Supreme Court Extends Pause on SNAP Funding
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Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas said the Court should “correct” a ruling on government power over Native American tribes
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear arguments on January 21 in President Donald Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a move without precedent that challenges the central bank's independence.
EARLY IN HIS second term, Donald Trump has profited from his previous appointments of Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. With few exceptions, they and their three conservative colleagues have removed obstacles to Mr Trump’s plans imposed by lower courts—letting him ban transgender soldiers from the armed forces,
But the administration indicated it might not be necessary, as Congress moved toward a deal to fund the government.
Jim Obergefell, the Ohio man at center of landmark ruling that legalized gay marriage in the United States, said threats to marriage equality remain.
Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of allowing prisoners to sue government officials for damages in their personal capacities on Monday.
To understand how grudging Amy Coney Barrett’s new book is when it comes to revealing personal details, consider that one of the family members the Supreme Court Justice most often refers to is a great-grandmother who died five years before she was born.
The Justice Department is moving to erase PG Sittenfeld’s 2023 corruption conviction for corruption. Sittenfeld, despite a pardon from President Donald Trump, wants the Supreme Court to consider his case to clarify the line between a legal campaign contribution and an illegal bribe.
Landor v. Louisiana involves whether an inmate of a minority religious group, the Rastafarians, can sue for monetary damages after the warden violated his religious rights – specifically, the right to not cut his hair.