NBC News reports, Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court: Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice Thursday, making her the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. Jackson, a former public defender and federal appeals court judge, was sworn in during a small … Read more
The “clean up” orders list is out and it is bad news from this activist radical Republican Supreme Court. via GIPHY The Court has granted cert in MOORE v. HARPER (21-1271), the redistricting case from North Carolina in which the Court denied an application for stay earlier this year pending the filing and disposition of a … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court announced its last two opinions this morning. The first opinion is West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, a 6-3 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Gorsuch files a concurring opinion joined by Justice Alito. Justice Kagan dissents, joined by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor. The questions presented are whether the Republican-led states … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions on Wednesday, and one from its emergency docket (“shadow docket”) on Tuesday. The two final cases to be announced on Thursday morning are (h/t Amy Howe): West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (argued Feb. 28): A challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. One question before … Read more
It is almost anticlimactic after a month of speculation following a leaked draft opinion, but the activist radical Republican U.S. Supreme Court today reversed Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. As the dissenters write, “one result of today’s decision is certain: the curtailment of women’s rights, … Read more