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If you want an excellent overview of the 22 outstanding cases, check out @AHoweBlogger’s summary. https://t.co/mXEq9s2OHD
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 10, 2021
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that immigrants allowed to stay in the U.S. temporarily for humanitarian reasons may not apply for green cards if they had entered the country unlawfully. The case could affect tens of thousands of people. https://t.co/wwy50ZHwHY
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) June 8, 2021
One clinic in Mississippi is at the fulcrum of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could reshape the legal landscape on abortion. https://t.co/4IyGZhvc9Y
— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) June 2, 2021
A recent U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision makes it easier for judges to sentence children to life in prison with no chance of parole. This ignores what we know about the prefrontal cortex. | Analysis https://t.co/g4uz10vdna
— Scientific American (@sciam) May 24, 2021
The bipartisan pair of senators asked what steps the Supreme Court takes to prevent the justices from receiving gifts, travel or hospitality from those who may have business before the court.https://t.co/Cb9iqoUSyl
— Roll Call (@rollcall) June 9, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court won’t review men-only draft registration law https://t.co/26FcYHQSVC
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) June 7, 2021
What do people in the U.S. think about healthcare, religion and gay rights? Here’s how the public is divided on key issues before the Supreme Court, according to a recent survey. https://t.co/dLAiORceKO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 1, 2021
Under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the Supreme Court threw out the part of the Voting Rights Act requiring states with histories of discriminating against Black voters to clear election rule changes with the U.S. Justice Department. https://t.co/xcg5hlWYvF pic.twitter.com/WGIHYTf09s
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 4, 2021
The Supreme Court is on the verge of deciding a landmark case that could have a profound impact on the more than 400,000 vulnerable children who find themselves in the U.S. foster care system https://t.co/TUTlfeTsp5
— TIME (@TIME) June 1, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the FBI’s bid to block a civil rights lawsuit by three Muslim men who accused the agency of illegally surveilling them following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States https://t.co/mqTCwLlbYO pic.twitter.com/ATzdum3pwZ
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 7, 2021
The Supreme Court ruling on Roe v Wade is likely to come next year, during an already turbulent political atmosphere — it will be less than six months before the midterm elections determine control of Congress and the future of President Biden’s agenda. https://t.co/Pb6uaPhDr7
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 22, 2021
Some Democratic lawmakers are calling for Biden to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of reversing Republican efforts to enshrine conservatism within the courts. https://t.co/mA0CBI2Ite
— U.S. News & World Report (@usnews) May 22, 2021
Nominees include Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who has been mentioned as a potential Biden pick for any future Supreme Court vacancy. https://t.co/UIKLt0H6I0
— Roll Call (@rollcall) May 20, 2021
The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear a challenge to Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program.
A new study that examined the scholarly impact of the adoption of diversity policies by U.S. law reviews could be timely, writes @adamliptak. https://t.co/KYFhcYJaxP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 31, 2021
Perspective: Why progressives in Congress should ignore Biden’s Supreme Court commission https://t.co/iy1AnLQjUA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 20, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Missouri inmate’s firing squad request https://t.co/pjJv4b1AQh pic.twitter.com/0EK229yWD9
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2021
“It is odd to imagine that a conservative-dominated Supreme Court could save President Biden’s legislative agenda in 2023. But many stranger things have happened during the past five years.” https://t.co/nJALsJFgdM
— Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) June 2, 2021
Biden’s first judicial picks — including a potential Supreme Court justice — face Senate https://t.co/8oyxzgfdov
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 28, 2021
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling will allow fossil fuel companies to continue arguing that the federal courts should hear the city of Baltimore’s lawsuit seeking to hold them accountable for concealing the impacts of climate change.https://t.co/z4kHcfv62g
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) May 18, 2021
If today’s Supreme Court justices decide Guantánamo’s detainees do not have a right to due process, it’ll be over to President Biden to write the detention center’s last chapter, Linda Greenhouse writes. https://t.co/8xdtpj0luo
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) May 6, 2021