Supreme Court

  • SCOTUS Justices Disclose Bali Hotel Stay, Beyoncé Tickets, Book Deals

    Supreme Court justices reported receiving gifts, including a stay in a Bali hotel and tickets to a Beyoncé concert, as well as nearly $1.6 million in book advances and royalties. They released their annual financial disclosure forms for 2023 on Friday. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, facing criticism for not disclosing gifts from businessman and Republican…

  • Florida’s Attorney General Urges Supreme Court To Enforce Anti-Drag Law Amid Legal Battle

    Florida’s Attorney General, Ashley Moody, petitioned the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate a controversial law aimed at curbing drag shows, pending ongoing legal challenges. The law, known as the “Protection of Children Act,” was enacted in 2023 with the intention of shielding children from exposure to sexually explicit live performances. It criminalizes knowingly…

  • Supreme Court Boosts NRA In Free Speech Fight With New York Official

    The Supreme Court revived the National Rifle Association’s lawsuit against a New York state official accused of coercing banks and insurers to avoid doing business with the gun rights group. The ruling, authored by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, warned public officials against using their power to punish speech they dislike. In a unanimous 9-0 decision,…

  • Judges Did Not ‘Rubberstamp’ $2.7 Billion Blue Cross Fee, SCOTUS Told

    A U.S. appeals court refused to automatically approve a $667 million fee award for attorneys behind a $2.7 billion antitrust class action settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield. On Wednesday, class lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the legal fees and the broader merits of the 2020 settlement. Last year,…

  • Chief Justice Roberts Rebuffs Senators’ Call For Alito Meeting

    Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a request by two Democratic senators for a meeting to urge him to ensure that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from pending cases related to the 2020 election. Alito has faced scrutiny following reports that flags associated with former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election…

  • Supreme Court’s Alito Rejects Calls To Recuse In 2020 Election-Related Cases

    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito rejected requests from Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from two cases: one involving Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from prosecution and the other concerning a charge related to the Capitol attack. Reports had surfaced about contentious flags flown outside his homes. In two letters to congressional Democrats, Alito clarified that…

  • Supreme Court’s Gorsuch Urges States To Require 12-Person Juries

    Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday urged six states to stop using juries with fewer than 12 people in some criminal trials as the high court declined to revisit a five-decade-old precedent allowing them to do so. Gorsuch lamented that the nine-member court lacked the four votes needed to hear an appeal…

  • Timeline Of The Assange Legal Saga Over Extradition To The US On Espionage Charges

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won a key battle on Monday in his decade-and-a-half-long attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges at London’s High Court ruled that Assange can appeal against his extradition order. Assange, 52, faces charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of classified documents.…

  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Wins At The Supreme Court

    On May 16, the United States Supreme Court delivered a significant 7-2 ruling, affirming that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding mechanism does not contravene the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision addresses a longstanding legal dispute surrounding the CFPB’s financial independence under the Dodd-Frank Act, which established a unique funding structure…

  • Americans Divided As SCOTUS Weighs Abortion Pill Access

    Americans remain divided on whether women should see a doctor in person before receiving abortion pills, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether to reimpose this restriction on medication abortion. However, broad bipartisan majorities oppose allowing states with abortion bans to block access to the procedure in emergency…