The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6–3 on Oct. 30 to allow Virginia officials to remove suspected noncitizens from the voter rolls. State officials reportedly removed the names of 1,600 individuals believed not to be U.S. citizens from Virginia voter rolls in recent weeks. The court did not provide reasons for its emergency order, but Justices […]
A U.S. Supreme Court decision is expected Tuesday which will determine whether or not Virginia can remove alleged noncitizens from its voter rolls before the election. The state sought the court’s intervention after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Virginia earlier this month, targeting a governor-issued executive order that formalized a systematic effort to […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 turned down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s emergency applications seeking to remove his name from ballots in the swing states of Wisconsin and Michigan. Early voting in the Nov. 5 presidential and congressional election began on Oct. 22 in Wisconsin and on Oct. 26 in Michigan. The Supreme Court […]
Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to halt a decision from Pennsylvania that allows voters to cast provisional ballots after they’ve improperly submitted mail-in ballots. The case raises questions about changes in election procedures, with the 2024 elections just over a week away. That timing, the Republican National Committee said, should lead the justices to […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument on Dec. 4 in a major case that could alter how courts apply the Constitution and view legal disputes over social issues involving gender. In U.S. v. Skrmetti, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is asking the court to end Tennessee’s prohibition on so-called “gender-affirming care,” […]
The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 decided against hearing an appeal aimed at giving the president the power to fire leaders of independent federal agencies. The justices denied the petition in Consumers’ Research v. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) without comment in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The lead petitioner, Virginia-based Consumers’ Research, describes […]
The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 rejected a request from former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to hear his case alleging retaliation by his ex-boss. The court’s rejection was part of a longer order list and didn’t include any explanation. Cohen had argued that two lower courts wrongly dismissed a claim that former President Donald Trump […]
The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 said it will hear Oklahoma’s case claiming that state disputes over a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy should be heard in regional circuit courts, as opposed to Washington. At issue is the EPA’s “good neighbor” rule that cracks down on states whose industries are said to be contributing […]
Supreme Court justices on Oct. 16 heard arguments in a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) wastewater discharge permitting system, which San Francisco claims violates federal law. The city and county of San Francisco argue in the appeal that the EPA’s “vague” limitations on how much pollution may be present in wastewater discharged […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday banned people between the ages of 18 to 20 from openly carrying guns during declared states of emergency, after tossing out an earlier decision by a lower court. NTD spoke with Jim Burling, vice president of legal affairs at the Pacific Legal Foundation, to break down this latest development and […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s ruling that had allowed adults in Pennsylvania under the age of 21 to carry firearms in public during states of emergencies, telling a federal appeals court to reconsider the case. The Supreme Court did not explain its ruling, and there were no dissents. The two-sentence […]
Oklahoma urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9 to throw out the murder conviction of Richard Eugene Glossip after the state admitted the prosecution was flawed. The nation’s highest court decided on Jan. 22 to hear his appeal after suspending his execution in May 2023. Glossip, 61, was convicted of murdering his employer, Barry […]
Ray Brescia, associate dean for research and intellectual life at Albany Law School, and author of “Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession,” spoke with NTD about Tuesday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Garland, Attorney Gen. v. VanDerStok, a case challenging the Biden administration’s regulation of untraceable […]
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Oct. 8 over an attempt by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to apply federal gun control legislation in a way that would prohibit so-called ghost guns. Ghost guns are generally understood to be untraceable firearms that lack serial numbers, were purchased by someone without […]
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago. The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Biden administration appeal involving Texas, leaving unresolved whether physicians in states with the most restrictive abortion laws must perform the procedure in certain emergency circumstances. The justices handed down their decision on Oct. 7 without offering an explanation, leaving intact a ruling by the Fifth […]
The Supreme Court said on Oct. 4 that it would hear a pair of cases emanating from the federal government’s attempt to store nuclear waste in western Texas. Texas has attempted to block this move by passing a law prohibiting the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive waste in the state. “I will not let […]
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Oct. 4 to hear the death row appeal of Ruben Gutierrez, who argues that DNA testing of the crime scene evidence would clear him. The court granted the petition in Gutierrez v. Saenz without comment. No justices dissented. The respondent, Luis Saenz, is the district attorney for Cameron County, […]
Former President Donald Trump filed a brief on Oct. 3 to dismiss two counts in special counsel Jack Smith’s superseding indictment based on the Supreme Court’s ruling in a separate case that covers laws used by Smith. The Supreme Court ruled this summer that the Justice Department had used too broad an interpretation when applying […]
The Supreme Court declined on Oct. 4 to halt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting industry emissions of mercury and methane. The rulings came in a bundle of orders in several pending emergency applications. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decisions. The nation’s highest court is allowing the regulations to remain […]
