Justice Clarence Thomas filed a solo opinion Tuesday that should appeal to President Trump. He said the high court should make it easier for public figures to sue for libel.Source: Clarence Thomas agrees with Trump that libel laws should be eased...
Redistricting commissions formed to draw fairer congressional maps have sprung up in more than one third of states—partly in response to the lack of judicial clarity on partisan gerrymandering. But their legal vitality could be on shaky ground.Source: Panels to End Gerrymandering Could Reach SCOTUS (2)...
The Supreme Court will grapple with the legality of partisan gerrymandering in March when it hears arguments challenging congressional-district maps in two states.Source: Supreme Court to take on partisan gerrymandering this year...
The Supreme Court released the calendar for its February sitting today.Source: Justices release February argument calendar...
The Supreme Court is scheduled to return to a deeply divisive issue on Friday when the justices meet behind closed doors to discuss an issue left unresolved last term: when do states go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gain?Source: Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday...
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of redistricting in Virginia, agreeing to hear an appeal filed by Republican legislators of a lower court’s ruling that 11 House of Delegates districts must be redrawn to correct racial gerrymandering.Source: U.S. Supreme Court to take up Virginia redistricting case on racial gerrymandering...
The Supreme Court refused Friday to delay an upcoming trial in which a number of states and civil rights organizations allege there was an improper political motive in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.Source: Supreme Court allows trial on census citizenship question to go forward...
A couple weeks have now passed since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s first day on the Supreme Court. After a tumultuous confirmation process, Kavanaugh was voted onto the Court by the Senate on Oct. 6, and he started his lifetime term on Oct. 9. During the weeks leading up to Oct.Source: Only a fraction of ‘dark money’ spending on Kavanaugh disclosed...
The Supreme Court will settle a dispute over a video that aired on a New York City public access television channel that could have ramifications for social media and public radio stations. On Friday, the Justices said they would accept Manhattan Community Access Corp. v.Source: Supreme Court takes public access TV case with bigger implications...
The federal government went to the Supreme Court today, requesting a halt to the depositions of two senior Trump administration officials – Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and John Gore, the acting head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division – in a challenge to Ross’ decisioSource: Federal government asks justices to intervene in census dispute...
