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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago
US politics

Amy Coney Barrett explains "very concrete" reasons marriage equality will remain in place - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago
US politics

Amy Coney Barrett explains "very concrete" reasons marriage equality will remain in place - LGBTQ Nation

#flag-desecration
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

Clarence Thomas says past SCOTUS rulings aren't 'the gospel' and can be overturned

Supreme Court precedent is not absolute and can be overturned if it lacks a sound legal foundation, potentially enabling reconsideration of marriage equality.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago

A judge ruled their firings were illegal. The government got to do it anyway

A federal judge found the mass probationary firings unlawful but refused to order reinstatement, citing Supreme Court precedent and that too much time had passed.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Humphrey's Executor Executed In Broad Shadow Docket Slaying - Above the Law

Chief Justice Roberts used the shadow docket to allow President Trump's firing of FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, undermining nearly a century of Humphrey's Executor precedent.
US politics
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Trump's attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court

Humphrey's Executor (1935) bars presidential removal of FTC commissioners except for inefficiency, neglect, or malfeasance, and is pivotal to current litigation.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school - banking on new guidance at the Supreme Court

State laws requiring Ten Commandments displays in public schools face federal court blocks as litigation seeks to overturn a 45-year Supreme Court precedent.
US politics
fromThe Verge
5 months ago

Trump illegally fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission

Trump's removal of CPSC appointees challenges Supreme Court precedent and raises concerns over regulatory independence.
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