U.S. Supreme Court

Barrett Concerned About Public Perception of High Court

Published by Nikki Ratay on Sat, 09/18/2021 - 4:00am

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution.

Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they’re not letting personal biases creep into their decisions, since judges are people, too,” Barrett said at a lecture hosted by the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center.

Providers Urge High Court to Reject 15-Week Abortion Ban

Published by Nikki Ratay on Sat, 09/18/2021 - 3:00am

Abortion providers urged the Supreme Court Monday to reject Mississippi’s 15-week prohibition on most abortions, saying a decision to uphold it would “invite states to ban abortion entirely.”

The filing with the high court comes at a time of significant peril for abortion rights in the U.S., with a Supreme Court reshaped by three conservative justices appointed by former President Donald Trump.

High Court Hangs Up Phone, Back to In-Person Arguments

Published by Derek Noehren on Mon, 09/13/2021 - 5:00am

The justices are putting the “court” back in Supreme Court.

The high court announced last Wednesday that the justices plan to return to their majestic, marble courtroom for arguments beginning in October, more than a year and a half after the in-person sessions were halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.

DOJ Sues Texas Over State’s New Abortion Law

Published by Derek Noehren on Mon, 09/13/2021 - 4:00am

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”

The lawsuit, filed last Thursday in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated.”

Oklahoma AG Drops Appeal in State Death Penalty Case

Published by Derek Noehren on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 2:00am

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor said last Friday that he is dropping his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the first-degree murder case of death row inmate Shaun Bosse.

O’Connor said he made the decision after a state appellate court ruled the high court’s decision in a landmark tribal sovereignty case — dubbed the McGirt decision — does not apply retroactively.

High Court’s Shadow Docket Decisions Could Affect Millions

Published by Derek Noehren on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 3:00am

Traditionally, the process of getting an opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court takes months and those rulings are often narrowly tailored. Emergency orders, especially during the court’s summer break, revolve around specific issues, like individual death penalty cases.

Origin Story of the Texas Law That Could Upend Roe v. Wade

Published by Derek Noehren on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 2:00am

The road to a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state, sidestepping for now the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, began in a town called Waskom, population 1,600.

Justice Department: It Will ‘Protect’ Texas Abortion Seekers

Published by Derek Noehren on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 1:00am

The Justice Department said Monday that it will not tolerate violence against anyone who is trying to obtain an abortion in Texas as federal officials explore options to challenge a new state law that bans most abortions.

Explainer: The Language, Reach of New Texas Abortion Law

Published by Derek Noehren on Tue, 09/07/2021 - 3:00am

Millions of jobless Americans who have depended on federal unemployment aid as a financial lifeline were about to lose those benefits just as the delta variant of the coronavirus poses a renewed threat to the economy and the job market.

Justices Divide 5-4 to Leave Texas Abortion Law in Place

Published by Derek Noehren on Sat, 09/04/2021 - 5:00am

A deeply divided Supreme Court allowed a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the second-largest U.S. state.

Omaha Daily Record

The Daily Record
3323 Leavenworth Street
Omaha, Nebraska
68105-1915
United States

Tele (402) 345-1303
Fax (402) 345-2351