Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - August 20, 2024
🗽Supreme Court updates to help us hold our leaders accountable. A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 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.
Daily Supreme Court News Briefing
SCOTUS Orders and Rulings
Vox: Did the Supreme Court just overrule one of its most important LGBTQ rights decisions?
Ian Millhiser writes about the Supreme Court’s order on Friday that seemingly abandoned its decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. He notes that this 2020 ruling compelled the Biden administration to write rules protecting gay and trans students from discrimination, only for the Court to now block those same provisions.
Washington Examiner: Supreme Court’s Title IX ruling creates enforcement patchwork
Kaelan Deese reports that the Supreme Court’s order blocking the Biden administration’s Title IX protections for trans students is “creating an uneven patchwork of application of the controversial regulatory overhaul in schools as students across the country return from summer break.”
The Hill: Why the Supreme Court punted on regulating social media
James D. Zirin argues that the Supreme Court’s inconclusive rulings on social media questions this past term have created more confusing litigation in the lower courts.
New Appeals
Vox: Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters
Ian Millhiser writes about a new case, Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, which Republicans have appealed to the Supreme Court, and which could ultimately disenfranchise thousands of voters in Arizona. He outlines the details of the case.
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