Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - July 3, 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 3, 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 

Slate: The Supreme Court Is Out of Control. This Is Our Best Hope.

• Molly Coleman and Jenny Hunter argue that Congress must enact court reforms. 

USA Today: I need the liberal Supreme Court justices to stop overreacting in their dissents

• Dace Potas argues that the liberal justices overreact in their dissents and “catastrophize” in ways that the conservative justices do not. 

The Atlantic: Something Has Gone Deeply Wrong at the Supreme Court

• Akhil Reed Amar argues that in Trump v. United States the justices ignored their promise to uphold the constitution. 

Wall Street Journal: The ‘MAGA Supreme Court’ Doesn’t Exist

• The Editorial Board argues that the Supreme Court is not extreme as evidenced by “balanced” rulings this term. 

New York Times: Architects of the Trump Supreme Court See Culmination of Conservative Push

• Carl Hulse writes about the long conservative movement, led by people like Sen. McConnell to shape the federal courts and produce rulings like those derailing the administrative state. 

New York Times: A Dismissed Abortion Case Points to Internal Tensions and Dysfunction at the Supreme Court

• Linda Greenhouse writes about the Supreme Court’s ruling dismissing Moyle, arguing that it may show tension between the conservative justices and Justice Alito’s vision. 

Immunity Ruling

CNN: Trump sentencing in hush money case is postponed until September after Supreme Court immunity ruling

• CNN reports that a New York judge on Tuesday ruled that “Donald Trump will not be sentenced on his business fraud conviction until September.” 

New York Times: Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Adds Major Hurdle for Georgia Trump Case

• Danny Hakim reports that the time spent “determining which of the alleged acts that Donald Trump is being prosecuted for in the state were official conduct, and which were not” will likely delay his Georgia case. 

Vanity Fair: The Supreme Court May Have Set the Stage for an Imperial Presidency. Biden May Have Set Himself Up for a Fall. How Do We Avert Disaster?

• James Robenalt argues that Democrats have no choice but to win at the ballot box in November. 

NBC: 'Originalism is a dead letter': Supreme Court majority accused of abandoning legal principles in Trump immunity ruling

• Lawrence Hurley speaks to legal experts about the Supreme Court’s ruling and whether it aligns with originalist interpretations of the law. 

MSNBC: The Supreme Court just gave Trump some very bad news

• Lawrence O’Donnell argues that the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could actually “open the door for the possibility of a Jan. 6 hearing on steroids right before the election.” 

Other Rulings

New York Times: A Seismic Supreme Court Decision

• David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni write about how the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Chevron will impact climate regulation. 

Slate: The Supreme Court Sneaked an Attack on the Abortion Pill Into Its Final Ruling

• Lisa Heinzerling writes about the Court’s ruling in Corner Post and how it could open the door to more attacks on abortion care and medication abortion regulations. 

Rejected Appeals

Reuters: US Supreme Court rejects teen sex abuse victim's bid to revive Snapchat lawsuit

New York Times: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Life Sentences for Juveniles in Arizona

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