A unanimous ruling by the US Supreme Court on Monday affects thousands of North Carolina immigrants who have been granted temporary protection status. The Supreme Court ruled that those who entered the country illegally and were later granted temporary protection status, often referred to as TPS, are not eligible to apply for permanent residence. About … Read more
CHARLESTON – A coalition of attorneys general from across the country, including Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia AG, has asked the US Supreme Court to approve an appeals court ruling related to the EPA and its power to “decarbonize virtually everyone Sectors “cancel the economy …” Morrisey announced the motion Thursday, calling on the High … Read more
LANSING, me. – For the fourth time in the state’s history, the Michigan Supreme Court has a female majority. One of these recently sworn women is from West Michigan. There are seven Michigan Supreme Court justices, four of whom are women. I sat down with Grand Rapids’ newly elected Judge Elizabeth Welch to brief her … Read more
02/06/1858: Judge Mahlon Pittney’s birthday. Justice Mahlon Pittney
The Supreme Court ruled against the descendants of Holocaust victims whose ancestors were forced to sell valuable works of art to Nazi officials for a fraction of their real value. Under normal circumstances, individuals cannot sue foreign states in a national court. According to CNN, the judges found that the plaintiffs’ claim did not meet … Read more
Yesterday the Supreme Court removed Biden v Sierra Club (formerly known as Trump v Sierra Club) from its oral hearing calendar. This move likely ends the lengthy legal battle over the legality of former President Donald Trump’s diversion of various military construction funds to build his border wall. The court took this step at the … Read more
SCOTUStalk With SCOTUStalk on February 2, 2021 at 10:56 a.m. Robert Barnes, the Washington Post’s 15-year-old Supreme Court reporter, joins Amy Howe to take stock of the court’s tenure to date and look to the future. The two recapitulate the January argumentation session – including the now famous Taylor Swift reference from Justice Elena Kagan … Read more
January 27, 1955: Birthday of Chief Justice John Roberts. Chief Justice John Roberts
01/30/1939: Judge Felix Frankfurter swears. Judge Felix Frankfurter
01/28/1916: President Wilson appoints Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court. He would be confirmed on June 1, 1916. Justice Louis Brandeis