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US Supreme Court continues its attack on voting rights
In this post I’m taking a break from book reviews and making one of my occasional forays into reviewing decisions by the US Supreme Court. (Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer and I don’t have any formal legal training. The opinions … Continue reading
Posted in History, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged Arizona, Brnovich, equality, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, voting rights act
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My Own Words
If you’re looking for something to distract yourself from the dismal spectacle of the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, you might find solace in My Own Words, a collection of essays, articles and speeches by the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Law and justice
Tagged book review, nonfiction, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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RBG
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday at 87 from metastatic pancreas cancer. The tributes have been overwhelming, including this New York Times review of her life and career by Linda Greenhouse, this post by Amy Howe, a reporter for SCOTUSBlog, … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Reflections
Tagged RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
Supreme Inequality By Adam Cohen Penguin Press, New York, 2020 The Supreme Court is not your ally. The Supreme Court does not protect the weak, the poor, or the downtrodden. The Supreme Court will not save us from Donald Trump. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged Adam Cohen, book review, elections, nonfiction, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Inequality, voting rights
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Gorsuch Surprises, Alito Spews, Scalia Haunts in Bostock v. Clayton County
On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects homosexual and transgender individuals from job discrimination. This decision has been hailed as a major victory for … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Politics
Tagged Bostock, civil rights, law review, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, sexual orientation, Supreme Court, transgender
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Supreme Court Upholds Limits on Attendance at Church Services
At about midnight last night the United States Supreme Court, in a 5.4 decision, upheld California’s restrictions on the number of people who can attend church services during the coronavirus emergency. Scotusblog has posted the written decision. The South Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Politics
Tagged constitution, coronavirus, COVID-19, religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Fast Train to Mordor: Trump v. Hawaii
Reading through the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii – the Muslim travel ban case – is like drifting off to sleep on an ordinary commuter train headed for home and then being jolted awake when it shudders to … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Politics
Tagged Establishment Clause, First Amendment, law review, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, travel ban, trump, Trump v. Hawaii
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Carpenter v. United States
Today, instead of a book review, I’m going to take a plunge into law review. I want to look at the decision of the United States Supreme Court in a case called Carpenter v. United States announced on June 22. … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Politics
Tagged cell phone, Fourth Amendment, law review, privacy, rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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The Court and The World
The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities By Stephen Breyer Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2015 This book is about the increasing interplay between the Supreme Court of the United States and the people, laws … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Law and justice
Tagged international law, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
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King v. Burwell: Everyone’s A Winner
(Photo: http://www.supremecourt.gov) Yesterday morning the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in King v. Burwell. This case is about tax credits granted under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, a.k.a. Obamacare) to low income individuals to help them pay … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged ACA, health care, King v. Burwell, Obamacare, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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