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‘Flouts this Court’s clear precedents’: Justice Jackson takes colleagues to task over ‘patently erroneous’ ruling on racial discrimination

‘Flouts this Court’s clear precedents’: Justice Jackson takes colleagues to task over ‘patently erroneous’ ruling on racial discrimination

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the…
‘Free speech is the rule’: Alito wants more First Amendment protections for students after middle schooler is punished for wearing ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-shirt

‘Free speech is the rule’: Alito wants more First Amendment protections for students after middle schooler is punished for wearing ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-shirt

FILE – Associate Justice Samuel Alito joins other members of the Supreme…
The SPLC's Hate for Dissent: When the Witch Hunters Wield the Megaphone

The SPLC's Hate for Dissent: When the Witch Hunters Wield the Megaphone

Wolves in Watchdog Clothing  Once upon a time, the Southern Poverty…
‘President over our precedent’: Kagan roasts Trump and his ‘subservient’ administration in fiery dissent after SCOTUS gives him green light to purge Biden-appointed agency heads

‘President over our precedent’: Kagan roasts Trump and his ‘subservient’ administration in fiery dissent after SCOTUS gives him green light to purge Biden-appointed agency heads

Left: Justice Elena Kagan listening to President Donald Trump’s address before a…
‘Cannot interject themselves’: Trump DOJ says states suing over president’s mass firings have no ‘legitimate claims’ and are doomed to fail in federal court

‘Government repeatedly mischaracterizes’: Judge’s frustrated dissent previews parade of horribles to come after Trump given green light to fire federal workers

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at an election night…
‘Appointed himself as an expert witness’: Federal judge blasted by colleagues for issuing unusual video dissent showcasing his extensive knowledge of handguns

‘Appointed himself as an expert witness’: Federal judge blasted by colleagues for issuing unusual video dissent showcasing his extensive knowledge of handguns

U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke demonstrates the use of handguns in his…
‘Flies in the face of human nature’: Stunned dissent takes Minnesota Supreme Court to task for new self-defense rule that mandates a ‘duty to retreat before making threats’

‘Flies in the face of human nature’: Stunned dissent takes Minnesota Supreme Court to task for new self-defense rule that mandates a ‘duty to retreat before making threats’

Left inset: Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen (Minnesota Courts). Right inset:…
‘The President is now a king above the law’: Sotomayor dissent in Trump immunity case accuses majority of ‘judicial activism’ in ‘twisted’ opinion that ‘has no basis in law’

‘The President is now a king above the law’: Sotomayor dissent in Trump immunity case accuses majority of ‘judicial activism’ in ‘twisted’ opinion that ‘has no basis in law’

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a panel discussion at the…