The IRS Serves Its 'Customers' by Terrifying Them A $2.1 million penalty for failing to file a form on time reveals the agency’s true nature. Reason · Jan 25, 2023
SCOTUS Will Decide Whether Federal Law Shields a Religious Postal Employee Who Refuses To Work on Sundays The Supreme Court considers the scope of federally required religious accommodations at work. Reason · Jan 24, 2023
Supreme Court Declines Case Challenging Excessive IRS Penalties Should an elderly grandmother be forced to hand over millions of dollars to the government for failing to file a particular form? Reason · Jan 23, 2023
Saatchi & Saatchi releases new ‘Pregnant Man’ ad with Supreme Court judges marking Roe V Wade anniversary Justice Alito, Kavanaugh and Thomas make an appearance on the advert Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On Sabbath Observance The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job because he refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons. Zenger · Jan 17, 2023
The Supreme Court Weighs State Sovereignty and the Status of Puerto Rico The justices heard oral arguments in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo. Reason · Jan 11, 2023
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend the Clean Water Act If SCOTUS finds in favor of a small-town Idaho couple in Sackett v. EPA, it could end the federal government's jurisdiction over millions of acres of land. Reason · Jan 10, 2023
Ketanji Brown Jackson book deal joins trendy Supreme Court side hustle WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson’s new book deal adds to what has become a phenomenon at the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices looking to craft their own images and perhaps score a hefty payday along the way. Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023
Martin Schram: A New Year’s border crisis resolution Ever true to its traditions, Official Washington has celebrated its holidays by toasting its successes, and then cruising comfortably into yet another new year. Tribune News Service · Jan 3, 2023
At the Supreme Court, it's taking longer to hear cases Supreme Court arguments are continuing long after a red light tells lawyers to stop The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023
Editorial: Justice Gorsuch is right to note the twisted logic of Biden's push to keep using Title 42 The emergence of immigration policy as a constant source of seeming contradiction under President Joe Biden was a development few expected. Improbably, this was underscored this week by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch — a conservative appointed by Donald Trump. Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022
Five ways the US Supreme Court reshaped policy in 2022 The court’s new conservative majority issued rulings over the past year on abortion, gun rights, religion and more. Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2022
If You Oppose COVID Emergency Powers, You Should Oppose Title 42 Expulsions While other pandemic policies have ended, the migration measure has “outlived [its] shelf life,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote yesterday. Reason · Dec 28, 2022
Noah Feldman: Supreme Court’s ‘nostalgia doctrine’ is Trump’s biggest legacy 2022 turned out to be the most consequential year of Donald Trump’s presidency. This year, the Supreme Court proved that its hard-right turn will be the most enduring legacy of his sorry four years in office. Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022
Reason · Dec 28, 2022 Supreme Court Issues Dubious Ruling that Perpetuates Title 42 "Public Health" Expulsions of Migrants The decision doesn't actually require continuation of the policy, but will have that effect indirectly. Justice Neil Gorsuch's dissent explains why the Court was wrong to take this step.
Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022 Supreme Court keeps Title 42 border directive in place A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order that keeps in place the pandemic-related border policy known as Title 42, allowing border agents to continue turning away migrants seeking asylum at least for months.
Roll Call · Dec 27, 2022 Supreme Court keeps Title 42 border directive in place - Roll Call The Supreme Court kept in place the pandemic-related border policy known as Title 42, allowing the government to turn away asylum-seekers.
Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022 Editorial: What if regulation is unconstitutional? Is regulation as we know it unconstitutional? It’s not inconceivable that, sometime soon, the U.S. Supreme Court could reach such a conclusion, invalidating much of the vast administrative apparatus created to promote such public goods as clean air, workplace safety and financial stability.
Salon · Dec 14, 2022 John Roberts won't save democracy Roberts may seek a compromise in the Independent State Legislature case — one that locks down minority rule
Reason · Dec 13, 2022 A Likely Win for Free Speech Last week's argument at the Supreme Court in 303 Creative v. Elenis.
The Guardian - US · Dec 8, 2022 The future of US elections hinges on an outlandish case before the supreme court The ‘independent state legislature’ theory has rarely been put forward, and then only by blatant partisans acting in bad faith
The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022 Justices take up elections case that could reshape voting The Supreme Court is taking up a case with the potential to reshape elections for Congress and the presidency
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022 How a fringe legal theory at the Supreme Court could blowtorch American elections Right-wing legal groups and Republican lawmakers put the so-called ‘independent state legislature’ theory at the centre of one of the most important tests for democracy in front of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports
The Conversation · Dec 6, 2022 Supreme Court signals sympathy with web designer opposed to same-sex marriage in free speech case In front of the Supreme Court justices on Dec. 5, 2022 was 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis – a major case regarding LGBTQ rights and free speech.
Reason · Dec 5, 2022 Supreme Court Debates Whether Web Designers Can Be Forced To Make Gay Wedding Pages A million hypotheticals bloom in arguments over when and where the government may compel speech.