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WEB2 days ago · The justices on Tuesday evening denied Oklahoma’s request to reinstate $4.5 million in federal funding for family-planning projects which was terminated over the state’s refusal to provide patients information about obtaining abortions, a requirement of the funding under federal law. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch ...
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.
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 decade. In a far-reaching ruling, …
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 …
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 ...
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo - SCOTUSblog
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2023. Brief of respondents Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. in opposition filed. DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023. Reply of petitioners Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. filed.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - SCOTUSblog
WEBDec 1, 2021 · May 26 2021. Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. Jun 01 2021. Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. Jun 04 2021. Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended ...
Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard ...
WEBOct 31, 2022 · This case is no longer consolidated with No. 21-707, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of NC, et al., and one hour is allotted for oral argument. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration of this order. Jul 25 2022. Brief of respondent President and Fellows of Harvard College filed.
In historic first, Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to Supreme Court
WEBApr 7, 2022 · By a vote of 53-47, the Senate on Thursday afternoon confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson will become the first Black woman to serve on the court, fulfilling a campaign promise by then-candidate Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign. By the time the Senate met …
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