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Supreme Court rejects sweeping conservative bid to control elections

The court rejected the independent state legislature theory.

Axios

Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat

The Supreme Court has ruled to make it more difficult to convict a person of making a violent threat

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects fringe theory that could give GOP state lawmakers unchecked election authority

Justices reject ‘independent state legislature’ theory that animated GOP attempts to overturn election results

The Independent UK

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Supreme Court rejects GOP redistricting claim in North Carolina elections case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against North Carolina’s Republicans, saying state lawmakers do not have sole authority to set rules for federal elections without interference from state judges.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rejects Independent State Legislature theory, but leaves door ajar

The court rules that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, a key opinion that should safeguard 2024 election integrity.

WEKU

UK Government challenged to adopt UNCRC as 'blocked' bill to be brought forward

SOCIAL justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has confirmed changes will be made to UNCRC legislation to allow it to be introduced in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling that congressional districts violated state law

The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law

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McCarthy says Trump ‘stronger today than in 2016’ after doubting his ability to win earlier – as it happened

Republican House speaker backtracked on comments made earlier where he questioned if the ex-president is the best GOP nominee for 2024

The Guardian - US

Explained | Rehana Fathima case: Obscenity laws and the policing of female sexuality

The Supreme Court dismissed all charges against Rehana Fathima, who accused of obscenity for letting her child draw on her semi-nude body in a bid to teach respect for women’s bodies and make a political statement about bodily autonomy.

The Hindu

Supreme Court backs state court power in federal election cases - Roll Call

The Supreme Court backed the power of state courts Tuesday in a dispute over North Carolina's congressional map.

Roll Call

Sedition law must to retain India’s integrity: Law panel chief

Amid a clamour for repeal of the law on sedition, Law Commission chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on June 27 said the present situation from Kashmir to Kerala and Punjab to the North-East makes it must to retain the law to safeguard the “unity and integrity of India”. Defending the…

The Hindu

PM Modi’s pitch for Uniform Civil Code is on the same lines as Centre’s affidavit in Supreme Court

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on June 27 mirrors a Law Ministry affidavit filed in the Supreme Court months ago, which said that “citizens belonging to different religions and denominations following different property and matrimonial laws is an affront to…

The Hindu

Inquiry into allegation judges demanded B175m bribe

A fact-finding committee has been set up to investigate an allegation by a core member of the former People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) that two senior judges of the Court of Appeal demanded 175 million baht to clear him of all charges over the street rallies against the government of…

Bangkok Post

Lisa Jarvis: For many women seeking abortions, all roads now lead to Illinois

June 24, 2022, was a devastating day for Jennifer Welsch, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. That was the day the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision overruled Roe v. Wade, clearing the way for states to ban or severely restrict abortion.

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Commentary: How the end of Roe turned into a threat to American democracy

A year ago, when the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. proclaimed the death of abortion rights to be a victory for American democracy, one that might de-escalate political conflict. A month ahead of the Dobbs anniversary, Washington Post columnist George Will…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: A year after the Dobbs decision on abortion, women are wondering: Is anyone listening?

It’s been a year since the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, upending a nearly 50-year constitutional precedent set by Roe v. Wade that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, one that was reaffirmed by Planned Parenthood…

Reason

Why a Supreme Court Justice Who Always Votes for One Type of Litigant isn't Necessarily Biased

Justice Gorsuch has never voted against Native American interests in a Supreme Court case. But that probably isn't because he's biased in favor of Indians. He simply believes that much existing precedent in this field is biased the other way.

Tribune News Service

Student loan-relief backers warn Biden ‘failure isn’t an option’

WASHINGTON — Advocates of student debt relief want President Joe Biden to use a 1965 law to cancel student debt if the Supreme Court overturns his loan forgiveness program.

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GI Bill case filed by decorated Army veteran James Rudisill to be heard by the Supreme Court

An estimated 1.7 million other vets who’ve qualified for benefits under both the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill could get more college money if Rudisill, who’s now an FBI agent, wins.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court moves to throw out Louisiana’s House map

The Supreme Court on Monday took a step toward forcing Louisiana to redraw its House map, a move expected after the court ruled against Alabama’s congressional map earlier this month.

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Ballotpedia identifies 17 noteworthy Supreme Court cases regarding redistricting from 1946 to 2023

Ballotpedia has identified 17 noteworthy redistricting cases that the Supreme Court has heard since 1946, with the most recent one being Allen v. Milligan. In a 5-4 decision on June 8, SCOTUS affirmed the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama that the state’s…

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court will decide whether Congress can tax wealth

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will weigh in on the constitutionality of wealth taxes by deciding whether Congress may require taxpayers to pay their share of earnings from a foreign company, even if they received no dividends or income.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court dismisses case on House oversight lawsuit from 2017

The Supreme Court no longer will decide a case about whether lawmakers can turn to the courts when the federal government denies requests for documents, in a dispute tied to Donald Trump’s lease of the Old Post Office Building in Washington from the federal government.

The Hindu

Reduced ceiling, increased anger

The reduced limit on open market borrowing has caused a political row in Kerala

Daily Mirror

More than 230 men allowed to sue Ohio State over doctor accused of abusing them

The late university doctor, Richard Strauss allegedly abused hundreds of student-athletes at Ohio State University with cases spanning in over 20 years

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