Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Aren’t as Unified or Conservative as Alito and Thomas

We now have real data about Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett. The court’s gone hard right, but the three are less unified than they might appear.

#barrett-amy-coney, #conservatism-us-politics, #decisions-and-verdicts, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #supreme-court-us

Joe Biden Has a Bully Pulpit, and He Should Focus It on the Supreme Court

The president must be clear about what the court has done, and what it may yet do.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #constitution-us, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #federal-courts-us, #gorsuch-neil-m, #house-of-representatives, #indian-child-welfare-act-1978, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #polls-and-public-opinion, #presidents-and-presidency-us, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #roberts-john-g-jr, #state-of-the-union-message-us, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #voting-rights-act-1965

Is the Supreme Court About to Upend American Election Laws?

Here’s what to know about a court case that could change the way Americans vote — and who decides how they do.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #conservatism-us-politics, #constitution-us, #courts-and-the-judiciary, #elections, #federal-state-relations-us, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #liptak-adam, #north-carolina, #redistricting-and-reapportionment, #republican-party, #state-legislatures, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #trump-donald-j, #united-states

A Diverse Supreme Court Questions the Value of Diversity

Since 1978, the sole justification for race-conscious admissions has been educational diversity. The rationale’s days may be numbered.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence

Justice Barrett Rejects Plea to Stop Biden’s Student Loan Debt Plan

Though the justice’s brief order gave no reasons, it was most likely based on the challenger’s seeming failure to show that it had standing to sue.

#barrett-amy-coney, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #congressional-budget-office, #decisions-and-verdicts, #student-loans, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wisconsin

Supreme Court Wrestles With Case on Pigs, Cruelty and Commerce

A California law requiring that pork sold in the state come from humanely raised pigs posed questions about how far states can go in affecting conduct outside their borders.

#agriculture-and-farming, #animal-abuse-rights-and-welfare, #barrett-amy-coney, #california, #factory-farming, #gorsuch-neil-m, #interstate-commerce, #jackson-ketanji-brown-1970, #kagan-elena, #kneedler-edwin-s, #law-and-legislation, #pork, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #roberts-john-g-jr, #sotomayor-sonia

Justices Sotomayor and Barrett Say the Supreme Court Remains Collegial

In an appearance recorded 10 days after the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in May, both maintained that relations on the court were warm and respectful.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #mcconnell-mitch, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

Justice Jackson, a Former Law Clerk, Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court

In the 22 years since she worked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer, whom she replaced last month, the court has become polarized and predictably conservative.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #appointments-and-executive-changes, #barrett-amy-coney, #breyer-stephen-g, #gorsuch-neil-m, #jackson-ketanji-brown-1970, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #united-states-politics-and-government

What We Learned This Term About the Supreme Court’s Shift to the Right

The blockbuster decisions — on abortion, guns, religion and climate — told part of the story. But the court’s abrupt rightward shift ran through its entire docket.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #conservatism-us-politics, #gorsuch-neil-m, #gun-control, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

On Guns, a Supreme Court Head-Scratcher: Is a Colonial Musket ‘Analogous’ to an AR-15?

And other questions about gun regulations then and now.

#barrett-amy-coney, #constitution-us, #firearms, #gun-control, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #law-and-legislation, #new-york-city, #roberts-john-g-jr, #second-amendment-us-constitution, #senate, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #united-states

The End of Roe, the End of Trump

After Dobbs, the Republican Party doesn’t need Trump.

#barrett-amy-coney, #desantis-ron, #dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization-supreme-court-decision, #presidential-election-of-2024, #republican-party, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #trump-donald-j

Abortion Ruling Poses New Questions About How Far Supreme Court Will Go

The decision overruling Roe v. Wade exposed internal divisions among conservative justices about reconsidering other rights.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #breyer-stephen-g, #fourteenth-amendment-us-constitution, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #same-sex-marriage-civil-unions-and-domestic-partnerships, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence

June 24, 2022: The Day Chief Justice Roberts Lost His Court

Outflanked by five impatient and ambitious justices to his right, the chief justice has become powerless to pursue his incremental approach.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #thomas-virginia-lamp, #trump-donald-j

A Pro-Religion Court

What the 6-3 conservative Supreme Court majority’s latest ruling means.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #federal-courts-us, #freedom-of-religion, #internal-storyline-no, #religion-and-belief, #religion-state-relations

The Supreme Court May Rein In Efforts to Protect the Climate

The court’s conservative majority seems intent on pursuing an agenda that would limit the government’s ability to shield the planet.

#barrett-amy-coney, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #clean-water-act, #conservatism-us-politics, #environment, #environmental-protection-agency, #global-warming, #gorsuch-neil-m, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #obama-barack, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us, #united-states, #water-pollution

Jocelyn Benson: Protests at Judges’ Homes Must Be Legal, but They Aren’t Effective

Despite the terrifying experience of armed protesters picketing Jocelyn Benson’s house, she supports the right to protest outside public officials’ homes.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #courts-and-the-judiciary, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #michigan, #presidential-election-of-2020, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision

Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies

Isn’t having to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term the same as forced labor?

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #constitution-us, #constitutional-amendments, #dowd-maureen, #forced-labor, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #johnsen-dawn-e, #law-and-legislation, #obama-barack, #oklahoma, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #texas, #thirteenth-amendment-us-constitution, #thomas-clarence, #united-states, #vigilantes, #womens-rights

After Roe Leak, Supreme Court Starts to Resemble Other Branches

The disclosure of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade, legal experts said, was evidence that the court is not much different from other Washington institutions.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #politics-and-government, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us

If Roe Goes, Will the Right to Birth Control Be Next?

Democrats are warning that Roe’s fall could threaten a wide range of privacy rights — including the right to birth control.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #birth-control-and-family-planning, #debatable, #in-vitro-fertilization, #obergefell-jim-1966, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #same-sex-marriage-civil-unions-and-domestic-partnerships, #supreme-court-us

How Roe Warped the Republic

Why Roe v. Wade may be overturned by the very forces of polarization it unleashed.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #democratic-party, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #republican-party, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #roman-catholic-church, #state-legislatures, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #washington-dc, #womens-rights

On Abortion, Beware the Feminism of Justice Alito

Women apparently have advanced so far, they no longer need guaranteed access to abortion.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #constitutional-amendments, #discrimination, #fourteenth-amendment-us-constitution, #law-and-legislation, #mississippi, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #rikelman-julie, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #womens-rights

Roe v. Wade’s End Is Terrifying. Here Are Four Reasons.

In revoking a right most Americans want, the Supreme Court risks doing tremendous damage to the country — and to itself.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #gorsuch-neil-m, #internal-sub-only-nl, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision

What the Leaked Draft on Abortion Reveals About the Supreme Court

What the leaked draft opinion on abortion rights reveals about the Supreme Court.

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Roe, on the Edge

Roe v. Wade seems to be on the cusp of falling.

#abortion, #appointments-and-executive-changes, #barrett-amy-coney, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #gorsuch-neil-m, #internal-storyline-no, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #law-and-legislation, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #scalia-antonin, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence

John Roberts Has Lost Control of the Supreme Court

What did it take for him to finally speak out? He has joined the liberal justices in seeing an abuse of the shadow docket.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #conservatism-us-politics, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government

The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices

Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks.

#barrett-amy-coney, #brennan-william-j-jr, #breyer-stephen-g, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #scalia-antonin, #supreme-court-us

Another Working Mom May Join the Supreme Court

Republicans celebrated Amy Coney Barrett’s role at home. Democrats should do the same for Ketanji Brown Jackson.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #barrett-amy-coney, #black-people, #conservatism-us-politics, #jackson-ketanji-brown-1970, #parenting, #supreme-court-us, #work-life-balance

Biden Is Right to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court must be an representative institution in touch with all of American life.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #arizona, #barrett-amy-coney, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #black-people, #bork-robert-h, #brennan-william-j, #conservatism-us-politics, #cruz-ted, #discrimination, #eisenhower-dwight-david, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #law-schools, #legal-profession, #oconnor-sandra-day, #race-and-ethnicity, #reagan-ronald-wilson, #republican-party, #roman-catholic-church, #senate, #supreme-court-us, #texas, #women-and-girls

‘Daddy, What’s an Originalist?’

A new series of children’s books seeks to turn conservative icons like Amy Coney Barrett into bedtime reading material.

#barrett-amy-coney, #books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #comet-ping-pong-washington-dc-restaurant, #meltzer-brad, #the-chronicles-of-narnia-book, #united-states-politics-and-government, #washington-dc

How Democrats Should Nominate a New Supreme Court Justice

The deliberative process that our team followed with Obama’s nominees is outdated. Democrats should move as quickly as possible.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #barrett-amy-coney, #democratic-party, #jackson-ketanji-brown-1970, #mcconnell-mitch, #senate-committee-on-the-judiciary, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us

Does the Supreme Court Need More Justices?

The cases for and against altering the court.

#audio-neutral-informative, #barrett-amy-coney, #courts-and-the-judiciary, #democratic-party, #garland-merrick-b, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #republican-party, #supreme-court-us

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian Flag

The court seemed poised to rule that the city, which has approved many other requests to raise flags at its City Hall, violated a Christian group’s free speech rights.

#barrett-amy-coney, #constitution-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #flags-emblems-and-insignia, #freedom-of-religion, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #hallward-driemeier-douglas, #kagan-elena, #religion-state-relations, #united-states

Do We Have the Supreme Court We Deserve?

It has become a willing participant in a war for the soul of the country.

#abortion, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #arizona, #barrett-amy-coney, #breyer-stephen-g, #conservatism-us-politics, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #kennedy-anthony-m, #maine, #mississippi, #oconnor-sandra-day, #private-and-sectarian-schools, #reagan-ronald-wilson, #republican-party, #roberts-john-g-jr, #senate, #souter-david-h, #stevens-john-paul, #supreme-court-us, #texas, #thomas-clarence, #trump-donald-j, #voting-rights-act-1965

A ‘Tragic Mistake’ by Officer Potter, but Not a Criminal One

Two readers disagree with the verdict in the shooting of Daunte Wright. Also: Tributes to Desmond Tutu and Joan Didion; Amy Coney Barrett and Roe.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #didion-joan, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #potter-kimberly-a-1973, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #stun-guns, #tutu-desmond-m

Amy Coney Barrett’s View: Adoption, Not Abortion

Readers offer personal stories to challenge the justice’s suggestion that adoption is a good alternative.

#abortion, #adoptions, #babies-and-infants, #barrett-amy-coney, #birth-control-and-family-planning, #parenting, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us

Trump Weaponized the Supreme Court

The three justices appointed by Trump are doing exactly what they were sent to the court to do.

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Omicron Is Another Waiting Game for Parents

A worrisome week in news.

#barrett-amy-coney, #coronavirus-omicron-variant, #internal-sub-only-nl, #michigan, #supreme-court-us

Amy Coney Barrett Doesn’t Understand the Trauma of Adoption

What Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t realize is that adoption is often infinitely more difficult, expensive, dangerous and potentially traumatic than terminating a pregnancy in its early stages. 

#abortion, #adoptions, #barrett-amy-coney, #mississippi, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #supreme-court-us

Amy Coney Barrett and the Abortion Question

Justice Amy Coney Barrett seemed to lean into identity politics at Wednesday’s arguments over a major abortion case.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #law-and-legislation, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us

The End of Roe Is Coming, and It Is Coming Soon

I thought we had more time before the 1973 decision was overturned. I now believe I was wrong.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #law-and-legislation, #mississippi, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence

Why the Feminist Movement Needs Pro-Life People

We must form a broad and diverse coalition to advocate for women.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #internal-sub-only-nl, #law-and-legislation, #womens-rights

Is the Supreme Court on Its Way to Becoming a Conservative Bastion?

Linda Greenhouse’s “Justice on the Brink” looks back at the Supreme Court’s last year, with intimations of what we can expect in the future.

#barrett-amy-coney, #books-and-literature, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #greenhouse-linda, #justice-on-the-brink-the-death-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg-the-rise-of-amy-coney-barrett-and-twelve-months-that-transformed-the-supreme-court-book, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #schlafly-phyllis, #supreme-court-us, #united-states-politics-and-government

The Texas Abortion Law and the Playbook to Overturn Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court’s conservatives may have calculated that they need political cover for overturning or badly damaging Roe later this term.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us, #texas, #united-states

How Fast Will Amy Coney Barrett Move the Supreme Court Right?

The most junior justice is proving to be a careful strategist who has urged her colleagues on the bench to be cautious. 

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #freedom-of-religion, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us

University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules

Students for Fair Admissions vowed to immediately appeal in a case that appears destined for the Supreme Court.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #barrett-amy-coney, #black-people, #blum-edward-j, #chapel-hill-nc, #colleges-and-universities, #decisions-and-verdicts, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #race-and-ethnicity, #students-for-fair-admissions, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #university-of-north-carolina

The Supreme Court’s Pain — and Our Anger

Twenty years ago, the Court easily weathered the storm created by Bush v. Gore. But things are different now.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #law-and-legislation, #polls-and-public-opinion, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #united-states-politics-and-government

The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails

Justices who once derided judicial “meddling” are now meddlers themselves.

#barrett-amy-coney, #breyer-stephen-g, #constitution-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #gorsuch-neil-m, #gun-control, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #law-and-legislation, #reagan-ronald-wilson, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #roberts-john-g-jr, #scalia-antonin, #supreme-court-us, #voting-rights-act-1965

Back on the Bench, the Supreme Court Faces a Blockbuster Term

The court, which is dominated by six Republican appointees, will confront a charged docket, including a case asking it to overrule Roe v. Wade.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #breyer-stephen-g, #gorsuch-neil-m, #gun-control, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #united-states-politics-and-government

Legislating in the Name of God

Republican officeholders are no longer coy about their religion-driven mission to stop abortion.

#abortion, #alabama, #appointments-and-executive-changes, #barrett-amy-coney, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #cuomo-mario-m, #houston-tex, #kennedy-john-fitzgerald, #law-and-legislation, #mexico, #mississippi, #religion-state-relations, #republican-party, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #roman-catholic-church, #supreme-court-us, #supreme-court-of-mexico, #texas, #united-states-politics-and-government, #women-and-girls

Trump Is Gone, Sort of. The Fireworks Are Still Going Off.

The Supreme Court, Congress, even the White House. — the reverberations are everywhere.

#barrett-amy-coney, #carlin-george, #democratic-party, #independence-day-us-july-4, #infrastructure-public-works, #republican-party, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #voter-fraud-election-fraud, #voting-rights-act-1965, #weisselberg-allen