SCOTUS

#OneJusticeDown

Submitted by greywolfe359 on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 9:10pm

Among all the major headlines today, the one with the potential for the most lasting impact and damage is that Donald Trump has narrowed down his Supreme Court nominee list down to two or three and will formally nominate someone next week. The only reason he is set to nominate anyone at all, of course, is that the Republicans in the Senate refused to even hold a vote on President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland in an unprecedented maneuver last year.

Wherein I venture out onto a flimsy limb

Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 01/17/2017 - 3:21pm

I totally admit I am no legal scholar and therefore would be better off avoiding analysis of possible SCOTUS nominees, but I see that rightwing voices are not so adept at such self-knowledge and may need to have their motives questioned.

It says here that PEOTUS (emphasis on the pee) met with one of his short-listers for Scalia's seat on Saturday.

Virginia schoolboard to SCOTUS: If we aren't allowed to discriminate against transgender students, then we won't be able to discriminate against them

Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 2:11pm

Gloucester County School Board filed its petition with the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of the Fourth Circuit ruling in favor of Gavin Grimm (G.G. in court documents) on Monday.

Gloucester argues that it should not have to accommodate transgender students, but much of the petition focuses on an important question about when courts should defer to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulation. The Court’s three most conservative members recently expressed interest in increasing the power of the judiciary at the expense of federal agencies, and it is possible that the Court could take up this issue if they can secure a fourth vote.

"Why Hillary is better than Trump" arguments, dissected: SCOTUS

Submitted by BayAreaLefty on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 8:13am

Note: These essays are critical of the "Support Hillary because X" arguments. The intent is to dissect and examine them on the merits, and expose their weaknesses if any. I have a bias in that I'm a #BernieOrBust person. I won't vote for Hillary, and I find the arguments I'm critiquing unconvincing. These essays are meant to explore how and why I have come to that conclusion.

One person, one vote still in effect

Submitted by Leu2500 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 10:00pm

I haven't seen this diaried, and it's kind of important. The Supreme Court stopped a new scheme the Republicans came up with to try to dilute people's vote.

Some background: Republicans in Texas (where else) went to court to have local and congressional districts based not on total population but on voting population.

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