🏛️ Supreme Court Accountability - October 23, 2024
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Supreme Court News Briefs - October 23, 2024
Lower Courts
CNN: Georgia Supreme Court maintains block on controversial election rules from Trump allies
Devan Cole reports that on Tuesday the Georgia Supreme Court ruled against Republicans who asked the court to allow “the state election board [to] enforce a slate of controversial new election rules that were passed by allies of Donald Trump… as early voting got underway in the critical battleground state.”
Also covered by: Washington Post
Election
HuffPost: Blue States Are Trying To Get Ahead Of The Conservative Supreme Court On Same-Sex Marriage
Lil Kalish reports that LGBTQ+ advocates are making a preemptive effort to protect same-sex marriage protections in state constitutions ahead of legal attacks coming from the courts. This will be on the ballot in California, Colorado and Hawaii next month.
The New Republic: I Don’t Trust the Supreme Court With the 2024 Election
Matt Ford argues that this year the Supreme Court’s conservatives abandoned the illusion that they would not rule in favor of Trump based on partisan interests, as seen in Trump v. Anderson and Trump v. United States. He says he does not trust this Court to rule on election related cases.
Vox: The Democratic Party’s longshot plans to deal with a Republican Supreme Court, explained
General
New Republic: The Late Supreme Court Chief Who Haunts Today’s Right-Wing Justices
Duncan Hosie writes about Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who “went from a lonely dissenter to an institutionalist chief” and remains hugely influential to the current conservative justices at a tense moment in the Court’s history.
MSNBC: Supreme Court could save 'Cowboys for Trump' leader after D.C. panel rejects him
Jordan Rubin reports that an “appeals court just upheld a Jan. 6 defendant’s federal trespass conviction, setting up a potential appeal for the justices to curb that law” as the Court did in Fischer.
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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