Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - July 29, 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 29, 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 

The Guardian: US supreme court rulings will affect response to threats like bird flu – experts

• Melody Schreiber reports that medical experts are warning of the impact the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Chevron could have on responding to public health threats like bird flu. 

New York Times: Echoes of Roe v. Wade in Decision Granting Immunity to Trump

• Adam Liptak reports that many lawyers and scholars say that the Court’s presidential immunity ruling follows some of the flawed logic that the justices used inDobbswhen they overturnedRoe v. Wade. 

Court Reform

Washington Post: Joe Biden: My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law

• President Biden announces his support for Supreme Court reforms, specifically a binding code of ethics, term limits for justices, and a constitutional amendment that would counter the Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. 

The Hill: Harris backs terms limits for Supreme Court justices, immunity amendment

• Alex Gangitano reports that following President Biden’s op-ed in the Washington Post announcing his support for some Supreme Court reforms, Vice President Harris put out a statement backing the push for reforms as well. 

The Hill: Graham signals opposition to more justices on Supreme Court, term limits

• Nick Robertson reports that on Sunday Sen. Lindsey Graham signaled his opposition to Supreme Court reforms including term limits and more strict ethics requirements. 

Politico: Elizabeth Warren: ‘Supreme Court is on the ballot’

• Mia McCarthy reports that in an interview on Sunday on CNN, Sen. Elizabeth Warren highlighted the importance of voting with the Supreme Court in mind in November. 

Also covered by: CNN, Vanity Fair  

Forbes: Supreme Court Ethics Controversies: All The Scandals That Led Biden To Endorse Code Of Conduct

• Alison Durkee outlines all of the Supreme Court ethics scandals that have pushed Biden toward supporting Supreme Court reforms like a binding code of ethics. 

Newsweek: Senator Floats Two 'Meaningful' Supreme Court Changes

• Adeola Adeosun reports that on CNN on Sunday Sen. Warren floated both term limits and Supreme Court expansion as Court reforms that wouldn’t require a constitutional amendment. 

Fox News: Americans don't want to see Supreme Court destroyed over political reasons: Mollie Hemingway

• “A 'Fox News Sunday' panel weighs in on Biden's anticipated Supreme Court reform proposals and his agenda for the remainder of his term and discusses the bipartisan investigation into the Trump assassination attempt.”

National Review: Yes, President Biden Has One Good Idea

• John Fund argues in favor of term limits. 

New Appeals and Requests

Bloomberg: Supreme Court Pushed to Uphold Block on Transgender Rights Rule

• Khorri Atkinson reports that on Friday “three Republican attorneys general urged the US Supreme Court not to interfere with a lower court order prohibiting the Biden administration from extending sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ students.”

Washington Post: Mark Meadows takes bid to toss Georgia election charges to Supreme Court

• Holly Bailey reports that “Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, took his battle to throw out the Georgia election interference case against him to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling that rejected claims that his alleged conduct was tied to his official federal duties.”

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