Browsing: Supreme Court

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. supported Republican-backed lawsuits against the White House over social media censorship on Tuesday, claiming President Biden also attempted to censor his social media posts. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two social media cases Tuesday, which claim the Biden White House illegally coerced social media companies to…

Former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro is required to go to prison on Tuesday as Chief Justice John Roberts rejected his last-minute attempt to stay free while appealing his contempt of Congress conviction. Roberts stated on Monday that he will not halt Navarro’s four-month prison sentence during the appeal process. Navarro has been instructed to report to…

The Supreme Court weighed the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) free speech case against a former New York regulator during oral arguments Monday. Over 75 minutes of arguments, the justices probed how to distinguish when government officials go beyond permissible advocacy and cross into unconstitutional coercion. “How do you define when it goes too far along…

The Supreme Court appeared cautious on Monday about imposing strict limits on how government officials communicate with social media platforms regarding content moderation decisions. Questioning both sides intensely, the judges aimed to figure out when it is suitable for the government to urge the platforms to remove controversial content — if at all. Several judges, both liberal and…

The Biden administration’s legal battle over social media content moderation reached the Supreme Court on Monday, where the justices are set to hear arguments over whether federal officials violated the First Amendment by urging platforms to remove posts they deemed false or misleading.  Two Republican attorneys general brought the case in a challenge to the…

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the disqualification of a New Mexico official who founded Cowboys for Trump and participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.  Couy Griffin, a former New Mexico county commissioner, is the only known elected official to be disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban in connection with…

The Supreme Court explained when government officials can prevent important constituents from their personal profiles without breaking their constitutional rights in a united decision Friday. After listening to appeals of two different decisions — one brought against school board members in Southern California and another brought against the city manager of Port Huron, Mich. — the…

Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig criticized the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that Colorado couldn't prevent former President Trump from running again under the 14th Amendment's insurrection ban, allowing him to pursue a second term. In a piece published in The Atlantic on Thursday, Luttig, a longtime conservative jurist on…

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to the Senate in arguing against allowing cameras in the Supreme Court. In a conversation alongside Justice Amy Coney Barrett during the Civic Learning Week National Forum on Tuesday, Sotomayor suggested that cameras could hinder some conversations from taking place by pointing to the cameras being allowed in the Senate and…

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) criticized President Biden for condemning the Supreme Court during his State of the Union speech, and he called the remarks “disgusting.” Biden criticized the court for overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion precedent in a case, something that Democrats have capitalized on for their campaign platforms. In his speech, Biden stated that he…