Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - July 11, 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 11, 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

Impeachment 

NBC: AOC files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

• NBC reports that on Wednesday Rep. Ocasio-Cortez “introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over their refusal to recuse themselves from certain cases.” 

Also covered by: New York Times

The Hill: Here’s how a Supreme Court justice impeachment works

• Lauren Irwin writes about the process of impeachment. 

Court Reform 

Washington Post: Expand the Supreme Court. And weaken it.

• Perry Bacon Jr. argues in favor of adding justices to the Supreme Court as well as limiting the Court’s power by requiring a supermajority to overturn federal laws. 

The Hill: Don’t pack the Supreme Court. Instead, change the rules.

• Victoria Nourse argues that instead of expanding the Supreme Court, Congress should act in other ways, including jurisdiction stripping, judge shopping reform, and ending things like the major questions doctrine. 

SCOTUS Rulings

Washington Post: Whoops, the progressive road to nirvana ran into a Supreme Court detour

• George F. Will praises the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Chevron and weakening the administrative state. 

Truthout: The Supreme Court Is Demolishing Decades of Precedent on Workers’ Rights

• Michael Arria writes about rulings this Supreme Court term, including Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney and others, that have done damage to workers rights and unions. 

Reuters: US House Republicans demand regulatory reviews after Supreme Court ruling

• Moira Warburton reports that House Republicans, in letters released on Wednesday, “asked all federal agencies to begin reviews of regulations that could be affected” by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Chevron. 

USA Today: How Amy Coney Barrett emerged as the Supreme Court justice to watch

• Maureen Groppe speaks to advocates and experts about Justice Barrett’s willingness to break from her conservative colleagues on the Court. 

USA Today: 'Democracy turns into a dictatorship': Experts warn about SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling

• Aysha Bagchi speaks to experts about the dangers posed by the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, including allowing presidents to assassinate political opponents. 

Washington Post: ‘The Justices Dropped This Bomb’: Three Legal Experts on a Shocking Supreme Court Term

• “Kate Shaw hosted a written online conversation with Will Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown…to reflect on the dramatic end to the Supreme Court term.” 

New Appeals

NBC: Michael Cohen asks the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit against Trump

• Adam Reiss reports that on Wednesday “Michael Cohen asked the Supreme Court to wade into his fight with former President Donald Trump after a federal appeals court rejected his latest attempt to seek compensation for being jailed in what another judge called an act of retribution.” 

Election 

New Republic: The 2016 Election Reshaped the Supreme Court. So Will 2024.

• Grace Segers argues that the 2024 election could have just as pivotal a role in reshaping the Supreme Court as the 2016 election did. She says this should be a salient issue for Democrats and voters.

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