Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - August 9, 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 9, 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

General 

New York Times: Who Won Big in the Supreme Court’s Latest Term? The ‘Regulated Community.’

• Lydia DePillis writes about the “regulated community” that has won big now that the Supreme Court has overturned Chevron. 

Trump Trials

New York Times: The Trial Judge Who Has to Clean Up the Supreme Court’s Mess

• Jesse Wegman sympathizes with Judge Chuktan, who has to “clean up the mess the right-wing majority made in its [immunity] ruling.” He also says Chuktan has a chance to call the justices’ bluff. 

Politico: What the Supreme Court left unsaid about Trump’s criminal immunity

• Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney report on the “murkiness” of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling and how it is impacting Trump’s trials now.

Court Reform

Wall Street Journal: The Case for a Reform of the Supreme Court

• A letter to the editor from Gabe Roth arguing that ethics reform would not endanger the judicial independence of the Supreme Court. 

Newsweek: The Supreme Court Is Not Imperial. Congress Can Set Term Limits | Opinion

• Jennifer Ahearn, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, argues in favor of term limits and a binding code of ethics, emphasizing the constitutionality of both of these reforms. 

Polling

USA Today: Americans want to rein in the Supreme Court justices, poll finds

• Dan Morrison reports on a new USA TODAY-Ipsos election year poll that shows that “76% of Americans support a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court,” including “70% of Republicans, 76% of independents and 89% of Democrats.”

Truthout: Two-Thirds of Americans Say Supreme Court Justices Should Have Term Limits

• Chris Walker reports on new polling from NPR/PBS News/Marist that shows that “65 percent of Americans believe that justices should no longer be given lifetime appointments.”

CNN: Wide swath of America remains opposed to Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, poll finds

• John Fritze reports on a new Marquette Law School poll that shows that two-thirds of Americans still oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs. The poll also found a 57% disapproval of the Court. 

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