The Supreme Court declined on Nov. 12 to take up a challenge to New York’s rent control law, which grants a building’s tenants veto power over condominium conversions. The decision came in the form of an unsigned order regarding the petition filed in G-Max Management Inc. v. State of New York. The court did not […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider a challenge to a misdemeanor charge that was used to target Jan. 6, 2021, defendants for parading at the U.S. Capitol. With no noted dissents and without providing a reason for its decision, the Supreme Court denied certiorari to take up an appeal from John Nassif, […]
The Supreme Court on Nov. 12 turned away former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s request to transfer his election interference case from a Georgia state court to federal court. The justices issued the court’s new unsigned order without explaining why, as is its custom when rejecting petitions. Meadows filed his petition with […]
The Supreme Court decided on Nov. 4 to hear a racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular party or constituency. The case will not be heard in time for the Nov. 5 presidential and congressional elections. The case is actually two cases—Louisiana v. Callais and […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1 rejected Republicans’ request to halt the effects of a state court’s decision allowing Pennsylvania voters to cast provisional ballots after they have improperly submitted mail-in ballots. Justice Samuel Alito issued a statement, which was joined by Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, saying that even if they agreed […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31 rejected independent presidential candidate Cornel West’s request to require swing state Pennsylvania officials to advise voters they could write him in as a candidate. A lower court in Pennsylvania removed his name from the Nov. 5 ballot after finding the paperwork in support of his candidacy was not […]
The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal on Wednesday to uphold the removal of 1,600 voter registrations in the state of Virginia. For analysis of what’s behind the ruling, NTD spoke to Mark Miller, a senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation. He told NTD just how much power the Supreme Court has to sway […]
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 […]
