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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 · Apr 18, 2023

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 · Apr 17, 2023

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 · Apr 11, 2023

‘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.

Texas Observer · Mar 15, 2023

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.

Reason · Mar 13, 2023

Student debt relief threatened by SCOTUS

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

Salon · Mar 1, 2023

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…

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2023

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.

Reason · Mar 1, 2023

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 · Feb 28, 2023

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.

WEKU · Feb 23, 2023