Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
Tag Archives: Supreme Court (US)
In the Gun Law Fights of 2023, a Need for Experts on the Weapons of 1791
A Supreme Court decision has forced courts to consider what gun restrictions existed two centuries ago, sending demand soaring for historians.
Will Conservative Justices Ignore Their Own Limit on the Supreme Court’s Power?
Why critics are saying that the conservative justices are exercising political, not judicial, power.
Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases
Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic.
Florida Is Trying to Take Away the American Right to Speak Freely
There’s still time for state lawmakers to reject the crude pandering of a bill that seeks to overturn a bulwark of First Amendment law.
Why the Student Debt Pause Became a Political Trap
Debtors have gotten out of the habit of making monthly payments.
Will the Supreme Court Let Biden Cancel Student Debt?
The justices are to rule on a program that seeks to wipe out billions of dollars of loans affecting some 40 million Americans.
Student Loan Case Could Redefine Limits of Presidential Power
It is not the first time that the Supreme Court has suggested that President Biden has overstepped his authority, but the case could curtail his ambitions.
Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan
The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.
How Biden Is Seeking to Reshape Business via the CHIPS Act
Big strings are attached to funding for chip makers, meant to bolster Democratic priorities including child care for workers and discouragement of stock buybacks.
A Challenge to Student Debt Relief
The Supreme Court could strike down a program meant to help 40 million borrowers.
Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan
The administration faces a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Broad Sweep of Identity Theft Law
Using examples drawn from valet parking and restaurant meals, the justices indicated that a federal law imposing mandatory two-year sentences should be read narrowly.
Supreme Court to Take Up Case on Fate of Consumer Watchdog
A decision against the bureau could cast doubt on every rule and enforcement action the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken.
Challenges to Student Loan Cancellation Reach Supreme Court
Justices will hear arguments Tuesday on President Biden’s plan to forgive an estimated $400 billion in debt. Conservative states have called it an abuse of his authority.
New York’s Gun Laws Sow Confusion as Nation Rethinks Regulation
A Supreme Court decision has produced scores of new lawsuits, sowing confusion as jurists and citizens sort out what’s legal now.
Student Loan Case Before Supreme Court Poses Pressing Question: Who Can Sue?
Prompted by a 2007 decision giving states “special solicitude,” partisan challenges to federal programs from coalitions of state attorneys general have surged.
A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It
The Supreme Court is reviewing a legal shield that tech companies have long relied on to avoid liability for content on their platforms.
Supreme Court Weighs Tech Company Protections in Google Case
The case, concerning a law that gives websites immunity for suits based on their users’ posts, has the potential to alter the very structure of the internet.
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Targets a Legal Shield of Tech Giants
The justices are set to hear a case challenging Section 230, a law that protects Google, Facebook and others from lawsuits over what their users post online.
When Do Creepy Facebook Messages Cross a Line? Supreme Court May Decide.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in April on a question it once ducked: whether intent counts in criminal cases based on online threats.
It’s Time to Prepare for a Possible Trump Indictment
We need to prepare for a first in our history as a nation: the possible criminal prosecution of a former president.
Diversity vs. Fairness
When the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in the 1970s, it helped lay the groundwork for the program’s demise.
Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision.
How the landmark 1978 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice may ultimately have set it on a path to being outlawed.
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.
The Relentless Attack on Trans People Is an Attack on All of Us
To deny equal respect and dignity to any part of the citizenry is to place the entire country on the road to tiered citizenship and limited rights.
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.
The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League Colleges
The chances of obtaining a coveted clerkship, a new study found, increase sharply with undergraduate degrees from Harvard, Yale or Princeton.
Can the State of the Union Match ‘White Lotus’?
Who will cause trouble? Who will surprise us? And who will come away liking what Joe Biden is selling?
On North Carolina’s Supreme Court, G.O.P. Justices Move to Reconsider Democratic Rulings
The court’s new majority will rehear two major voting rights cases decided two months ago. The rare move heightens the debate over partisan influences on state courts.
At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties
The chief justice’s wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions in her career recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have business before the court. Now, a letter sent to Congress claims that may present a conflict of interest.
The Latest Crusade to Place Religion Over the Rest of Civil Society
The Supreme Court appears ready to overrule a decision that has stood for nearly five decades on religion in the workplace.
Supreme Court Puts Off Considering State Laws Curbing Internet Platforms
The laws, enacted by Florida and Texas in response to conservative complaints about censorship, have been challenged under the First Amendment.
The Constitution Can’t Enforce Itself
Congress has to get serious about the 14th Amendment. So does President Biden.
Bathroom Bans for Transgender Youths Are Poised for Supreme Court Review
A recent ruling created a split among federal appeals courts on whether schools can forbid transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identities.
Inside the Supreme Court Inquiry: Seized Phones, Affidavits and Distrust
An investigation of the abortion opinion leak was meant to right the institution amid a slide in public confidence. Instead, employees say, it deepened suspicions and caused disillusionment.
Supreme Court Justices Were Interviewed in Investigation of Leaked Abortion Opinion
The clarification by the court’s marshal, who oversaw the investigation, followed widespread speculation about the scope of the interviews.
Did the Supreme Court’s Leak Investigation Let the Justices Off the Hook?
It’s unclear if the nine people on the bench were even questioned.
Supreme Court Says It Hasn’t Found Who Leaked Opinion Overturning Roe
The leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, published by Politico in May, was an extraordinary breach of the court’s usual secrecy.
On Roe v. Wade’s 50th Anniversary, Abortion Opponents Reach a Crossroads
The March for Life, held each year for a half-century, should be a celebration now that Roe v. Wade has fallen. Instead, anti-abortion activists are split over what comes next.
Does the War Over Abortion Have a Future?
The issue is no longer a political hammer for the right.
If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever
Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.
Lawyers Who Investigated Trump Start Firm to Combat Threats to Democracy
Mark F. Pomerantz, Carey R. Dunne and Michele Roberts, the former head of the N.B.A. players union, will launch a pro bono law firm, the Free and Fair Litigation Group.
Supreme Court Leaves New York’s New Gun Law in Place for Now
The law, enacted in response to a decision in June striking down a restrictive gun control law, imposed new requirements on carrying guns in public.
They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now?
The three former Guantánamo prisoners who defeated George W. Bush at the Supreme Court in landmark cases are ensconced in family life. We caught up with two of them. One is a home-heating serviceman in central England; the other is an Uber driver in the French Riviera.
Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony?
The Supreme Court will decide whether a 1986 law that makes it a crime to urge people to stay in the United States unlawfully can be squared with the First Amendment.
A Ritual Returns: Supreme Court Justices Will Explain Their Decisions
By explaining their decisions in open court, the justices are owning their work.
Biden Administration Defends Student Loan Cancellation at Supreme Court
In a brief filed with the justices, the president’s lawyers argued that his administration acted within its authority in moving to forgive hundreds of billions in student debt.
In Year-End Report, Chief Justice Roberts Addresses Threats to Judges’ Safety
The report, an annual tradition, shed no light on the investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in May or on calls for more rigorous ethics rules for the justices.
A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices
The Supreme Court Historical Society has raised more than $23 million in the last two decades, much of it from lawyers, corporations and special interests.