Supreme Court Updates - October 7, 2024

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 7, 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.

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Supreme Court News Briefs

The Supreme Court’s back. These 2024 election cases could land on its docket.

• Politico By Josh Gerstein 

  • Heading into the court’s opening session on Monday, the justices have agreed to hear 40 cases this term. None of those cases is nearly as consequential as the high court’s forays in recent years into abortion, affirmative action and gun rights. The cases on tap do include some politically sensitive disputes, like a fight over a Tennessee law banning hormone treatments for transgender minors.

Supreme Court declines to hear Biden appeal in Texas emergency room abortion dispute

• NBC News By Lawrence Hurley

  • The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Biden administration appeal in a dispute over emergency room abortion care in Texas, leaving in place a lower court victory for the Republican-led state. The decision, months after the court wrestled with a similar case from Idaho without reaching a conclusive decision, constitutes a setback for the Biden administration.

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to San Francisco's disclosure law

• The Hill By Taylor Giorno 

  • The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to San Francisco’s “Sunlight on Dark Money” disclosure law, which would have tested the limits of disclosure and free speech in campaign finance. San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved the initiative in 2019, compelling election ads to include a disclaimer naming the top three donors to the group running the ad.

Supreme Court won’t take up challenge to Jack Smith’s Trump Twitter data access

• The Hill By Zach Schonfeld 

  • The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge by social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to court rulings that forced the platform to turn over data on former President Trump’s account to special counsel Jack Smith. Early last year, Smith obtained a secret warrant for Trump’s account on X, then known as Twitter where Trump posted prolifically during his first-term, as part of prosecutors’ federal election interference investigation.

Supreme Court to hear arguments over ‘ghost gun’ regulation

• Roll Call By Michael Macagnone 

  • The Biden administration will defend its regulation of so-called “ghost guns” before the Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday, months after the same conservative-controlled court threw out another federal gun control rule. The case, Garland v. VanDerStok, is the first of several government attempts to use a decades-old law to curb gun violence nationwide, this time amid a tide of thousands of untraceable guns used in crimes.

Boston Globe Top issues the Supreme Court is tackling this term

• By Diamond Naga Siu

  • The Supreme Court begins its 2024-2025 term today, with dozens of cases on its docket. Here’s a look at a few:Ghost guns: Are gun parts kits, used to assemble a weapon that can be fired, the same as a regular firearm? The Biden administration says yes, and issued a rule three years ago requiring buyers of such kits to undergo a background check and the gun parts to carry a serial number.

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