Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - September 6, 2024
🗽Supreme Court updates to help us hold our leaders accountable. A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2024
People Power United declares the Supreme Court has become unhinged.
In response to recent Supreme Court shenanigans, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:
“The Supreme Court has become unhinged. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.
People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil rights for all.
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Daily Supreme Court News Briefing
Trump
New York Times: Here’s why Trump’s lawyers are in court for the election interference case.
Alan Feuer reports that the Thursday hearing in Donald Trump’s election interference case is largely to answer one question: “How should the presiding judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, move the matter forward in light of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling granting Mr. Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution?”
The Hill: Trump wants another Supreme Court bailout. Here’s how federal judges can stop him.
Norman Eisen argues that in order to stop Donald Trump from getting a Supreme Court bailout, judges on the Second Circuit should slow roll a ruling until after September 18th. He says at this point “it would be extremely unusual and obviously political for the highest court to intervene.”
General
The Hill: How the Supreme Court is using ‘major questions’ to deregulate big business
Andrew Koppelman argues that the major questions doctrine is being used to deregulate big business and take power away from federal agencies.
New York Times: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Another Pillar of Biden’s Student Debt Plan
Zach Montague reports that on Thursday a federal judge “placed a temporary hold on another component of President Biden’s student debt relief plan, siding with a coalition of seven Republican states that filed a lawsuit to halt the program on Tuesday.”
Media
Washington Post: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir explores prejudice, parenting
Ann E. Marrimow outlines themes of parenting, racism and prejudice in Justice Jackson’s new memoir, Lovely One.
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