Leaked abortion draft made us ‘targets of assassination’, Samuel Alito says US supreme court justice, who wrote Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe, denies claims he was responsible for leak in draft form The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2023
"Serious omissions" in Kavanaugh probe The omissions suggest attempts to discredit alleged victims' claims and exclude evidence that could support claims Salon · Apr 28, 2023
Samuel Alito says leaked abortion draft made conservative justices ‘targets of assassination’ – as it happened US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June last year The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2023
First Thing: Senate investigation into Brett Kavanaugh assault claims contained serious omissions 2018 investigation claimed there was ‘no evidence’ behind claims of sexual assault. Plus, Jerry Springer’s legacy The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023
Revealed: Senate investigation into Brett Kavanaugh assault claims contained serious omissions 2018 investigation in the lead up to supreme court justice’s confirmation found ‘no evidence’ to substantiate claims of sexual assault The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2023
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender gap persists at arguments The Supreme Court wrapped up its arguments Wednesday with a case in which two of the three lawyers who took part are women The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023
Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes its April 2023 sitting Welcome to the April 24 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Apr 24, 2023
How rich are the US Supreme Court justices? WASHINGTON — The nine Supreme Court justices in total are worth at least $24 million. Or it might be closer to $68 million. Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court lets Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed pursue DNA testing in bid to prove innocence Reed has long said he was wrongfully convicted for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. His lawyers will now be able to renew their legal fight for testing of crucial crime scene evidence. The Texas Tribune · Apr 19, 2023
Supreme Court rejects Turkish bank's main immunity claim The Supreme Court has rejected a Turkish bank’s main arguments for dismissing a lawsuit accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Kavanaugh v. Gorsuch—The Return Today's opinions are a requel to prior splits among the most recent Republican appointees to the Supreme Court. Reason · Apr 19, 2023
The Fox-Dominion Settlement Isn't a Good Argument for Cable News Speech Restrictions Plus: Graphic novels at forefront of library culture wars, monopoly myths, and more... Reason · Apr 19, 2023
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
New Jersey wins Supreme Court dispute against New York The Supreme Court says New Jersey can withdraw from a commission the state created decades ago with New York to combat the mob’s influence at their joint port The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023
The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2023 Nine Black Robes review: how Trump turned the supreme court right Joan Biskupic of CNN delivers an assured history of the conservative takeover that threatens to reshape America
Salon · Apr 8, 2023 Watchdog: Leo profits from non-profit Campaign for Accountability complaint calls for IRS investigation into tax-exempt groups linked to Leonard Leo
Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023 Roberts rankled colleagues as his hold on Supreme Court slipped, book says A new book details how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court as it moved to overturn the constitutional right to abortion last year.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2023 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.
Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023 Why some Texans feel targeted by bills banning land ownership from China, Iran and Russia Jerry Pi identifies as a conservative and has donated to Republican candidates for years. He recalled how he started leaning into politics during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s senate confirmation hearings in 2018.
The Guardian - US · Apr 2, 2023 Supreme court justices felt tricked by Trump at Kavanaugh swearing-in – book CNN analyst Joan Biskupic cites unnamed justices saying a White House celebration of Trump’s pick turned overtly political
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023 Supreme Court grapples with use of confession in joint trial The Supreme Court is grappling with whether a man serving a life sentence for his role on an international “kill team” should get a new trial
Reason · Mar 28, 2023 More Elite Law Student Foolishness, This Time at Columbia Apparently jealous of all the attention that Yale and Stanford law students have gotten for acting like imperious children, Columbia law students, represented by BALSA, LALSA, NALSA, EWOC, OutLaws, QTPOC, IfWhenHow, APALSA, and SALSA (no, I'm not familiar with all of these acronyms), have been throwing a collective hissy fit.…
Reason · Mar 27, 2023 Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.
Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023 Coordinated focus let House Jan. 6 panel grab the public’s attention WASHINGTON — Through more than a dozen hearings, an 18-month investigation and a more than 800-page final report, the bipartisan House Jan. 6 select committee did something rare — it presented a single argument to the public.
Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023 Judge signals he could rule to halt sales of common abortion pill During a four-hour hearing last week that could eliminate nationwide access to a common and widely used abortion pill, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, of the Northern District of Texas, signaled his conservative Christian beliefs early and often.