Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - July 2, 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 2, 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
Presidential Immunity Ruling (select coverage, see below for more)
CNN reports on President Biden’s speech Monday from the White House, in which he condemned the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling and called for the American people to “dissent.”
Also covered by: Politico
CNN: Biden seizes on Trump’s Supreme Court triumph to seek redemption after debate debacle
Stephen Collinson argues that President Biden’s speech on Monday following the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling sought redemption for his performance at last week’s debate against Donald Trump.
New York Times: The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidency
Kate Shaw argues that the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling shows that this Court “sees itself as something other than a participant in our democratic system. It sees itself as the enforcer of the separation of powers, but not itself subject to that separation.”
Also covered by: Bloomberg
Rejected Appeals
More Presidential Immunity Ruling Coverage:
Reactions and Responses
New York Times: Republicans Respond to Supreme Court Immunity Ruling With Triumph, and Democrats With Dismay
NBC: Trump calls Supreme Court ruling on immunity a 'big win'
The Hill: Democrats rage at Supreme Court for Trump immunity ruling: ‘a travesty’
The Hill: Schumer: ‘Disgraceful’ Trump immunity decision will ‘weaken’ democracy
The Hill: Pelosi: Supreme Court has ‘gone rogue’ with Trump immunity decision
HuffPost: Social Media Reacts To Supreme Court's Trump Immunity Ruling
Politico: Protesters gather outside Supreme Court after Trump immunity ruling
Analysis and Commentary
Washington Post: The Supreme Court gets the stakes of presidential immunity backward
Washington Post: 4 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision
MSNBC: 'Imperial presidency is now concrete': Eddie Glaude rips Supreme Court's immunity decision
MSNBC: Supreme Court threatens Trump election case with immunity ruling
LA Times: We should all dissent from the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, and not respectfully
Politico: 3 surprising consequences of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision
New York Times: Immunity Ruling Escalates Long Rise of Presidential Power
Politico: The Supreme Court’s Stunning Gift to Trump
Washington Post: The minoritarian power imbalance that gave Trump immunity
General News Coverage
The Hill: Supreme Court carves out presidential immunity, likely delaying Trump trial
Newsweek: Amy Coney Barrett Breaks With Supreme Court Over Trump
Time: Supreme Court Rules Trump and Former Presidents Have Some Immunity for Official Acts
CNN: Supreme Court rules Trump has limited immunity in January 6 case, jeopardizing trial before election
Politico: Trump is immune from prosecution for some acts in federal election case
Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court Deals Blow to Trump’s Prosecution, Ruling He Has Broad Immunity
CNN: What happens next in Trump’s DC election case after the Supreme Court’s immunity decision
Politico: Jack Smith’s plan for a Trump trial on the 2020 election hangs by a thread
Liberal Dissents
New York Times: Vehement Dissent From Supreme Court’s Liberal Wing Laments Vast Expansion of Presidential Power
NBC: Liberal justices say Trump immunity decision 'will have disastrous consequences' for the U.S.
Business Insider: Sotomayor says the president can now 'assassinate a political rival' without facing prosecution
New Cases
John Fritze and Devan Cole report that on Tuesday the Supreme Court agreed to “review the US Food and Drug Administration’s strict regulations for e-cigarettes, a multibillion-dollar industry that has come under scrutiny for its popularity among young people.”
General
Washington Post: Key takeaways from the Supreme Court term that upended Trump’s trial
Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow analyze the outcomes of this Supreme Court term, saying that the Court continued to shift the law right but didn’t take every opportunity to do so, instead punting questions to future terms.
Court Reform
Politico: Progressive advocacy group plans $10M offensive targeting Supreme Court
Heidi Przybyla reports on Demand Justice’s new Senior Adviser Skye Perryman and Managing Director Maggie Jo Buchanan, as well as the organization’s plans and priorities for 2024 and beyond.
Newsweek: Democrats Move to Expand Supreme Court After Trump Immunity Ruling
Khaleda Rahman reports on calls from some congressional Democrats for Supreme Court expansion and oversight.
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