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Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote

Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote

Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote

Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote

Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote

#SCOTUS set the stage for #Alabama to get rid of 1 of 2 largely #Black congressional districts before this year’s #midterms, creating an opening for #Republicans to gain an additional #US #House seat in a closely divided chamber.

The decision follows a SCOTUS ruling that struck down a majority-Black US House district in #Louisiana as an “unconstitutional” #RacialGerrymander, significantly weakening the federal #VotingRights Act.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-redistricting-supreme-court-congress-ba371351585b79c2965f9efb0332f33d

A manufacturer of the #AbortionMedication #mifepristone asked #SCOTUS Saturday to immediately restore full access to the medication, putting the contentious issue of #abortion back before the justices in an #election year.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #health #medicine #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #Republicans #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-abortion-pill.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation—along w/ #US voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in #power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters, & make partisan primaries more important than general elections when it comes to choosing leaders.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation—along w/ #US voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in #power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters, & make partisan primaries more important than general elections when it comes to choosing leaders.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation—along w/ #US voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in #power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters, & make partisan primaries more important than general elections when it comes to choosing leaders.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation—along w/ #US voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in #power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters, & make partisan primaries more important than general elections when it comes to choosing leaders.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

Left as probable casualties are longstanding principles of fair representation—along w/ #US voters, who are likelier now to be shunted into hyperpartisan districts drawn in each state to benefit the party in #power. A great carving could effectively dilute the power of millions, especially minority voters, & make partisan primaries more important than general elections when it comes to choosing leaders.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

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#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

It begins…

#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/

It begins…

#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/

It begins…

#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/

It begins…

#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/louisiana-house-primaries-suspend-jeff-landry/

After years of allowing #religious schools in some settings to receive #state #funding alongside #secular schools, the 6-3 #conservative court will now decide what to do when school leaders assert that anti-#discrimination laws intended to protect #gay & #transgender people conflict with their religious beliefs. The appeal from the Catholic parishes will likely be heard in the fall & a decision is likely sometime next year.

#law #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

#SCOTUS will decide if #preschools that decline #children of #SameSex couples may receive state #funding

The #SupremeCourt agreed Monday to review a #Colorado #law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important #FirstAmendment showdown at the high court that pits “#religious” “rights” against #LGBTQ #families.

#heterosexism #bigotry #discrimination #hate #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-couples-preschool?cid=ios_app

In the #Trump era, #JohnRoberts & the other conservative justices have repeatedly empowered the president through their #ShadowDocket rulings. By contrast, the papers reveal a court wielding those same powers to block #Obama. Justice Samuel A. #Alito Jr. warned that if the court failed to stop the president, its own “institutional legitimacy” would be threatened.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS

When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the #Obama plan, which aimed to regulate #coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” & too big, costly & consequential for the court not to act immediately.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS #ShadowDocket

In public, Chief Justice #JohnRoberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care & caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country & the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. #Obama’s plan to address the global #ClimateCrisis.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS #ShadowDocket

Writing on formal letterhead, but addressing one another by their first names & signing off with their initials, they sound notes of irritation, air grievances & plead for more time. In addition to the usual legal materials, they cite a #blog post &, twice, a #television interview. They sometimes engage with one another’s arguments. But they often simply talk past each other.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS #ShadowDocket

The NYT has obtained those papers & is now publishing them, bringing the origins of the Supreme Court’s #ShadowDocket into the light.

The 16 pages of memos, exchanged in a five-day dash, provide an extraordinarily rare window into the court, showing how the justices talk to one another outside of public view.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt #SCOTUS
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket-papers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp & lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “#ShadowDocket,” the secretive track that #SCOTUS6 has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #Trump more than 20 key victories on issues from immigration to agency power.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp & lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “#ShadowDocket,” the secretive track that #SCOTUS6 has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #Trump more than 20 key victories on issues from immigration to agency power.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp & lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “#ShadowDocket,” the secretive track that #SCOTUS6 has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #Trump more than 20 key victories on issues from immigration to agency power.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp & lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “#ShadowDocket,” the secretive track that #SCOTUS6 has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #Trump more than 20 key victories on issues from immigration to agency power.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp & lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “#ShadowDocket,” the secretive track that #SCOTUS6 has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #Trump more than 20 key victories on issues from immigration to agency power.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

But this time, the justices were sprinting to block a major presidential initiative. By a 5-to-4 vote along #partisan lines, the order halted President Barack #Obama’s Clean Power Plan, his signature #environmental policy. They acted before any other court had addressed the plan’s lawfulness. The decision consisted of only legal boilerplate, without a word of reasoning.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

For two centuries, the court had generally handled major cases at a stately pace that encouraged care & deliberation, relying on written briefs, oral arguments & in-person discussions. The justices composed detailed opinions that explained their thinking to the public & rendered judgment only after other courts had weighed in.

#law #LegalEthics #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt

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The Inside Story of 5 Days That Remade #SCOTUS

Secret memos obtained by The NYT illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “#ShadowDocket” rulings on presidential power.

Just after 6PM on a February evening in 2016, the Supreme Court issued a cryptic, one paragraph ruling that sent both #climate policy & the court itself spinning in new directions.

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #IllegitimateCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b1A.W0_1.54-PmsieNhyB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

While designed to be short-term, those orders have largely allowed #Trump to move ahead — for now — with key parts of his sweeping agenda.

#KetanjiBrownJackson spoke for nearly an hour on Monday at Yale Law School, which posted a video of the event on Wednesday.

#law #LegalEthics #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #judiciary
https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale-law-school-videos/james-thomas-lecture-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson

Meanwhile #Sotomayor apologized to #Kavanaugh today. Ridiculous.

#KetanjiBrownJackson seems to be the only liberal with real integrity.

Justice Jackson chides #SCOTUS conservatives over 'oblivious' pro-#Trump “emergency” orders

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-jackson-criticism-conservatives-trump-rulings-976a16d91953f42426818add77c7e3f2

& require the sex designation on #US #passports to align with the holder’s #BiologicalSex. Last week, the court temporarily blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago.

In all, #SCOTUS has sided with #Trump this year in more than 80% of the emergency appeals filed by the #DOJ.

The court, on its regular docket, handed Trump an important win in June by limiting the power of federal #courts to temporarily block his policies.

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

Many of those decisions have overturned lower courts with little-to-no explanation, prompting sharp & unusual criticism from a few lower court #judges….

#SCOTUS has allowed the #Trump admin in recent months to cancel foreign #aid & #PublicHealth funding; temporarily fire the leadership of many #independent agencies; stop & interrogate people about their #immigration status based on their apparent #ethnicity, #language or presence at a particular location;

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt

What a joke

#JohnRoberts' annual report

The chief justice touted #JudicialIndependence & urged Americans to keep faith in the #Constitution in year-end statement

Focusing on the #DeclarationOfIndependence as the nation turns to its 250th anniversary, Roberts said the #founders chafed at the crown’s control of colonial courts & “corrected this flaw” by setting up a #judiciary that would operate without interference from the other branches.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report

Hanging over the hearing was the legacy of #SCOTUS’ wave of rulings that have pared back #CampaignFinance restrictions over the years, including the 2010 #CitizensUnited v. FEC decision, which paved the way for unlimited independent expenditures by outside groups known as #superPACs.

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Trump #ElectionInterference #FederalistSociety #HeritageFoundation #judiciary #CitizensUnited #DarkMoney

The justices will consider whether to revive a bid by First Choice Women's Resource Centers to block a records request made by Democratic #NJAG Matthew Platkin as part of a probe into whether it unlawfully deceived [#fraud] #donors & potential #clients into believing the facilities offered #abortions & other #reproductive #healthcare services.

#SCOTUS #law #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #AbortionIsHealthcare #MaleSupremacy #FarRight #NAR #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

The justices will consider whether to revive a bid by First Choice Women's Resource Centers to block a records request made by Democratic #NJAG Matthew Platkin as part of a probe into whether it unlawfully deceived [#fraud] #donors & potential #clients into believing the facilities offered #abortions & other #reproductive #healthcare services.

#SCOTUS #law #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #AbortionIsHealthcare #MaleSupremacy #FarRight #NAR #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

#SCOTUS to Hear Major Challenge to #Mail In #Ballot Laws

The justices agreed to hear a challenge to #Mississippi’s #law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of #states before the 2026 #election.

#ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VRA #Trump #BigLie #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-ballots-mississippi.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Sotomayor also mentioned the additional 10% tariff #Trump slapped on Canada for airing an advertisement he didn’t like during the World Series.

These clearly don’t fall under the admin’s claim of a #trade “emergency”.

#SCOTUS #law #tariffs #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #Trump #economy

#Sotomayor: “We’re forgetting here is a
very fundamental point, which is the #Constitution is structured so that if I’m going to be asked to pay for something as a citizen, that it’s through a bill that is generated through #Congress, & the president has the power to veto it or not, but I’m not going to be taxed unless both houses, the executive & the legislature, have made that choice, correct?”

#SCOTUS #law #tariffs #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #Trump #economy

An emerging theme, from the conservative justices, is that the president’s concededly broad power to shut down #trade generally may include the lesser power to impose #tariffs. That echoes the admin’s position.

Justice #Sotomayor jumped into the questioning & refocused the case back on a primary argument against the tariff programs, that the #Constitution gives #Congress, NOT the president, the #power to #tax.

#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #Trump #economy

#Katyal responded to #Kavanaugh that #Algonquin was one import. Not #tariffs broadly applied to numerous countries across the board.

“Algonquin was expressly a trade statute,” Katyal said. “It’s everything this case isn’t.”

He said the Algonquin decision had a reference to #duties in a specific provision & an extended, clear legislative history describing the powers given to a president.

#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #Trump #economy

Justice #Kavanaugh points to FEA v. #Algonquin, a 1976 tariff that was upheld by #SCOTUS.

The court unanimously ruled for President Gerald Ford in a case about the imposition of #tariffs on oil imports, based on a different statute that also doesn’t mention the word tariffs.

“The court 9-0 rejected the argument” that the absence of the word tariff doomed Ford’s action, Kavanaugh said.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #Trump #economy
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/426/548/