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US supreme court pursuing rightwing agenda via ‘shadow docket’, book says

Steve Vladeck says conservative majority is bypassing public scrutiny with unsigned orders on religion, abortion and more

The Guardian - US

Federal appeals court in Chicago sets June hearing on two cases challenging state ban on assault-style weapons

The federal appeals court in Chicago has scheduled a hearing for late June on two cases that challenge the state’s ban on assault-style weapons.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court Roundup: The Supreme Court Should Review and Enjoin the Illinois Gun Ban

On May 1, Justice Amy Coney Barrett directed the State of Illinois and the City of Naperville to respond to the emergency application for injunction pending appellate review filed by the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR). As I explained in "An Opening Judicial Salvo in Defense of Illinois' New…

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Naperville, state of Illinois urge U.S. Supreme Court not to block ban on assault-style weapons

Gun shop owner Robert Bevis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court rulings upholding the ban.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois’ assault weapons ban back in effect for now after ruling by federal appeals judge in Chicago

Appellate Judge Frank Easterbrook put a hold on an injunction that had been issued against the law last week by a federal judge in southern Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal appeals court in Chicago asked to intervene after judge blocks assault weapons ban

The request comes just two weeks after the same court, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, declined to take similar action when a federal judge in Chicago refused to block the law.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Government Stole Her Home Equity Over an Unpaid Tax Bill. Will the Supreme Court Vindicate Her?

A win for Geraldine Tyler, who is now 94 years old, would be a win for property rights.

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A reasonable supreme court? Hardly. Don’t be fooled by this extremist establishment

Recent stay on the abortion pill ban is a contest between conservative institutionalists and ideologues on the court

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court sides with FDA on abortion pills, blocks Texas rulings for now

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

WEKU

Analysis: FDA case may reveal if Supreme Court's conservative justices are abortion foes above all else

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's fast-track encounter with abortion pills this week may reveal much about the three justices who were crucial to overturning Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion.

Los Angeles Times

Another Federal Judge Rejects the DOJ's Argument That Cannabis Consumers Have No Second Amendment Rights

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone was unimpressed by the Biden administration's argument that marijuana users are too "dangerous" to own guns.

Reason

Commentary: Even as mass shootings multiply, federal judges are erasing gun safety laws

Once again a mass shooting is in the headlines — this time in Nashville, with three children among the six victims. This latest horrific tragedy is prompting renewed calls for gun reform, but what most Americans don’t know is that a different kind of gun revolution is already underway.

Los Angeles Times

Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives

Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.

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The Guardian - US

After Dianne Feinstein: as a political giant steps down, California weighs its future

As the state’s longest serving senator prepares to retire, the new leadership will determine the trajectory for the Democratic party

The Independent UK

Supreme Court remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered during ceremonies at the Supreme Court

Texas Observer

‘We Won’t Be Bullied’: Abortion Pill Website Fights Texas Censorship

Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary Plan C, now screening at SXSW, follows the ongoing fight to expand access to abortion medication.

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The DOJ Says Marijuana Use, Which Biden Thinks Should Not Be a Crime, Nullifies the Second Amendment

Even as the president bemoans the injustice of pot prohibition, his administration insists that cannabis consumers have no right to arms.

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Salon

Student debt relief threatened by SCOTUS

Only Barrett and Kavanaugh asked questions that seemed to express any doubt about the plaintiff's case

The Conversation

Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28, 2023, regarding a multistate lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program. The Conversation asked John Patrick Hunt, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and Celeste K. Carruthers, an economics professor at the University…

Reason

Thoughts on Today's Supreme Court Student Loan Forgiveness Oral Arguments

The justices seem to be clearly leaning against the Biden Administration on the merits. The procedural issue of standing is a closer call, though ultimately more likely than not to come out the same way.

WEKU

Conservative and liberals split at Supreme Court over Biden student loan plan

A majority of the court's conservatives indicating great skepticism over the president's loan-forgiveness plan.

WEKU

Unlikely alliances in Supreme Court opinions on overtime, death penalty

The cases involved who qualifies for overtime pay, and Arizona's refusal to apply a Supreme Court precedent in death penalty jury instructions.

Reason

Has Justice Barrett Replaced Justice Ginsburg as the Court's Quickest Opinion Writer?

Justice Barrett has produced two majority opinions before most of her colleagues have produced one.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Civil Feinstein delivered results but irked ideologues

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's most accomplished senator, became an anachronism. She practiced civility and compromised with the other side.

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