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Justice Thomas lobs a legal grenade at a major civil rights law
Throughout his long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas often has used his dissenting and concurring opinions to lob legal grenades at doctrines and prior decisions that he believes should be reconsidered or overturned. Last week, he targeted a major tool for challenging violations of our civil rights. And this time, he got vigorous pushback from his colleague, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Supreme Court’s injunction decision a major blow to efforts to block executive policies but not the end
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday limiting federal judges’ ability to temporarily block President Trump’s executive orders ultimately may do little for…
Supreme Court rules parents can opt out children from LGBTQ storybooks in classrooms
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a Maryland public school board likely violated the First Amendment rights of parents who wished to have their…
Is the Supreme Court’s silence failing to turn “square corners” in immigration cases?
In a 1920 Supreme Court decision, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that “men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.” In a 2020…
After Supreme Court decision, states become primary battlefield for transgender rights
By leaving the “wisdom” and “fairness” of transgender minors’ health care to “the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic…
