🇺🇸 Discussion: The Supreme Court II

[blueharvest]

US supreme court to hear fuel firms’ challenge to California’s emission limits

State has exemptions under Clean Air Act to set vehicle emissions standards higher than federal limits

www.theguardian.com

 

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How a fantasy oil train may help the Supreme Court gut a major environmental law

Even if the railway promoters win, the train won't get built.

www.motherjones.com

 

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Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law

ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge.

arstechnica.com

 

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Odds Are Against TikTok at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's decision to hear the TikTok divestment statute case is better for TikTok than the alternative: The D.C. Circuit had upheld the

reason.com

 

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I’m a Seasoned Litigator. Sam Alito’s Recent Questions Have Made Me Cringe.

I am still enough of an institutionalist that it pains me to hear Supreme Court justices embarrassing themselves on the bench.

slate.com

 

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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

A 93-page report released Saturday by Senate Democrats showed that Justice Clarence Thomas took previously undisclosed trips and called for broader Supreme Court ethics reforms.

www.scrippsnews.com

 

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The Supreme Court’s new abortion case should be an easy win for Planned Parenthood

Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court.

www.vox.com

 

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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

A 93-page report released Saturday by Senate Democrats showed that Justice Clarence Thomas took previously undisclosed trips and called for broader Supreme Court ethics reforms.

www.scrippsnews.com

This is not okay! Can't have judges without ethics!

 

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Congress OKs $25 Million For SCOTUS Justices' Personal Security

The justices are set to receive a security boost after a week of chaos over a potential government shutdown.

www.huffpost.com

 

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Supreme Court Won’t Help Big Telecom Kill NY Law Requiring Affordable Broadband For Poor People

During peak COVID in 2021, when everybody was freaking out about how ****ty and expensive U.S. broadband was for telecommuting and home education, NY state officials had an idea: what if we pass a …

www.techdirt.com

 

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Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.

abcnews.go.com

 

[squeekness]

Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.

abcnews.go.com

Maybe if you were an ethical person these threats wouldn't happen as much.

 

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The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography

Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech.

www.vox.com

 

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Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. The Constitution could stand in the way

The Supreme Court could weigh in during Trump’s second term on his stated priority to eliminate the long-standing constitutional protection.

www.msnbc.com

 

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US judicial body rejects request to refer Clarence Thomas to justice department

Request was made after Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips by Texas businessman and GOP donor Harlan Crow

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

US judicial body rejects request to refer Clarence Thomas to justice department

Request was made after Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips by Texas businessman and GOP donor Harlan Crow

www.theguardian.com

This burns me. It's just enabling them to keep grifting.

 

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This burns me. It's just enabling them to keep grifting.

The President isn't the only one with blanket immunity.

 

[blueharvest]

How Clarence Thomas Got Away With It

The oligarchy wins again.

slate.com

 

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Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.

abcnews.go.com

 

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Justice Department urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s push to pause TikTok ban

In a legal filing on Friday, the Justice Department argued that the law that effectively bans TikTok doesn’t violate the First Amendment’s right to free speech.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Took away rights from others while refusing to sign an ethics contract. Your rulings are for sale, so yeah, people might be a wee bit upset.

 

[blueharvest]

No, John Roberts, You Are Not a Civil Rights Hero

An absurd analogy cheapens the memory of democracy’s champions.

slate.com