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5 votes
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Billionaire Harlan Crow bought property from Clarence Thomas. The US Justice didn’t disclose the deal.
24 votes -
True threats and American cultural gulfs
3 votes -
US Supreme Court on ethics issues: Not broken, no fix needed
17 votes -
Clarence Thomas and the US billionaire
18 votes -
Google lawyer warns internet will be “a horror show” if it loses landmark US Supreme Court case
13 votes -
US Supreme Court declines to hear Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to NSA mass surveillance
8 votes -
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia
30 votes -
Supreme Court of India on demonetization - A farce in three acts
6 votes -
US climate law gives Clean Air Act a legal boost after court rebuke
9 votes -
Atlanta’s Music Midtown festival canceled after court ruling made it illegal to keep guns out of event
15 votes -
Former leader of a religious right organization said he recruited and coached wealthy volunteers to wine, dine, and entertain conservative Supreme Court justices while pushing conservative positions
12 votes -
US Supreme Court curbs EPA's ability to fight climate change
29 votes -
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in, becomes first Black woman on US Supreme Court
19 votes -
The conservative Supreme Court's favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess
16 votes -
Howard Stern considers running for President to overturn Supreme Court: ‘I’m not f—ing around’
9 votes -
How the Supreme Court killed Roe v. Wade
8 votes -
Scottish independence: 19 October 2023 proposed as date for referendum
9 votes -
US Supreme Court rules for former coach in public school prayer case
12 votes -
Abortions can resume in Texas after judge blocks pre-Roe v. Wade ban
14 votes -
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
61 votes -
I invented Gilead. The Supreme Court is making it real
19 votes -
Leaked draft opinion show the Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights
49 votes -
The case against the Supreme Court of the United States
15 votes -
Where Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation
8 votes -
Climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce dies after setting himself on fire outside US Supreme Court on Earth Day
31 votes -
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black female United States Supreme Court justice
28 votes -
Justice Stevens reads the fine print
12 votes -
Joe Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson for US Supreme Court
16 votes -
Decrying “bounties” in Texas’ S.B. 8 is a political trap
2 votes -
US Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
23 votes -
Key excerpts from the Supreme Court ruling on S.B. 8, the Texas abortion case
9 votes -
Supreme Court weighs mandating public funds for religious schools in Maine
8 votes -
Why the NRA needs Roe v. Wade to be upheld
4 votes -
Norway's supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country's indigenous Sámi people
7 votes -
Supreme Court will hear arguments in Mississippi abortion case challenging Roe v. Wade on Dec. 1
14 votes -
Supreme Court upholds new Texas abortion law, for now
24 votes -
Brazil's Bolsonaro asks Senate to impeach a Supreme Court justice
13 votes -
The Supreme Court’s newest Justices produce some unexpected results
15 votes -
Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples
9 votes -
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to the rule that only men register for the draft
17 votes -
Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law
12 votes -
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas argues for regulating large internet platforms as common carriers
21 votes -
SCOTUS sides with Google over Oracle
@SCOTUSblog: BREAKING: In major copyright battle between tech giants, SCOTUS sides w/ Google over Oracle, finding that Google didnt commit copyright infringement when it reused lines of code in its Android operating system. The code came from Oracle's JAVA SE platform. https://t.co/vAK7jMPa8e
46 votes -
Japanese court says it is 'unconstitutional' to bar same-sex marriage
17 votes -
The rise and fall of Roe v. Wade
Part 1 (55 minutes): The hosts take on one of the Supreme Court’s most famous decisions, Roe v. Wade. In this first episode of a two-part series, they look at the legal and factual origins of Roe...
Part 1 (55 minutes):
The hosts take on one of the Supreme Court’s most famous decisions, Roe v. Wade. In this first episode of a two-part series, they look at the legal and factual origins of Roe v. Wade. They also discuss how Roe was weaponized by the conservative legal movement to rally against an interpretation of the Constitution that allows for flexibility in favor of a far more rigid approach.
Part 2 (61 minutes):
In the second part of a two-episode series on abortion rights, the hosts discuss Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 case in which the Supreme Court made it easier for states to restrict abortion access so long as abortion regulations don’t create an “undue burden.” The vague standard set lawmakers on a new path of attacking abortion access and fueled anti-abortion groups’ efforts to spread stigma and misinformation, setting up Roe v. Wade for a death by a thousand cuts.
(it's impossible to link to podcasts in a simple or easy way...if anyone has a better way of doing this I'm all ears...)
5-4 (pronounced "five to four", as in the vote total of a closely-divided court case from 9 justices) is one of my favorite podcasts. It's lawyers dissecting Supreme Court cases in a way that is very understandable to non-lawyers, from an explicitly and unabashedly left-wing perspective.
This is an extremely informative primer on the entire arc of abortion rights in the US, from the actual case everyone has heard of (Roe v Wade in the 1970s) to the case in the 1990s that actually superseded Roe and a case from last year that was seen as a victory because it upheld a previous case but it also contained a poison pill that significantly weakened that precedent.
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What's your opinion on the concept of US Supreme Court packing and/or term limits?
For those not aware, packing the court in this context refers to expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court so that whoever's in power can nominate judges they prefer to the newly-created seats,...
For those not aware, packing the court in this context refers to expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court so that whoever's in power can nominate judges they prefer to the newly-created seats, thereby creating a favorable majority for them where there might not have been one previously. It was attempted once in 1937, but failed, and has not been attempted since.
As for term limits, Supreme Court justices have none; the position is for life. The reasoning for this is primarily so that they can't be influenced as easily for political gain, as they've already achieved the final step in their careers.
Personally, the concept of court-packing has worried me no matter who does it, because from what I can tell (though granted I've not researched this), the Supreme Court has thus far done a decent job of avoiding partisanship; I'm concerned packing the courts would damage this precedent. I do believe that term limits could work, though I suspect they'd require a clause prohibiting justices from holding any jobs after their term expires, lest they become politically influenced by down-the-line job offers.
That said, what's your take?
(By the way, CGP Grey has a great video on some parts of the Supreme Court if you're interested in learning more about it)
21 votes -
Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to subvert election
21 votes -
US Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump ally’s push to overturn Joe Biden win in Pennsylvania
23 votes -
In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York
20 votes