Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - August 13, 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 13, 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

Court Reform

The Hill:  Majority of Republicans support Supreme Court reforms in Biden’s proposal: Poll

• Sarah Fortinsky reports on a new USA Today/Ipsos poll that shows 70 percent of Republicans support a binding code of ethics for the Supreme Court. Slimmer majorities of Republicans also support President Biden’s proposed constitutional amendment (54 percent) and term limits (51 percent).  

Washington Post: Schumer’s presidential immunity fix will only make things worse

• Ruth Marcus argues that jurisdiction stripping is dangerous and possibly unconstitutional, urging Democrats to remember when they decried the tactic when conservatives embraced it against a liberal Court. 

General

The Hill: Clarence Thomas’s favorability has plummeted in past 2 years: Poll 

• Sarah Fortinsky reports that in a recent USA Today/Ipsos poll, Clarence Thomas’s net favorability “sits at negative 15 percentage points — 27 percent favorable to 42 percent unfavorable — down 24 points from a net positive of 9 points in April 2022.” 

The Guardian: US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling

• Tom Perkins reports that “the US air force is refusing to comply with an order to clean drinking water it polluted in Tucson, Arizona, claiming federal regulators lack authority after the conservative-dominated US supreme court overturned the ‘Chevron doctrine.’”

Also covered by: Common Dreams 

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