Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - September 5, 2024
🗽Supreme Court updates to help us hold our leaders accountable. A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 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.
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Daily Supreme Court News Briefing
Ethics
ProPublica: Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”
Andry Kroll and Nick Surgey report on new emails from Ginni Thomas to litigator Kelly Shackelford in which she “privately heaped praise on a major religious-rights group for fighting efforts to reform the nation’s highest court — efforts sparked, in large part, by her husband’s ethical lapses.”
Also covered by: The Guardian, Common Dreams
Washington Post: One urgent reason the justices need a credible ethics code? Ginni Thomas.
Ruth Marcus argues in favor of a binding code of ethics for the Supreme Court, using the latest news about Ginni Thomas as evidence.
General
Politico: Former police officer who stormed the Capitol receives reduced sentence
Samantha Latson reports that on Wednesday, a district court judge “shaved 15 months off of a Jan. 6 defendant’s sentence, a direct result of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling limiting the scope of an obstruction charge used to prosecute hundreds of rioters.”
Trump
CNN: First hearing in Trump election interference case since immunity ruling
CNN provides live updates in this morning's hearing of the election interference case against Donald Trump.
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