Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Florida officials ask US Supreme Court to block rulings limiting anti-drag show law


The state of Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block lower court rulings that prohibit the enforcement of a new law targeting drag shows.

Florida officials filed an application with the nation’s highest court on Friday asking that the prohibition against enforcing the anti-drag show law only be limited to the Orlando, Florida, restaurant which challenged its constitutionality.


The Supreme Court could soon change the internet forever — here’s what you need to know


In the midst of wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, social media companies are struggling to handle an onslaught of misinformation, which is often spread by bot and troll accounts. An upcoming decision by the Supreme Court might make this problem go from bad to worse.....Read More

Monday, September 18, 2023

Alito wasn’t bluffing: He believes the Supreme Court is above the law

Creator: JoshEllie1234 licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito no doubt intended to shock the political world when he told interviewers for the Wall Street Journal that “No provision in the Constitution gives [Congress] the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.”....MORE

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

The Supreme Court just legalized LGBTQI+ discrimination — it’s time for Congress to step in


The United States Supreme Court just told certain business owners that they have the right to discriminate against people they disagree with, based on the way they think, love and act.

This decision comes at a time when LGBTQI+ discrimination is on the rise throughout the country, in schools, healthcare institutions and workplaces.

More HERE

Sunday, July 2, 2023

Ocasio-Cortez warns of ‘dangerous authoritarian expansion of power’ in Supreme Court


“The courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to see an undemocratic and, frankly, dangerous authoritarian expansion of power in the Supreme Court.”....MORE

Saturday, July 1, 2023

BACKWARDS: Supreme Court legalizes discrimination against LGBTQ+ people


As of today, so long as one can make a creative argument that they’re discriminating against LGBTQ+ individuals or couples based on free speech and “sincere” religious beliefs, they’re free to discriminate away.....MORE

Friday, June 30, 2023

Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan


The Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan in a 6-3 decision, stopping more than 40 million borrowers from receiving loan forgiveness and delivering a major defeat to one of the president’s key campaign promises.....MORE

Monday, May 22, 2023

Ron DeSantis eyes SCOTUS replacements in next eight years


Gov. Ron DeSantis is mulling changes to come to the Supreme Court in “the next eight years,” in remarks that clearly seem tailored to his impending 2024 Presidential campaign.

DeSantis, addressing the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, outlined his belief that many jurists may have to be replaced, outlining an opportunity for a potential “7-2” conservative court.

More HERE

Monday, June 2, 2014

US Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in 
Hall v. Florida
A little followed case involving the standard for intellectual disability. It has been widely ridiculed by experts and now, in a 5-4 decision, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has ruled that such a rule violated the Eighth Amendment and runs counter to recognized scientific standards.....more