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"It is ridiculous that the court entrusted with protecting our constitutional rights finds procedural semantics more important than a glaring perversion of our democracy." WASHINGTON - This morning, following the Supreme Court's decision to punt on the two partisan gerrymandering cases it was considering in Wisconsin and Maryland, the Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires Morris Pearl, former managing director at BlackRock, Inc., released the following statement: "The Supreme Court decided today to sidestep justice and punt on ensuring all Americans have equal political representation.
The Supreme Court is resolving partisan redistricting cases from Wisconsin and Maryland without ruling on the broader issue of whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party. The justices unanimously ruled against Wisconsin Democrats who challenged legislative districts that gave Republicans a huge edge in the state legislature.
People lined up, in Oct. 2017, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington to hear arguments in a case about political maps in Wisconsin that could affect elections across the country. The justices ruled against Wisconsin Democrats who challenged legislative districts that gave Republicans a huge edge in the state legislature.
In 2011, a class action lawsuit filed against Apple accused the company of operating an illegal monopoly by not allowing iPhone users to download mobile apps outside of its own App Store, reducing consumer choice. The antitrust case was eventually dismissed in 2013 by a U.S. district court in Northern California, due to errors in the complaint, leading to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowing it to proceed in 2017 .
Charles Rhines was sentenced to death in 1993 after he bound and killed and a man, as he robbed a doughnut store in South Dakota. However, Rhines's lawyers are now petitioning for a reduction in his sentence to life without parole, after it was alleged that Rhines was sentenced to death by homophobic jurors.
June is big month for weddings, and for legislation about same-sex marriage. On June 16, 2008, clerks in several California counties began issuing marriage licenses to thousands of same-sex couples.
The legal fight over ownership of the country's oldest synagogue is headed to the US Supreme Court. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals last week denied a petition filed by Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which worships in the historic synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, for a rehearing of a ruling from August that said it was a tenant of the building.
I meant to write about this last weekend, but was traveling for a wedding and didn't get to it. In any case, this past Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Terry v.
On June 14, Justice Ginsberg, writing for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court, reversed a 2016 opinion by the Second Circuit and held that a foreign government's interpretation of its own law is not binding on U.S. courts. The case, In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation , dates back to 2005 and 2006, when U.S. vitamin C purchasers brought allegations against Chinese manufacturers claiming that the manufacturers had agreed to fix the price and supply of vitamin C exported to the United States, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Texas abortion providers are suing to undo decades-old regulations on doctors and clinics that they say deserve a second look after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2016.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion in the political clothing case. It doesn't always happen, but the Supreme Court on Thursday followed the advice of the Los Angeles Times editorial board.
West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner said the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding an Ohio law regarding the removal of inactive voters will allow states with similar laws, including West Virginia, to improve its voter rolls. The Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of the state law aimed at removing voters off the active list after not participating in two elections.
Attorneys for a Tennessee woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 are asking federal appellate judges to throw out her sentence, in a case that has attracted celebrity attention. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, but Tennessee has argued successfully in lower courts that Brown does have a possibility for parole - after serving 51 years.
Two days after the 2016 presidential election, and already dreading partisan food fights over Thanksgiving, 28-year-old Katie Fahey took to Facebook, determined to help fix democracy and keep mashed potatoes from flying. "I'd like to take on gerrymandering in Michigan," she posted on Facebook.
With the U. S. Supreme Court ready to pass judgement on how demanding teacher's unions can be, the National Education Association is already girding for the worst news they could get. "This summer the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in Janus v.
The Supreme Court's decision upholding Ohio's method of removing people from... . FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, ballots await further processing at the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio.
The nation's highest court has refused to hear a case from South Carolina churches upset with The Episcopal Church over a decision concerning ownership of property. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 11 denied a request from the Diocese of South Carolina to reverse a decision by the South Carolina Supreme Court.
States can purge their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that split the conservative and liberal justices. By a 5-4 vote, the court rejected arguments in a case from Ohio that the practice violates a federal law intended to increase the ranks of registered voters.
In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo, people rally outside of the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing Ohio to clean up its voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while.