Thomas scolds SCOTUS for failing to take up case that could have challenged discrimination standard created ‘out of whole cloth’
Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's decision not to take up a case involving a fire chief who says he was fired for his Christian faith. The post Thomas scolds SCOTUS for ...
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Supreme Court Dips Its Toe into Brewing Federal Spending Fight
The early days of the Trump Administration have featured a wide range of actions related to federal spending. This has included payment ...
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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court’s USAID ruling sends an important message
The U.S. Supreme Court has proven its mettle in its first important confrontation with the Trump administration — barely. By a 5-4 vote, the court upheld an order by a federal judge requiring the ...
5-4 votes nudge Supreme Court to the right
The Supreme Court began the term last October with renewed calls for unanimity from the chief justice, but it ended the session Thursday with the latest in a series of two dozen closely divided ...
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Supreme Court wrestles with nation’s frustrating search for nuclear waste storage
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with whether to restart plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural ...
Growing judicial voices challenge Trump’s erosion of constitutional norms
Federal judges hearing Trump administration litigation have increasingly gone beyond the case at hand to reflect on potential ...