#supreme-court

#supreme-court

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh whether federally funded school employees can privately sue for sex discrimination under Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments Act, an issue that divides lower courts.

Four of the state's congressional districts are expected to hold special primaries in August, as part of a nationwide battle over redistricting. President Donald Trump has pushed Republican-led states to redraw their congressional maps in order to give the right-wing party an advantage in the November midterm elections. At stake is control over the US House of Representatives. Each congressional district represents one seat in the House, where Republicans currently hold a slim majority.

The extensive record in these cases supports the District Court's conclusion that plaintiffs' [Section 2] claim was likely to succeed under Gingles. As to the first Gingles precondition, the District Court correctly found that black voters could constitute a majority in a second district that was "reasonably configured." The plaintiffs adduced eleven illustrative districting maps that Alabama could enact, at least one of which contained two majority-black districts that comported with traditional districting criteria.

I have one billion percent confidence that if the Supreme Court received some sort of petition or some sort, had to issue some sort of ruling around eligibility, I have one billion percent confidence they would apply the plain language of the Constitution and block Trump from eligibility to be president again.

Justice Elena Kagan denied Apple's emergency stay application on behalf of the court, signaling that the request was not a close call and leaving the Ninth Circuit's contempt finding in place.