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Supreme Court rules US must enforce securities violations in court - Roll Call

Majority opinion says civil penalties for securities law violations too closely resemble allegations that would normally have to be brought in federal court.

Roll Call · Jun 27, 2024

Sotomayor issues gay marriage warning

Sotomayor warned gay marriage could be next as her colleagues gutted a U.S. citizen's right to marry a non-citizen

Salon · Jun 21, 2024

Supreme Court clarifies when a gun law is constitutional - Roll Call

The Supreme Court clarified on Friday how it analyses the constitutionality of a gun control law, as it upheld one federal possession ban.

Roll Call · Jun 21, 2024

Supreme Court strikes down ban on ‘bump stocks’ — a gun accessory used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre

The devices allow rifles to fire more rounds of ammunition with the need for manual reloading, like machine guns

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024

Supreme Court wipes out ban on 'bump stock' firearm attachments - Roll Call

The Supreme Court threw out a Trump-era rule that banned so-called “bump stocks” that allow rifles to mimic automatic fire.

Roll Call · Jun 14, 2024

Supreme Court: You Can't Trademark Your 'Trump Too Small' T-Shirts

As Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted during oral arguments, the right to sell a shirt is different from the right to be the only one who can sell that shirt.

Reason · Jun 13, 2024

Hands off: ‘Trump too small’ can’t be trademarked, Supreme Court rules

An individual’s attempt to trademark Donald Trump’s name was rejected by the Supreme Court

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Supreme Court rejects man's bid to trademark 'Trump too small' - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruled against a man seeking to register a trademark for “Trump too small,” referring to former President Donald Trump.

Roll Call · Jun 13, 2024

Justice Jackson reports a $900,000 book advance and tickets from Beyoncé

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson collected nearly $900,000 last year for her upcoming memoir, among four justices to report sizable income from book deals

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024

Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says, dwarfing the next highest justice

Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million.

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024