Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - July 25, 2024
🗽Supreme Court updates to help us hold our leaders accountable. A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 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: Biden says he’ll call for Supreme Court reform in final months in office
Brett Samuels reports that during his remarks on Wednesday, President Biden announced his intent to call for Supreme Court reforms in the remainder of his time in office. He called the reforms "critical" to democracy.
Politico Playbook reports that: “Demand Justice is launching Moms for a Fair Court, a new initiative that is backing Harris and seeks to raise awareness about Supreme Court decisions that affect moms. The advisory board includes Fatima Goss Graves, Katie Paris, Skye Perryman, Ai-Jen Poo, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Mini Timmaraju And Shannon Watts.”
Slate: Could Biden’s Court Reforms Actually Work?
Podcast episode
MSNBC: CREW’s call for Alito to step down highlights his recusal failures in Trump cases
Jordan Rubin reports that on Tuesday CREW sent a letter to Justice Alito calling for him to resign, highlighting his ethical violations and failures to recuse.
New Appeals and Requests
Vox: Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second time
Ian Millhiser writes about a new request from Republicans asking the Supreme Court, again, to block student loan debt relief. He argues that the first time the Court did this in Biden v. Nebraska was a major misreading of the law, and outlines arguments in favor of upholding the SAVE program.
Lower Courts
Washington Post: Judge blocks Biden administration’s ban on forced reset triggers
Daniel Wu reports that on Tuesday a federal judge in the the Northern District of Texas “struck down a Biden administration ban on forced reset triggers, devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire at faster rates, citing the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a ban on bump stocks last month.”
USA Today: How the most right-wing appeals court was reined in by the Supreme Court this term
Maureen Groppe writes about how this past Supreme Court term showed the Court reigning the Fifth Circuit by rejecting some of the radical ideas put forth by this Circuit.
General
Washington Post: How the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could really backfire
James Petrila and John Sipher argue that the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could turn the CIA back into a political tool for misuse.
The Hill: The Supreme Court recently ruled to safeguard civil rights — but no one’s talking about it
Ronald Stephens argues in favor of the Supreme Court’s ruling inJarkesy.
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