The Shadow Docket review: how the US supreme court keeps sunlight out Steve Vladeck offers a closely argued, detailed case against the justices’ use of procedure to advance a rightwing agenda The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2023
Turning point or the long game: what’s behind John Roberts’s surprise supreme court voting rights ruling? Chief justice’s opinion shocked observers of his 40-year assault on the Voting Rights Act, but it may not mean a change of heart The Guardian - US · Jun 10, 2023
Why did the right-leaning supreme court hand Democrats a victory? Perhaps they know they need to preserve whatever is left of their legitimacy The Guardian - US · Jun 9, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Alabama’s congressional maps in Allen v. Milligan decision On June 8, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan adopted in November 2021 and used in the state’s 2022 elections violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-Black district. Ballotpedia · Jun 8, 2023
Expert: SCOTUS wrongly awarded GOP House Supreme Court rejecting Alabama maps that diluted Black voting power may have big implications in other states Salon · Jun 8, 2023
Supreme Court Reaffirms Strong Presumption of Statutory Stare Decisis It did so in today's Voting Rights Act ruling in Allen v. Milligan. This holding has implications for other cases where litigants attempt to overturn statutory precedents, especially longstanding ones. Reason · Jun 8, 2023
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case The Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023
Alabama discriminated against Black voters, US supreme court rules John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh join liberal justices in 5-4 decision that is major victory for Voting Rights Act The Guardian - US · Jun 8, 2023
Fox News host apologises for ‘milkshake’ Chris Christie comment John Roberts mocked the former New Jersey governor as he discussed his entry into the 2024 presidential race The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has disclosed that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
Trump ridicules Chris Christie’s weight in edited 2024 campaign launch video Christie says Jared and Ivanka left White House ‘and months later’ received ‘$2bn from the Saudis’ The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
Mega-donor faces new Senate subpoena threat over gifts to Clarence Thomas Senator Ron Wyden, chair of finance panel, warns of ‘next steps’ to compel testimony of Harlan Crow about supreme court justice The Guardian - US · Jun 7, 2023
The Supermajority review: How the supreme court trumped America Michael Waldman delivers a terrific if chilling account of how conservatives hijacked US democracy The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2023
Salon · May 31, 2023 GOPer: 3 days not enough to read bill Rep. Ralph Norman's argument didn't cut it on Fox News
The Guardian - US · May 28, 2023 Congress ‘absolutely’ can impose ethics reform on supreme court, senator says Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse insists legislature has power to make justices follow ethics code but ‘It is not going to be easy’
The Independent UK · May 25, 2023 Grandmother, 94, wins Supreme Court case over Minnesota pocketing $25k profits from sale of her home ‘The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more,’ wrote Chief Justice John Roberts
Reason · May 25, 2023 Major Unanimous Supreme Court Victory for Property Rights in Tyler v. Hennepin County The Supreme Court ruled that home equity theft qualifies as a taking, and that state law is not the sole source for the definition of property rights. The ruling is imprecise on some points, but still sets an important and valuable precedent.
Reason · May 25, 2023 The County Sold Her Home Over Unpaid Taxes and Kept the Profit. SCOTUS Wasn't Having It. "The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, but no more," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts.
Salon · May 24, 2023 Roberts breaks silence amid Thomas mess Roberts said Congress has no business interfering in Supreme Court ethics
The Guardian - US · May 24, 2023 Chief justice says US supreme court keeps ‘highest standards’ of conduct John Roberts speaks on same day lawyers for Harlan Crow decline to cooperate with Senate judiciary committee over gifts scandal
The Guardian - US · May 24, 2023 Clarence Thomas should resign from the supreme court, for the good of the court By acting as if Thomas has done nothing wrong, chief justice John Roberts looks pathetic and enabling of unethical behavior
The Independent UK · May 24, 2023 Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics Chief Justice John Roberts says there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the highest standards” of ethical conduct
The Independent UK · May 23, 2023 Ron DeSantis teases 2024 bid as he makes subtle dig at Trump and vows to ‘protect faith and family’ Florida governor says he hopes to impose ‘7-2 conservative majority on the Supreme Court that would last a quarter century’
The Independent UK · May 23, 2023 Ron DeSantis boasts about ‘quarter century’ of 7-2 conservative Supreme Court majority if he wins in 2024 The prospective Republican presidential candidate says ‘It is possible that in those eight years, we have the opportunity to fortify justices’