Can woolgrowers ride an activewear boom out of the industry’s pandemic bust? As locked-down white-collar workers swapped office wear for tracksuits, wool prices took a tumble The Guardian - AU · Mar 26, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: Obamacare has been an economic boon, but some red states still don't get the message Every anniversary of Obamacare's enactment is an occasion to take stock of the landmark legislation's positive impact on Americans. Los Angeles Times · Mar 26, 2022
Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022
Justice Breyer says Clarence Thomas is doing ‘fine’ following hospitalisation for ‘infection’ Justice was taken to hospital on Friday night for ‘infection,’ court says The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022
POINT: It’s time to stop racial discrimination in college admissions In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022
High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022
Clarence Thomas absent from Supreme Court for third straight day following hospitalisation for ‘infection’ Justice was taken to hospital on Friday night for ‘infection,’ court says The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022
High court won't say whether Thomas remains hospitalized The Supreme Court is declining to say whether 73-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022
How long do Supreme Court justices serve and what is the current political balance? Newly confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will sit on high court following retirement of Stephen Breyer The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022
Behind the right's racist KBJ assault Author and scholar Elie Mystal on our deeply flawed Constitution and the long, dark history of legal racism Salon · Mar 23, 2022
North Carolina GOP pushes legal theory that would change elections nationwide. Why it might work. RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican lawmakers lost their recent U.S. Supreme Court appeal to stop the 2022 elections from being held using district maps the lawmakers didn’t get to draw themselves. But some in the party hope Monday’s ruling is just the first step in a coming legal fight, and not… Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022
US investment giant continues to up stake in online electricals retailer AO The firm is AO's second largest shareholder, behind CEO and founder John Roberts Birmingham Post · Feb 15, 2022
The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system The court has approved or tolerated massive voter roll purges, extreme gerrymandering and election laws that have a disparate impact on minorities The Guardian - US · Feb 12, 2022
Chief Justice John Roberts’ grip slips as Supreme Court conservatives curb voting rights WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts was once in the vanguard as the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Voting Rights Act. But as his more conservative colleagues showed this week in restoring a Republican-drawn Alabama congressional map, Roberts is no longer in control. Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022
The Conversation · Jan 28, 2022 Don't pay too much attention to guesses about how US Supreme Court will vote on abortion rights – experts are often wrong The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will not be handed down until late spring or early summer 2022, when the court typically issues verdicts.
Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022 Noah Feldman: This Supreme Court won’t uphold college affirmative action A revolution in university admissions appears to be at hand.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 21, 2022 Editorial: Much as Trump tries to obstruct Jan. 6 inquiry, Supreme Court won't play along During his single presidential term, Donald Trump had a penchant for referring to federal judges and Supreme Court justices as though they ruled based on loyalty to the presidents who nominated them. Thus, Trump suggested, there were “Obama judges” and Trump judges. In 2018, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a…
Reason · Jan 21, 2022 NPR Issues A "Clarification," Not A "Correction" on #Maskgate (Updated) Perhaps the one silver lining of this mess is that the media will be less likely to publish leaks from SCOTUS.
Reason · Jan 20, 2022 How Many Supreme Court Justices Must Deny NPR's Reporting Before Media Outlets Believe Them? John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, and Sonia Sotomayor have all denied Nina Totenberg's story about a SCOTUS dispute over masking.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2022 Justice Neil Gorsuch, the anti-masker on the Supreme Court When a Harvard Law School graduate sitting on the highest court of the land refuses to protect a vulnerable co-worker from a deadly virus, it tragically illustrates the crippling arrogance and selfishness that has infected the country.
Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022 Debate over masks reaches the halls of the US Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts and two other U.S. Supreme Court justices issued unusual statements Wednesday over what is for many Americans a common refrain — whether their coworkers should wear a mask amid the COVID-19 surge.
Salon · Jan 19, 2022 Inside the Supreme Court's mask drama Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch chose to remain the high court's only unmasked member — causing a flurry of drama
Reason · Jan 19, 2022 Chief Justice Roberts, and Justice Sotomayor and Gorsuch Release Statements About #Maskgate I am grateful the Court is fighting back against leaks and disinformation.
Reason · Jan 19, 2022 Leaks from SCOTUS About Maskgate!? (Updated with statements from Gorsuch, Sotomayor, and Roberts) I hope these leaks do not augur further leaks about Dobbs and other cases.