U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Denies Appeal Of Regretful Islamic State Bride

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 12:00am

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the U.S.

The justices declined without comment on Monday to consider the appeal of Hoda Muthana, who was born in New Jersey in October 1994 to a diplomat from Yemen and grew up in Alabama near Birmingham.

Supreme Court Agrees Recent McGirt Ruling Not Retroactive

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 12:00am

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Oklahoma appellate court decision that the high court’s landmark McGirt ruling on criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country does not apply retroactively to state convictions that are finalized.

High Court Skeptical of Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Rule

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 3:00am

Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical last Friday of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers.

Chief Justice: Judges Must Better Avoid Financial Conflicts

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 4:00am

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says the federal judiciary needs to do more to ensure judges don’t participate in cases where they have financial conflicts of interest.

Roberts made the comments as part of his annual report on the federal judiciary released Dec. 31.

Surpeme Court Justices Have Received Booster Shots

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 01/07/2022 - 3:00am

The Supreme Court says all nine justices have received COVID-19 booster shots. The court’s confirmation came Tuesday amid the omicron variant surging and in-person arguments over vaccines scheduled Friday.

Republicans Seize Power Via ‘Slow-Motion Insurrection’

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/04/2022 - 5:00am

In the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to overturn a free and fair vote of the American people.

In the year since, Trump-aligned Republicans have worked to clear the path for next time.

Trump Asks High Court to Block Release of Jan. 6 Records

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/29/2021 - 3:00am

Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court last Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol led by his supporters.

High Court to Hold Special Session on Vaccine Mandates

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 5:00am

The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to weigh challenges to two Biden administration policies covering vaccine requirements for millions of workers, policies that affect large employers and health care workers.

Explainer: What’s Next as High Court Wades Into Vaccines?

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 3:00am

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies and health care employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Until the court rules, millions of workers face a patchwork of requirements depending on where they live.

HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT?

Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Allow Vaccine Mandate

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/22/2021 - 4:00am

The Biden administration late last Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block lower court orders that are keeping President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers from going into effect in about half of the states.

The administration asked the justices to allow the “urgently needed health and safety measure to take effect before the winter spike in COVID-19 cases worsens further.”

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