Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a dissent that a recent case highlights a worrying practice of the U.S. Supreme Court: an uptick in cases remedied through a process called Munsingwear vacatur.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether a defendant has to actually “steal an identity” to be convicted of aggravated identity theft under federal law.
The increase is largely driven by Democrats, whose approval rating for the court went from 15 percent in July 2021 to 35 percent today.
In a post on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump called for the journalists who reported on the leak of the draft Roe reversal to be jailed if they don’t reveal their source.
Three women have been sentenced to one-year terms of probation with stay-away orders from the U.S. Supreme Court for one count of Speeches and Objectionable Language in the Supreme Court Building.
Essentially, the court has been asked to decide whether prone restraint constitutes unconstitutional excessive force, or whether officers were justified in using what became deadly force because Nicholas Gilbert resisted.
Roberts drew a historical comparison to threats against the safety of District Court Judge Ronald Davies during desegregation. Since overturning Roe v. Wade, Congress has passed two laws intended to ensure the safety of the both Supreme Court justices and other federal court officials themselves and their families.
Title 42 is a public health law that started its modern use in March 2020 as a response to COVID-19 allowing migrants to be expelled to their home country without the request for asylum.
Oregon’s attorney general has asked the Supreme Court to overturn rulings that released Frank Gable, who was previously convicted of the 1989 murder of Oregon Corrections Director Michael Francke.
Newly obtained records show how Leonard Leo, an architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts, has been funding groups pushing to change elections and anti-discrimination laws.