Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - August 19, 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 19, 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
Ethics
Newsweek: The Death of Justice Has Been Greatly Exaggerated | Opinion
Retired judge Thomas G. Moukawsher argues that critics of Justice Thomas use logical fallacies to demonize him and his behavior. He makes a comparison to Sen. Menendez’s ethical violations to show that Justice Thomas just had “bad judgment” in comparison.
New Orders
New York Times: Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Expanded Protections for Transgender Students in Some States
Abbie VanSickle and Michael D. Shear report that on Friday the Supreme Court ruled to temporarily block “Education Department rules intended to protect transgender students from discrimination based on their gender identity in several Republican states that had mounted challenges.”
Also covered by: Bloomberg
The Hill: GOP lawmakers laud Supreme Court’s rejection of DOJ’s Title IX request
Yash Roy reports on the response from GOP lawmakers to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday blocking expanded protections for trans students in certain states, noting that Republicans like Reps. Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are celebrating.
New Appeals and Requests
Tierney Sneed reports that on Friday the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to put on hold parts of an Arizona proof-of-citizenship voter law.
Lower Courts
Reuters: Out-of-state workers can't join collective wage lawsuits, US court holds
Daniel Weissner reports that on Friday the Seventh Circuit ruled that “class action-style lawsuits alleging violations of federal wage law must be limited to states where the plaintiffs worked.”
General
Bloomberg: Supreme Court Workload Backloaded as Justices Hear Fewer Cases
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson reports on the Supreme Court’s docket, which is “increasingly bunching up toward the end of the term due to fewer cases, puzzling petition timing, and a glut of separate opinions, creating a backlog that advocates say could be the new norm.”
MSNBC: Oklahoma doesn't want to execute Richard Glossip. The Supreme Court might force it anyway.
Jordan Rubin writes about a new brief filed with the Supreme Court by the state of Oklahoma requesting not to execute Richard Glossip after admitting to prosecutorial misconduct in the case.
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