often did not list on his financial disclosure.

Persons: Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas, —, Leonard Leo, Dick Durbin, Jeffrey Epstein's, Sen, John Cornyn, Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Graham, Crow, Leo, ProPublica, Crow lavished, Thomas, Samuel Alito, Paul Singer, Alito Organizations: GOP, Service, Durbin, United States Senate, Texas Republican, Republican, Supreme Court, Courthouse News Locations: Texas

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