Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - MAY 28, 2024
🗽A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 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: Lessons from Judge David Tatel’s Guide Dog on Blindness and Vision
Adam Liptak analyzes and gives insights from former federal Judge Tatel’s new memoir.
Daily Beast: John Roberts May Be the Worst Chief Justice in Supreme Court History
Podcast episode of “Grave Injustice”
Salon: A Supreme Court held to the lowest standards
Sabrina Haak argues that Congress needs to intervene and clean up the Supreme Court.
Reproductive Rights
Salon: Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty
Austin Sarat writes about red states and how Republican lawmakers are expanding the death penalty in the hopes that the Supreme Court is willing to overturn more precedent.
Vox: The Comstock Act, the long-dead law Trump could use to ban abortion, explained
Ian Millhiser writes about the Comstock Act, which could be used to ban abortion nationwide.
Mother Jones: This Supreme Court Term, Health and Safety Are on the Line
Pema Levy writes about the major cases this Supreme Court term, with an emphasis on reproductive rights and gun safety.
Judicial Nominations
Reuters: Biden nominates US appellate judge's daughter to join same court
Nate Raymond reports on last week’s nominations of Julia Lipez and Karla Campbell to circuit judgeships.
Daily Wire: Biden Nominee Greenlit Secret Search Of Journalist’s Emails Over Ashley Biden’s Diary
Luke Rosiak reports that “a few years before she was nominated by Joe Biden to a lifetime judicial appointment, Judge Sarah Netburn signed off on an order that compelled Google to secretly hand over to criminal investigators information from the email account of the journalist who had obtained Ashley Biden’s diary.”
Sotomayor
New York Times: Justice Sotomayor Describes Frustration With Being a Liberal on the Supreme Court
Abbie VanSickle reports that during a talk at Harvard last week, Justice Sotomayor described her frustration with recent decisions from the Supreme Court, some of which have pushed her to cry in her office after their announcement.
Also covered by: CNN
Alito
Washington Post: Democrats press Chief Justice Roberts to address ethics at Supreme Court
Ann E. Marimow and Justin Jouvenal report that Sens. Whitehouse and Durbin have requested a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts and are “calling on [him] to take immediate steps to ensure that Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. does not participate in a pair of Supreme Court cases related to the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.”
Also covered by: NBC
Politico: Biden has no plan to touch the Alito controversy, even with a 10-foot pole
Adam Cancryn reports on the White House and President Biden’s silence on news about Alito flying insurrectionist flags outside his properties.
Washington Post: What more need Alito do before Durbin gets off the stick?
Jennifer Rubin criticizes Sen. Durbin and argues that the Senate Judiciary Committee has a duty to investigate Alito. She says cleaning up the Court will be central to this year’s election.
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