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SCOTUS Upholds Law Barring Abusers With Restraining Orders From Keeping Firearms
The decision was 8-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas casting the dissenting vote.
Ocasio-Cortez Calls on Congress to Crack Down on Supreme Court Corruption
The Supreme Court’s corruption has created a “full-blown legitimacy crisis,” Ocasio-Cortez and Raskin warned.
Some Worry SCOTUS Mifepristone Ruling Could Offer Roadmap for Future Challenges
Legal scholar Michele Goodwin discusses the anti-abortion movement’s playbook of attacks on reproductive health care.
Senate Probe Reveals Thomas Took More Undisclosed Trips on Harlan Crow’s Jet
The gifts make “crystal clear that the highest court needs an enforceable code of conduct” said Sen. Dick Durbin.
Samuel Alito Disparages Reporting of Supreme Court Justices’ Unethical Gifts
“They look for any little thing they can find, and they try to make something out of it,” Alito said.
Starbucks Workers Union Slams SCOTUS Decision for Weakening Labor Protections
The court ruled in favor of Starbucks, which had terminated seven employees who led a unionization campaign in Memphis.
SCOTUS Blocks Mifepristone Challenge, Keeping Abortion Medication Legal for Now
The high court ruled that the challengers to the FDA approval of mifepristone lacked standing to make their case.
Lindsey Graham Blocks Democratic Bill Mandating SCOTUS to Adopt Code of Ethics
Supreme Court justices are currently the only federal judges in the US not bound by an ethics code.
Alito Says SCOTUS Should Push Nation Toward “Godliness” in Secret Recording
One critic described Alito's cavalier expression of his right-wing views as “deeply troubling” for the Supreme Court.
Former Alito Law Clerk Calls on Him to Recuse Following Flags Controversy
Susan Sullivan, who is now a law professor, said Alito's excuses blaming his wife for the flags are irrelevant.