Colorado State

Salon

The behind-the-scenes machinations behind the Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision reveals that Chief Justice John Roberts has “lost his authority” and ability to broker compromises on the thorniest and most impactful issues, a legal expert says. The Supreme Court this summer ruled 6-3 that presidents have...

“He is alone”: Experts say "extreme" ruling shows John Roberts has "lost his authority" over SCOTUS

Fox News

In his new book, "Over Ruled," Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch is concerned that too many Americans are "caught by surprise" by a vast swath of unreasonable laws.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch worries about Americans 'caught by surprise' by unreasonable laws

ABC News

One month after the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling, the judge overseeing former President Trump's Jan. 6 case now has jurisdiction over the case again.

Supreme Court returns Trump Jan. 6 immunity judgment to lower court

In Corner Post v. Board of Governors, the Court renders agency rules more vulnerable to challenge. The U.S. Supreme Court in Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System was faced with what seemed like a fairness problem. Corner Post objected to a rule issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 2011. That rule set the fees that companies, such as Visa, could charge merchants, such as Corner Post, when the merchants’ customers chose to pay with credit cards instead of cash. When Corner Post sued, asking the court to overturn the 2011 rule as unlawfully generous to the credit card companies, the Federal Reserve responded that the six-year statute of limitations had passed—even though Corner Post had not been founded and open for business until 2018, after the statute of limitations had expired.

Supreme Court Needlessly Expands U.S. Statute of Limitations

Minnesota State

WashingtonExaminer

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that when a person is being threatened or attacked, he or she must retreat if “reasonably possible” rather than brandish a “dangerous weapon.” In June 2021, Earley Romero Blevins pulled out a machete after a man with a knife allegedly threatened him on a rail platform in Minnesota. Blevins was […]

Minnesota Supreme Court rules person being threatened cannot brandish weapon if ‘reasonably possible to retreat’

California State

Mediaite

The AP noted that “while Newsom cannot order local authorities to act, his administration can apply pressure by withholding money for counties and cities.” 
The post Trump Rages At ‘Gavin Newscum’ For Ordering Homeless Encampments Cleared Following Supreme Court Decision first appeared on Mediaite.

Trump Rages At ‘Gavin Newscum’ For Ordering Homeless Encampments Cleared Following Supreme Court Decision

South Carolina State

The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son. The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murdaugh’s appeal of his murder convictions....

3 years into a life sentence, Alex Murdaugh to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court

POLITICO

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices kept in place lower court rulings preventing the Title IX rule from being implemented.

Supreme Court declines to lift blocks on Biden administration’s education anti-discrimination rule

Florida State

A federal judge delivered a final blow to the part of Florida's "Stop Woke Act" that sought to ban critical race theory training in private workplaces.

Judge permanently blocks part of Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act' as unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds

The Atlantic

The Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual.

The Supreme Court Fools Itself

TIME

Consequences mattered to the Founders—and that meant early American judges upheld major gun restrictions.

The Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment Mistake

As recently as July 2021, a majority of Democrats still had a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court. That all changed, of course, after the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision which finally overturned Roe v. Wade. By July 2022, the Democratic Party’s favorable opinion of the Supreme Court had fallen to 13%, […]

Democrats may soon regret their attack on federal courts

The Guardian

Scholars also warn it would embolden Donald Trump’s authoritarian streak should he win the presidency again

Ex-justice department officials raise alarm over US supreme court’s immunity ruling

As Democrats turn the focus to Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presumptive presidential nominee just weeks before the Democratic National Convention, the effects of the election are becoming clearer. Through his three successful nominations, former President Donald Trump transformed the Supreme Court in a matter of only four years. In the next four […]

Supreme Court restores constitutional order in time of political chaos

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – A 15-state coalition led by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a multi-jurisdictional asylum case.
                Moody previously led a 17-state coalition calling on the Ninth Circuit to do the same.
                At issue are multiple lawsuits filed over a Department of Homeland Security asylum policy, created through a “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule. It codified aspects of...

State coalition calls on SCOTUS to rule against Biden-Harris in asylum case

One year after the U.S. Supreme Court imposed a higher threshold for stalking prosecutions that rely upon a defendant's threatening speech, Colorado's highest court will examine whether other stalking behaviors must also account for defendants' mental state to secure a conviction. In a case that originated in Arapahoe County and...

Colorado justices to examine limits of new SCOTUS requirement for stalking cases

Virginia State

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Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Mississippi State

Geofence warrants, the ability for police to get a broad amount of information about electronic devices in a given location, are unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, according to a ruling Friday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling is somewhat surprising given the fact that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is considered the most conservative appeals court, as Ars Technica points out, typically giving preference to police over individual liberties.

Geofence Warrants Are Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Missouri State

Saint Louis, MO

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the immediate release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free.

Missouri Supreme Court blocks release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free

NewsBreak

Supreme Court to hear Uinta Basin Railway case, potentially to reinstate approval

On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will consider part of an appellate court decision tossing out the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s permit...

Supreme Court to hear Uinta Basin Railway case, potentially to reinstate approval

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