Justice Alito Absent As Supreme Court Issues Opinions Justice Samuel Alito's absence from the Supreme Court and controversial flag displays raise questions and spark interest. Top News · Jun 21, 2024
SCOTUS Makes It Easier for Victims of Retaliatory Arrests To Vindicate Their First Amendment Rights The justices ruled that "objective evidence" of retaliation does not require "very specific comparator evidence." Reason · Jun 20, 2024
Democratic Reps. Question Chief Justice Roberts On Ethics Scandals Democratic Representatives Raskin and Ocasio-Cortez raise concerns about Supreme Court ethics handling and transparency regarding Justices Thomas and Alito. Top News · Jun 20, 2024
Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden. Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service. Reason · Jun 17, 2024
Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if he wins election Biden says that Trump could potentially ‘appoint two more flying flags upside down’ if he gains a second term The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024
Second Amendment Roundup: Bump Stocks are not Machineguns The Supreme Court’s Cargill ruling has broad implications. Reason · Jun 17, 2024
Senate Democrat calls Supreme Court ‘brazenly corrupt’ as he blasts justices over recent scandals Democrats have pushed for Supreme Court code of ethics but the issue sees little hope of passage in Washington The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2024
Supreme Court Is 'Brazenly Corrupt And Brazenly Political', Says Sen. Murphy Murphy affirmed that it is "absolutely" appropriate for Biden to criticize the Court. International Business Times · Jun 16, 2024
How the US supreme court could be a key election issue: ‘They’ve grown too powerful’ Grassroots Democrats seek to make ‘judicial activism’ a driving voting issue, but swing voters have other priorities The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2024
The 'Bombshell' Secret Alito Recording Was Not a Bombshell The justice's benign comments set off a lengthy news cycle and have been treated as a scandal by some in the media. Why? Reason · Jun 14, 2024
House Minority Leader Criticizes Supreme Court Justices House Minority Leader Jeffries criticizes Justices Alito and Thomas over 'Appeal to Heaven' flag controversy and recusal demands. Top News · Jun 14, 2024
Supreme Court throws out Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks The ATF attempted to ban the attachment after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Axios · Jun 14, 2024
Probe reveals more donor-funded trips The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime Salon · Jun 14, 2024
A threat to contraception remains The Right to Contraception Act failed to pass, worrying reproductive rights experts about access in the future Salon · Jun 14, 2024
Salon · Jun 13, 2024 Tape shows Alito's "apocalyptic vision" Supreme Court justice's unguarded comments suggest he's voting based on "ideology," professor argues
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2024 Supreme Court justices secretly recorded – the legal issues and what they mean for the rest of us Posing as a “Christian conservative” at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s members-only, black-tie gala, liberal journalist and filmmaker Lauren Windsor secretly recorded her conversations with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito. The event on June 3, 2024, was not open to journalists.
Salon · Jun 12, 2024 Alito attacks press for ethics reporting On a secret recording, Alito complains that reporters just don't like his rulings
The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024 Jimmy Kimmel on Hunter Biden’s conviction: ‘Only 31 felonies away from being the Republican candidate for president’ Late-night hosts discuss Hunter Biden’s conviction for lying on a gun application, Donald Trump’s parole interview and Samuel Alito’s far-right sympathies.
The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024 Lindsey Graham vows to block Democrats’ supreme court ethics bill Senate Democrats are still working unanimously to move bill forward this week
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024 Justice Samuel Alito heard in new audio slamming media for reporting on Supreme Court ethics ‘There are groups that are very well-funded by ideological groups that have spearheaded these attacks,’ Justice Alito claims
The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024 White House won’t rule out commuting Hunter Biden sentence – as it happened The president has ruled out pardoning his son, but White House press secretary said it was unclear whether Biden would intervene to lessen a sentence length
Salon · Jun 12, 2024 Alito's flags and a path to compromise The Supreme Court justice denies left and right can compromise — but he's ignoring the obvious and simple solution
Salon · Jun 12, 2024 Supreme Court’s Civil War callback A stunning historical parallel: Supreme Court injustice, Donald Trump and Jefferson Davis
The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2024 US supreme court in ‘crisis of legitimacy’ says AOC at House oversight round table New York representative and fellow Democrat Jamie Raskin sought to ‘connect the dots’ between dark money and court
Top News · Jun 11, 2024 Supreme Court Secret Recordings Spark Controversy Liberal activist records conversations with Supreme Court justices, revealing contrasting views on societal issues.