The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

Brazil Congress prepares for inquiry into Jan. 8 capital storming

Brazil's Congress on Wednesday prepared to open an inquiry into the Jan. 8 storming of key government buildings in the capital by violent demonstrators who denied the electoral victory of the recently inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Reuters · Apr 26, 2023

Washington Is Now the 10th State With a Logically and Constitutionally Dubious 'Assault Weapon' Ban

A federal lawsuit notes that the new law draws arbitrary distinctions and targets guns in common use for legal purposes.

Reason · Apr 26, 2023

Push for Supreme Court ethics code gets bipartisan boost - Roll Call

A pair of senators announced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to require the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code within a year.

Roll Call · Apr 26, 2023

Challenging the FDA's authority isn't new – the agency's history shows what's at stake when drug regulation is in limbo

Political pressure is nothing new for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency has frequently come under fire for its drug approval decisions, but attacks on its decision-making process and science itself have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2023

Democrats condemn Roberts’ refusal to testify over US supreme court ethics row

Chief justice declined to face Senate judiciary committee after reports of Clarence Thomas’s ties with Republican megadonor

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2023

Same-sex marriage hearing | The case so far

A collection of articles from The Hindu covering the ongoing case in Supreme Court seeking recognition of same-sex marriage

The Hindu · Apr 26, 2023

Grandma didn't pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case

At issue in the case before the Supreme Court is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.

WEKU · Apr 26, 2023

Death penalty upheld for gold-heist robber

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for a gold shop-robber who shot dead three people, one a child, and wounded four others during a robbery at a Lop Buri mall in 2020.

Bangkok Post · Apr 26, 2023

Congress accuses BJP of double engine ‘droha’ (treachery) to Lingayats, Vokkaligas, SCs, STs, OBCs on reservation in Karnataka

BJP govt stayed its own reservation order (dated March 27, 2023) by way of a statement in Supreme Court on April 25, 2023. This proves its intent and the fake credit it wants to take on reservation, which has been reverted to the original reservation order dated March 30, 2002

The Hindu · Apr 26, 2023

Preliminary enquiry needed before FIR registration against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh: Delhi Police to SC

Delhi Police on Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court that a preliminary enquiry would be needed before lodging an FIR against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment. Read further on Dynamite news:

Dynamite News · Apr 26, 2023