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Voting Rights Act faces new wave of dire threats in 2024

A victory in 2023 in Alabama after a supreme court ruling may be short-lived as three cases pose a dire threat to voting rights

The Guardian - US

Fortune Crypto’s 2023 Jealousy List

Fortune Crypto picks the team’s favorite non-Fortune stories of 2023.

Fortune

‘Did you just hear John Roberts scream?’: US supreme court to have outsized influence in 2024 election

Court temporarily waved off request from special counsel prosecuting Trump, but it’ll likely soon have to wade into fray

The Guardian - US

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Trump shouldn’t be eligible to run again. But America’s highest court may disagree

Even if the Colorado justices don’t prevail, they’ve reminded us that Trump has gone far beyond what’s acceptable

The Guardian - US

A Republican commitment to inequality underscores Trump’s impunity

The January 6 insurrection will have succeeded if Trump is re-elected and he avoids accountability for the crimes of his first term

The Guardian - US

SCOTUS standoff: Now the nine decide

As divisive as a ruling on the merits may be, America needs the Supreme Court to say whether Trump is disqualified

Salon

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor honored as a trailblazing Supreme Court icon

Celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Sandra Day O'Connor, the trailblazing Supreme Court Justice who shattered barriers and set a new standard.

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Ten Reflections on Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett's Votes In Dobbs

On Friday, I wrote a post that totaled nearly 6,000 words about the New York Times bombshell report on Dobbs. My initial goal was to simply lay out all of the new disclosures--and there were many of them. Now, I've had some time to think about this new information. Here,…

Reason

Justice Neil Gorsuch took 10 minutes to approve Dobbs abortion opinion – report

New York Times reports conservative supreme court justice had no changes to 98-page draft of opinion that removed right to abortion

The Guardian - US

Sandra Day O’Connor's experience as a legislator guided her consensus-building work on the Supreme Court

When Sandra Day O’Connor stepped down from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006, she was the last justice to have served as an elected legislator. She previously was a member of the Arizona state Senate and later its majority leader.

The Conversation

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died

The Independent UK

Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

The Conversation

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The Guardian - US

George Santos: a creature of Congress, dark money and limitless Republican hypocrisy

The New York fabulist faces expulsion but the fault for his rise lies with Trump, McCarthy, McConnell and the supreme court

The Guardian - US

US ethics groups hail Senate subpoenas for Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

Watchdogs applaud after Democrats vote to summon key rightwing duo to answer questions amid supreme court ethics row

The Guardian - UK

Sales slide at AO World as consumers put off buying latest mobile phones

Online electrical goods seller still able to report pre-tax profits of £13m in the half year as cost-cutting measures bear fruit

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Supreme Court’s new code of conduct is too little, too late

Lacking both enforcement and the weight of law, the new code is both useless and toothless.

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Reason

He Lost His Gun Rights Because of a Misdemeanor DUI Conviction. That Was Unconstitutional, a Judge Says.

The case highlights the broad reach of a federal law that bans firearm possession by people with nonviolent criminal records.

Salon

SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

It's not just the useless "code of ethics" — the Dobbs decision revealed the real life impact of an imperious court

Salon

Building the mandate for MAGA's revenge

As Trump raved about revenge on "vermin," top adviser Stephen Miller went public with plans for concentration camps

Chicago Sun-Times

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

The new rules leave compliance up to each justice. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have been under scrutiny for gifts, benefits, travel received from outside sources.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court hears arguments in veteran’s case that could open up additional GI Bill benefits

Several justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed sympathetic toward James Rudisill, a decorated Army veteran who says the VA cut short his benefits and thwarted his dream of attending Yale’s divinity school.

Reason

"Judges Have Long Deferred to Academe. That's Changing."

A very interesting article by Prof. Steve Sanders (Indiana), who is also an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a scholar of sexual orientation and the law; it's in the Chronicle of Higher Education, but also available without the need for registration here. An excerpt: During the Red Scare of…

WEKU

High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers

If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

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