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#SCOTUS retains full #access to key #AbortionMedication #mifepristone
The #SupremeCourt on Thurs refused to limit access to a widely used #abortion #medication, rejecting a challenge from #antiabortion doctors 2 years after the court’s #conservative majority overturned #RoeVWade on procedural grounds.
#law #ReproductiveRights #FDA #medicine #medical #health #WomensHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/supreme-court-abortion-pill-ruling-mifepristone/
As usual, GOP Fascist Party is anti-ethics.
“Republicans vow to block Democrats’ effort to enforce ethics code in supreme court
The push for ethics comes after reports of justices, including #ClarenceThomas and Samuel #Alito, accepting lavish gifts and travel opportunities” #SCOTUS
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jun/12/biden-republican-democrat-supreme-court-latest-updates
Reader Tips Propelled Our #SupremeCourt Reporting. Now Your Info Could Power Our 2024 #Election Coverage.
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An email from a reader helped a team of ProPublica reporters uncover secret tuition payments Harlan Crow made for a family member of #ClarenceThomas.
Now we’re looking for tips on the election, and you can help.
#News #Voting #election2024 #Government #Law #SCOTUS
https://www.propublica.org/article/reader-tips-propublica-2024-election-coverage
“Of all people, you have a #disability so you can relate, I hope.”
Out today from Austin Free Press: Disability rights activists protested outside the Governor's Mansion, for the "liberation" of more people from institutions, marking the anniversary of a key #SCOTUS decision:
https://austinfreepress.org/wheres-abbott-austin-disability-activists-picket-one-of-their-own-at-governors-mansion/
#news #politics #activism #health #HumanRights #disabled #protest #GregAbbott #USpol #politics #law #CivilRights
BREAKING: Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
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The #SupremeCourt justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime.
Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the #Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.
#News #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #Government #Courts #Law #Transparency
Gift link wasn’t available. Sigh.
Justice #ClarenceThomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow
2023 financial disclosure reports for Supreme Court justices also show six-figure book payments for Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Jackson #SCOTUS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/
NEW: Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor
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The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year.
#News #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #Law #Courts #Government #Politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-gift-disclosures-harlan-crow
#SCOTUS rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful
The ban was imposed by the Trump administration after the accessory was used during the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-gun-bump-stocks-ban-unlawful-rcna154651
#Trump plans to claim sweeping #authority over #federal #spending
In a 2nd term, Trump will look at unilateral funding cuts for the #WHO & #green #energy initiatives.
He is vowing to wrest key spending powers from #Congress & to assert more control over the federal #budget than any president in #US #history.
#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://wapo.st/3XekhX4
“Barrett, the newest conservative on the court, accused Thomas, the most senior associate justice, of a “laser-like focus on the history” that “misses the forest for the trees.” #SCOTUS
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/politics/amy-coney-barrett-clarence-thomas-originalism?cid=ios_app
✔️ Via Claire McCaskill:
Once again for those who didn’t hear it….THE SUPREME COURT DID NOT DECIDE TO ALLOW EMERGENCY CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN….THEY JUST DELAYED THE DECISION. #SCOTUS
#SCOTUS upholds #Trump #tax provision on #offshore earnings
The Supreme Court on Thurs rejected a challenge to an obscure provision of rump’s 2017 tax package.
The one-time tax on offshore earnings helped fund the massive tax cut permitted under #Congress’s limited powers of #taxation.
Some viewed the lawsuit as an effort to preemptively block Congress from creating a #WealthTax.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/20/supreme-court-trump-offshore-tax-wealth-earnings/
#SCOTUS via Elie Mystal:
2nd case is Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon. It's a 4th A case over a charge of malicious prosecution on some charges, even there was probable cause on other charges.
Kagan, 6-3, says that's okay. Thomas Gorsuch and Alito dissent.
Via Lisa Rubin:
With 4 decisions released today, #SCOTUS still has 19 cases outstanding, including eagerly awaited decisions on guns, abortion, the power of federal agencies, the meaning of a key statute used to charge Jan. 6 defendants, and of course, presidential immunity.
Sen #MarkKelly & fmr Rep #GabbyGiffords on Their #IVF Journey: '#Freedom to Start a #Family Is Under #Threat'
In an exclusive essay for PEOPLE, the married #Arizona lawmakers share how a #gunman stole their dreams of having a child together — & why they fear politicians will do the same to other #families
#ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #FamilyPlanning #WomensHealth #Health #PublicHealth #GunControl #law #SCOTUS
https://people.com/mark-kelly-gabby-giffords-ivf-reproductive-freedom-exclusive-essay-8664641
The second and FINAL #SCOTUS opinion today: Snyder v. US. Written by Justice Kavanaugh. The vote is 6-3. Jackson dissents, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan.
Geidner:
The final SCOTUS decision today is Snyder v. US. Kavanaugh has the court's 6-3 decision on ideological grounds, holding that the Section 666 bribery statute does not apply to "gratuities" given for public officials' *past* acts. Jackson writes the liberals' dissent.
Second #SCOTUS opinion: Department of State v. Munoz.
Gerstein:
US spouse of foreigner doesn’t have due process right in spouse’s immigration claim. 6-3 Barrett writes. Libs dissent
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-334_e18f.pdf More coming.....
First #SCOTUS opinion today: Texas v. New Mexico. TX and NM lose bid to get more water under a Rio Grande river consent decree
Via Elie Mystal:
It's a water rights case. 5-4 Jackson opinion. Gorsuch, Thomas, Alito and Barret dissenting. I think it's the first 5-4 Jackson case?
The third #SCOTUS opinion today: Erlinger v. US.
Gerstein:
Jury has to decide whether offenses under fed Armed Career Criminal Act were committed on separate occasions. Gorsuch writes, 6-3. Kavanaugh/Alito/Jackson in dissent.
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-370_i4dj.pdf More coming.....
The fourth #SCOTUS opinion: Smith v. Jackson.
Gerstein:
Kagan writes. A bit splintered. 5-4 to 7-2. Upholds confrontation clause claim regarding analyst testimony.
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-899_97be.pdf
More coming.....
💥The fifth #SCOTUS opinion today: United States v. Rahimi
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DEFENDING FEDERAL GUN BAN FOR DOMESTIC ABUSERS
Via Scott MacFarlane:
No Supreme Court ruling today on Trump “presidential immunity”
For 141 days, the criminal docket has remained frozen in the #Trump DC criminal case
It’s 131 days til election. The Supreme Court review has cost prosecutors more than half of available pre-election time for trial #SCOTUS
As we wait for the US Supreme Court to rule on Trump's immunity, it's worth recalling these dates from Bush v. Gore:
Argued December 11, 2000
Decided December 12, 2000
No #SCOTUS decision on #Trump’s absolute #immunity claim.
Chief *Justice* #JohnRoberts announced that Monday is the final day of the term.
Monday will mark the first time since 2020 that the Supreme Court term runs into July. The court extended the session that year because of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Before that, it had not happened since 1996.
#lawlessness #law #GinniThomas #MarthaAnnAlito #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ExtremistCourt #CorruptCourt #DarkMoney #CourtReform