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WEBOct 4, 2010 · By Amy Howe on Sept. 27 at 3:39 p.m. The justices on Friday turned down the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign’s request to reinstate him on New York’s 2024 presidential ballot after a state court had ordered him removed from the ballot because he had used a “sham address” on his nominating petition. Kennedy dismissed the address ...
Biographies of the Justices - SCOTUSblog
WEBChief Justice John Glover Roberts Jr. was born on January 27, 1955. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, and Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review, in 1979. Roberts clerked for Judge Henry Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist.
Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion
WEBJun 24, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade. The decision by Justice Samuel Alito will set off a seismic shift in reproductive rights across the United States. It will allow states to ban abortion, and experts expect about half the states ...
High-speed pursuit liability and other questions ... - SCOTUSblog
WEBJul 23, 2021 · Burke. 21-10. Issues: (1) Whether a court should apply the intent-to-harm standard of liability to all police high-speed driving, as have the 8th and 9th Circuits, or instead employ an analysis which examines the facts of individual cases to decide whether there was an opportunity to deliberate and apply the standard of deliberate indifference ...
In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry law
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York handgun-licensing law that required New Yorkers who want to carry a handgun in public to show a special need to defend themselves. The 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is the court’s first significant decision on gun rights in over a …
In unanimous Fourth Amendment ruling, a reminder that
WEBMay 17, 2021 · Update (May 18, 8:15 p.m.): This article has been expanded with additional analysis. On Monday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Caniglia v. Strom, which unanimously held that a lower court’s extension of Cady v. Dombrowski’s “community caretaking” exception into the home defied the logic and holding of Cady, as well as violated the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.
The Supreme Court and the president’s pardon power
WEBon Jan 1, 2021 at 3:38 pm. Correction appended. The Constitution gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.”. In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, including Paul ...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - SCOTUSblog
WEBSep 9, 2009 · SCOTUSblog Coverage. View from the Courtroom: Disruption from the gallery on fifth anniversary of Citizens United (Updated: 4:00 p.m.) (Mark Walsh, January 21, 2015); Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on proposed campaign finance amendment (Amy Howe, June 4, 2014); The Roberts Court and the First Amendment (Ronald Collins, July 9, 2013); SCOTUS for law students: A campaign finance face ...
Obergefell v. Hodges - SCOTUSblog
WEBApr 28, 2015 · Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents Hodges, et al., in No. 14-556. VIDED. Feb 27 2015. Joint appendix for No. 14-556, 14-562 & 14-574 filed (2 volumes). VIDED. Feb 27 2015. Brief of petitioners James Obergefell, et al. filed.
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness …
WEBJun 30, 2023 · By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority last year when it announced that it would cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. The Biden administration had said that as many as 43 million Americans would have benefitted from the loan forgiveness program; almost half of those borrowers would ...