Kagan Defends Idea Of Judge Panel To Enforce High Court Ethics Code
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Monday stuck by her suggestion of how to enforce the high court’s new ethics code. “It seems like a...
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- Aug 2
- 2 min
In 'No Kings Act,' Democrats Seek To Play Hardball With High Court
In the Supreme Court decision that former President Trump was allowed to commit crimes while he was in office, dissenting Justice Sonia...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 30
- 1 min
Opinion: Biden's Supreme Court Reforms are 'Mostly Useless'
In a column published in Vox, senior Vox correspondent Ian Millhiser is critical of Biden’s three proposals to reform the Supreme Court:...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 29
- 2 min
Biden Proposes Supreme Court Term Limits, Ethics Code
President Joe Biden has unveiled a proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Justice Kagan: Need to Enforce New Supreme Court Ethics Code
Justice Elena Kagan publicly called for strengthening the new ethics code of the U.S. Supreme Court by adding a means of enforcement, The...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Jordan Demands Briefing On Supreme Court Justice Security
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Tuesday accused Democrats of using incendiary rhetoric toward the Supreme Court...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Biden Shifts Supreme Court Views, Will Back Term Limits, Ethics Code
President Biden is preparing to call for term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices in what would be...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Fifth Circuit 'Happy to be Forum' for Those Who Want to Challenge Feds
The Supreme Court repudiated the Fifth Circuit in eight cases, more than any other court this term, but legal experts say the appeals...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Sotomayor Urges States to Address Debunked Forensic Evidence
“Is there a constitutional right not to be convicted based on junk science?” The Intercept asks, in a piece about an Alabama case based...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Ocasio-Cortez Seeks To Impeach Justices Alito, Thomas
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 28
- 3 min
Cities May Ban Public Sleeping By The Homeless, High Court Rules
A public sleeping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, did not unconstitutionally criminalize homelessness, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 28
- 1 min
Supreme Court Makes It Harder To Charge Jan. 6 Rioters With Obstruction
On Friday, The Supreme Court made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction — a charge that also has been brought...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 27
- 2 min
Justices Avoid Idaho Abortion Issue In First Test Of Post-Roe State Law
The Supreme Court on Thursday ducked a major abortion issue, sending a controversial Idaho law back to a lower court. For now, while the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Supreme Court Backs Defendants’ Rights to Jury Decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with criminal defendants saying juries, not judges, must decide certain facts about whether a person is a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 21
- 3 min
SCOTUS: Domestic Violence Orders Can Block Possession of Firearms
In a major win for legal restrictions on guns, the Supreme Court on Friday overwhelmingly upheld a federal law that blocks people people...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 20
- 1 min
Conviction Of Woman Who Challenged Expert Witness Testimony Upheld By Supreme Court
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she did not know about a stash of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Divided High Court: Law Doesn't Permit Ban On 'Bump Stocks'
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a federal ban on "bump stocks," which can allow semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly, like...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Opinion: Justices Should Learn From Ginsburg's 'Historic Mistake' and Retire Now
In a provocative opinion piece entitled, “Justices Sotomayor and Kagan must retire now,” Ian Millhiser, a senior correspondent at Vox...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Democrats Divided Over Roberts Subpoena To Discuss Ethics Reform
Chief Justice John Roberts appears to have the upper hand in the fight over judicial ethics reform, with Senate Democrats unwilling to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 7
- 2 min
SCOTUS Justices Received Gifts Totaling $3M, Watchdog Finds
A report released on Thursday pointed to the Supreme Court’s ethics scandals, revealing that the justices have received over 300 gifts...
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