Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - July 10, 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 10, 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

NBC: U.S. marshal shoots suspect trying to carjack him near Sonia Sotomayor's home

• Doha Madani reports that on July 5th, a U.S. marshal protecting the residence of Justice Sotomayor shot a suspected carjacker.

Also covered by: New York Times, Politico

Axios: Biden-era worker protections are on shakier ground after Supreme Court ruling

• Emily Peck writes about how the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Chevron could impact Biden-era worker protections. 

Washington Post: How can the federal government function after this Supreme Court case?

• Letters to the editor. 

USA Today: The Supreme Court curbed federal oversight of schools. It's a big deal.

• Zachary Schermele writes about the impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Chevron on school oversight. He speaks with “eight current and former staffers at the U.S. Education Department [who] expressed dismay over a recent Supreme Court decision they fear will blunt major regulations affecting K-12 schools and colleges.” 

New York Times: Trump Now Has ‘Carte Blanche to Do Unspeakable Things’

• Thomas B. Edsall writes about the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling and the dangers of a second Trump term now that the Court has given him immunity. 

Slate: The Supreme Court Did Push Back Hard Against Local Authoritarians

• Daryl James and Jared McClain praise the Supreme Court’s ruling in Gonzalez v. Trevino, saying that people “have a right to criticize the government without fear of fines, fees, and incarceration.” 

Washington Post: A conservative Warren court

• Richard M. Re argues that the Roberts Court faces the same critiques from liberals as the Warren Court did from conservatives. He argues that “the rule of law persists — even as it changes.” 

Ethics 

New York Times: Democrats Seek Criminal Investigation of Justice Thomas Over Travel and Gifts

• Maya C. Miller reports that Sens. Whitehouse and Wyden sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging a special counsel investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas’s potential ethics and tax violations. 

Also covered by: CNBC

New Appeals 

CNN: GOP-led states press Supreme Court to review Biden student loan program

• John Fritze and Katie Lobosco report that on Tuesday Republicans in South Carolina, Alaska and Texas asked the Supreme Court to “block a Biden administration effort to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers.” 

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