Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas participates in hearings by phone after release from hospital 73-year-old planning on taking part in decisions of cases he missed arguments for while away The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
Rick Scott battles Fox host who calls out his false claim about tax plan Senator’s ‘11 point plan’ has been roundly rejected by Democrats and even Mitch McConnell The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
Justice Thomas joins arguments remotely after hospital stay Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone on Monday following a hospital stay of nearly a week The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
Republican senator says tax rises in own plan are ‘Democratic talking points’ Rick Scott of Florida grilled on Fox News Sunday about suggested income tax rise and letting social security and Medicare fall The Guardian - US · Mar 28, 2022
Ginni Thomas texts show Supreme Court needs ethics rules, Klobuchar says WASHINGTON — Sen. Amy Klobuchar called for the Supreme Court to adopt the same ethics standards as lower courts after revelations that a conservative justice’s wife was active in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022
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
Salon · 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
Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 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…
Birmingham Post · Feb 15, 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
The Guardian - US · Feb 12, 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
Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 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.
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.