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Stephen Breyer, at 82 the oldest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, said he has not decided whether to retire. President Joe Biden and Democrats worry a delay could deliver a power-shifting win to the Republican party.
The courts have made social media a “First Amendment-free zone” where people — particularly students — face outsize repercussions for contextless and humorous statements, argues a University of Florida journalism professor.
In a ruling announced Thursday, the justices said the “out-of-precinct” policy and the ban on “ballot harvesting” don’t violate the Voting Rights Act. But voting rights groups say the decision will curtail voting rights for minority constituents.
The ban remains in place, although challengers argue that the moratorium has become more about economic than disease control.
The Supreme Court Justice weighed in on a 2005 ruling that he thinks might be outdated and inconsistent.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of CACI International Inc., a defense contractor that is facing a lawsuit by three former detainees at Abu Ghraib Prison near Baghdad who accuse CACI’s employees of torture.
The justices asked an appeals court to take another look at a lawsuit filed by the parents of a man who had died in police custody, ruling that not all the evidence had been examine. The move drew opposition from conservative members who said the court had bowed to fear of public criticism in the case on police violence.
The decision requires police to get a warrant to enter the home of a suspected misdemeanant if time permits, but certain circumstances allow police to enter warrantless.
Border officer authority to initiate warrantless searches varies from state to state and while supporters say it helps prevent terrorism, critics argue that people’s privacy should be held to a higher standard.
A group of 18 legal academics has issued an open letter urging the 82-year-old Supreme Court justice to retire, thereby allowing President Joe Biden an opportunity to name his successor in case Republicans regain Senate control in the next election.