🏛️ Supreme Court Accountability - October 26, 2024
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Supreme Court News Briefs - October 26, 2024
Mike Johnson Can’t Stop The House From Certifying The Election - But He Can Try
Huff Post By Brandi Buchman
He asked 105 Republicans to sign on to a letter of support to the Supreme Court for a lawsuit filed in Texas that year seeking to delay the certification of electoral results in battleground states even after it was established that Trump’s claims of fraud were bunk.
Would a Republican Senate Confirm a Harris Supreme Court Pick?
Wall Street Journal By Jess Bravin, Lindsay Wise
WASHINGTON—If voters divide control of the White House and the Senate between Democrats and Republicans, expect collateral damage to the third branch of government: the judiciary. Once considered a step removed from partisan politics, the federal courts over the past decade increasingly have been treated as part of an ideological spoils system, with the biggest prize—the Supreme Court—now firmly in conservative hands.
Trump Thinks the Border Got Him Elected in 2016. He’s Convinced It Will Do So Again.
Seattle Times By Maggie Haberman, Ruth Igielnik, Jonathan Swan
While the Supreme Court has upheld past uses of the law, it is not clear whether the justices would allow a president to stretch it
Supreme Court justices vindicates a citizen journalist's rights
The Hill By Jonathan Turley
This week, there was a little noticed order out of the Supreme Court that decided a narrow legal question with much great implications for journalism. The justices tossed a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that barred a lawsuit by Priscilla Villarreal. … Technically, the court instructed the lower courts to review the case in light of the recent decision in Gonzalez v. Trevino. That decision relaxed the standards for citizens suing over retaliatory arrests. drug cartel activity as opposed to the actions of a foreign government.
Defending Against D.E.I. Backlash
New York Times By Lauren Hirsch
The Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action in U.S. schools last year opened up companies to litigation over D.E.I. programs. Customer revolts over diversity issues, like the boycott of over an ad campaign featuring a transgender influencer, lost the company a billion in sales.
People Power United’s Statement on Supreme Court Accountability
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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