Balls and Strikes : Supreme Court Coverage That Doesn't Suck
The Fifth Circuit Can’t Wait to Lock You Into Scammy Subscriptions For a Little Longer. By Jay Willis. Conservative activists know exactly where to take their grievances these days: to the court where they are more or less guaranteed a friendly audience. Read more. Link to: Supreme Court Debates Whether Environmental Protection Agency Can ...
Circuit Status - Balls and Strikes
Nov 4, 2024 · Circuit Status. Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal courts of appeals is the end of the line, which makes these life-tenured judges some of the most powerful people many Americans ...
Ghost Guns Are Making the Gun Violence Crisis Worse. Will the …
Sep 25, 2024 · In classic lawyer-brained fashion, the main question in Garland v. VanDerStok is what a firearm is.Congress answered this question exhaustively in the Gun Control Act, which defines a firearm in relevant part as any weapon that can or is designed to “expel a projectile by the action of an explosive,” and—and this is the important part—any weapon that “may readily be converted” to ...
The Latest Sotomayor Retirement Discourse Is Way, Way Too Late
5 days ago · By Jay Willis November 9, 2024. In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election win on Tuesday, unnamed Senate Democrats are now in the midst of “active” and “urgent” conversations, per Politico, about whether to nudge 70-year-old Justice Sonia Sotomoyor to step down during the lame-duck session. Her retirement, the thinking goes, would ...
A Second Trump Presidency Might Be a Death Knell For the Voting …
3 days ago · The Voting Rights Act is a landmark piece of legislation enacted by Congress in 1965 in order to finally enforce the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on racial discrimination in voting. The VRA dramatically increased Black voters’ access to the ballot and representation in government: After the 1966 election, for example, the number of Black elected officials in the South jumped from 72 ...
Majority of Supreme Court Appears Ready to Concede That Guns …
Oct 8, 2024 · Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Garland v. VanDerStok, the justices’ latest opportunity to threaten the elected branches’ ability to address the national gun violence crisis.Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968 to regulate “the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms” with requirements like background checks for gun purchasers and ...
The Supreme Court’s War on Government Is Just Getting Started
Jun 28, 2024 · In order to understand the impact of Loper Bright, you first need to understand the case it overruled: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case the Court decided in 1984.In Chevron, the Court wrote that if the meaning of a statute is ambiguous, and someone challenges an agency’s interpretation of the statute in court, the agency responsible for enforcement receives deference.
About - Balls and Strikes
Balls & Strikes borrows its name from now-Chief Justice John Roberts, who famously outlined his vision of judicial modesty by describing the proper role of a judge as “to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.”. This metaphor omits key facts that every Little Leaguer knows: Umpires use different strike zones, apply them flexibly ...
The Republican Justices Do Not Want to Talk About January 6
Apr 26, 2024 · On Thursday, the Supreme Court convened for its final oral argument of the term, ostensibly to decide whether a President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In all likelihood, Trump v. United States —both the case’s name and also an apt description of U.S. politics right now—is the last chance to prosecute Trump between now and ...
Supreme Court Seems Uninterested In Georgia's Argument That …
Nov 28, 2023 · Damian McElrath spent much of his childhood under the schizophrenic delusion that his adoptive mother, Diane, was trying to kill him. So in July 2012, just days after he was released from a mental health facility, he stabbed her to death.