The Latest Breaking News from Brett Kavanaugh

Maryland Statute Banning Attempts to Influence Judges and Jurors Through "Corrupt Means" Upheld

The case arose following plaintiff's arrest, allegedly for telling Justice Kavanaugh's wife that "he might ruin [Justice] Kavanaugh's career and reputation"; but the charges against him were dropped, and he challenged the statute on its face, rather than as applied to his speech.

Reason · Nov 22, 2023

Supreme Court won’t let Florida enforce anti-drag law

A string of federal court decisions have struck down similar laws over First Amendment violations

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Supreme court leans towards upholding US gun ban for domestic abusers

Justices appear to be against further unravelling of gun laws as DoJ makes passionate call for preservation of 1994 firearms ban

The Guardian - US · Nov 7, 2023

The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl

The Supreme Court is returning to a new term with familiar topics such as guns and abortion, as well as concerns about ethics swirling around the justices

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

On Guns, Drugs, and National Security, Dianne Feinstein Was Consistently Authoritarian

The late California senator always seemed to err on the side of more government power and less individual freedom.

Reason · Sep 29, 2023

Supreme Court justices' ideologies don't always fit 'liberal' and 'conservative' labels

When the Supreme Court is in the news for overturning a long-standing precedent or violating standard judicial ethics, the news is often accompanied by the description of one or more justices as liberal or conservative.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2023

‘You want to think America is better’: can the supreme court be saved?

Documentarian Dawn Porter’s expansive new series Deadlocked looks back at the history of an institution that has shaped the US for better and, more recently, worse

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2023

Interstate Travel to Get Abortions has Prevented the Dobbs Decision from Significantly Reducing the Number of Abortions in the US

Some estimates suggest the number of abortions has even increased.

Reason · Sep 15, 2023

Brett Kavanaugh accuser to release memoir about her legendary testimony before Senate

Christine Blasey Ford was thrust into the national spotlight after coming forward with allegations that Mr Kavanaugh had assaulted her at a high school party in Maryland in 1982

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Christine Blasey Ford to release memoir detailing Kavanaugh testimony

Book, to be published in March, will share ‘riveting new details’ on lead-up to Senate testimony and ‘its overwhelming aftermath’

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2023