In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry law
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York handgun-licensing law that required New Yorkers who want to carry a handgun in public to show a special need to defend themselves. The 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is the court’s first significant decision on gun rights in over a …
Biographies of the Justices - SCOTUSblog
WEBChief Justice John Glover Roberts Jr. was born on January 27, 1955. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, and Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review, in 1979. Roberts clerked for Judge Henry Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist.
In unanimous Fourth Amendment ruling, a reminder that
WEBMay 17, 2021 · Update (May 18, 8:15 p.m.): This article has been expanded with additional analysis. On Monday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Caniglia v. Strom, which unanimously held that a lower court’s extension of Cady v. Dombrowski’s “community caretaking” exception into the home defied the logic and holding of Cady, as well as violated the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.
Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion
WEBJun 24, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade. The decision by Justice Samuel Alito will set off a seismic shift in reproductive rights across the United States. It will allow states to ban abortion, and experts expect about half the states ...
Obergefell v. Hodges - SCOTUSblog
WEBConsent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents Hodges, et al., in No. 14-556. VIDED. Feb 27 2015. Joint appendix for No. 14-556, 14-562 & 14-574 filed (2 volumes). VIDED. Feb 27 2015. Brief of petitioners James Obergefell, et al. filed.
The Supreme Court and the president’s pardon power
WEBon Jan 1, 2021 at 3:38 pm. Correction appended. The Constitution gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.”. In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, including Paul ...
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency - SCOTUSblog
WEBMay 26 2021. Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, State of West Virginia, et al. May 27 2021. Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 3, 2021 to July 6, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. May 28 2021. Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 6, 2021, for all respondents.
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo - SCOTUSblog
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2023. Brief of respondents Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. in opposition filed. DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023. Reply of petitioners Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. filed.
Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal ...
WEBJun 28, 2024 · Friday’s ruling came in one of three cases during the 2023-24 term seeking to curtail the power of federal agencies – a conservative effort sometimes dubbed the “war on the administrative state.”. In October, the court heard arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of the mechanism used to fund the consumer watchdog Consumer ...
In historic first, Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to Supreme Court
WEBApr 7, 2022 · By a vote of 53-47, the Senate on Thursday afternoon confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson will become the first Black woman to serve on the court, fulfilling a campaign promise by then-candidate Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign. By the time the Senate met on Thursday, there ...