by Jim Heath | Jun 29, 2020 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today provided a victory for abortion rights activists, striking down a restrictive Louisiana law that would have left the state with only one abortion clinic. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberals in the 5-to-4 decision. It was a...
by Jim Heath | Jun 18, 2020 | Headlines, Immigration, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump administration may not immediately proceed with its plan to end a program protecting about 700,000 young immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation. The court’s ruling was a blow to one of President Trump’s central...
by Jim Heath | Jun 15, 2020 | Headlines, LGBTQ, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled today that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T. equality a stunning victory. “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender...
by Jim Heath | May 6, 2020 | Headlines, Health, Supreme Court, Trump
President Trump today said his administration will urge the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, maintaining its all-out legal assault on the health care law amid a pandemic that will drive millions of more Americans to depend on its coverage. The administration...
by Jim Heath | Mar 4, 2020 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of a sitting member of Congress today, chastising the Senate’s top Democrat, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, for saying at rally outside the Supreme Court that President Trump’s two nominees to the court would “pay the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2020 | Headlines, Health, Supreme Court, Trump
The Trump administration and a coalition of conservative states that have been challenging the Affordable Care Act said Friday that there is no reason for the Supreme Court to rush a ruling on the issue this term. They said the court should not grant a motion by the...
