🏛️ Supreme Court Accountability - October 24, 2024
🏛️ Supreme Court rulings aren’t just headlines—they affect your rights and freedoms! Read the latest updates and join the movement for accountability.
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Supreme Court News Briefs - October 24, 2024
Lower Courts
Reuters: Prosecutors say Alaska judge's misconduct warrants vacating man's conviction
Nate Raymond reports that on Tuesday “federal prosecutors in Alaska moved to vacate a man's assault conviction, saying the judge who presided over his case and later resigned because of a sexual misconduct scandal had an undisclosed personal relationship with a prosecutor involved in the case.”
General
Newsweek: Supreme Court Rules in Case That Could Have Impacted Samuel Alito's Stocks
Suzanne Blake reports that “The Supreme Court has declined to rule in a case that could have impacted Justice Samuel Alito's stock portfolio.” She speaks to experts about the complexities of Leake v. Raytheon Technologies.
CNN: RFK Jr. asks US Supreme Court to take his name off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot
John Fritze reports that in a “longshot emergency appeal,” “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to remove him from the ballot in the battleground state of Wisconsin.”
Judicial Nominations
New York Times: This Election Is Also a Choice Between Two Visions of the Federal Courts
Mattathias Schwartz and June Kim write about the impact that judges are having on divisive issues in our country, especially as Congress has failed to pass major legislation on things like abortion, gun ownership, and immigration. They write about the state of President Biden’s judicial nominations, the number of vacancies going into the next administration, and an increasingly polarized judiciary.
Truthout: Time Is Running Out for the Senate to Confirm Biden’s Federal Judges
Schuyler Mitchell writes about the state of judicial nominations under President Biden, noting that time is running out to confirm pending nominees, especially those without bipartisan support.
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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