by Jim Heath | Oct 3, 2021 | Headlines, Supreme Court
A transformed Supreme Court returns to the bench tomorrow to start a momentous term in which it will consider eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, vastly expanding gun rights and further chipping away at the wall separating church and state. The abortion...
by Jim Heath | Sep 20, 2021 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today set Dec. 1 arguments on Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. Mississippi’s ban has been blocked by lower courts because it directly violates Roe’s protections for pre-viability...
by Jim Heath | Jun 17, 2021 | Headlines, Health, Obama, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge from GOP-led states and the Trump administration to Obamacare today, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact in ruling that Texas, other Republican-led...
by Jim Heath | May 17, 2021 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today agreed to take up the case of a Mississippi state law that bans almost all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy – giving it the chance to substantially weaken the 1973 Roe. v. Wade decision. The case will be the first abortion case to be...
by Jim Heath | Apr 26, 2021 | Guns, Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, teeing up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment. In an unsigned order, the justices took up a bid by two gun owners and a New York...
by Jim Heath | Apr 9, 2021 | Headlines, Supreme Court
President Biden has ordered a 180-day study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, making good on a campaign-year promise to establish a bipartisan commission to examine the potentially explosive subjects of expanding the court or setting term limits for justices....
