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Justice Ginsburg Treated in Hospital for Possible Infection

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 The Associated Press

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was being treated for a possible infection and was expected to stay in the hospital for a few days following a medical procedure, the Supreme Court said in a statement Tuesday.

The court said that the 87-year-old Ginsburg went to a hospital in Washington on Monday evening after experiencing fever and chills. She then underwent a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August when she was treated for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas.

Commentary: Trump Tax Cases Highlight the Court as Servant of the Administrative State

July 11, 2020July 10, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The president was not whining when he tweeted about the continuing “political prosecution” permitted by the two tax returns cases issued Wednesday by the Supreme Court. These two cases, although short-term wins for Trump, illustrate the role of the federal and state courts in the administrative state and reveal the burdens this conglomeration places on a reforming president. Let’s take the worst of the bad news first.

The Supreme Court Keeps Trump Taxes Private for Now

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020 The Associated Press

Rejecting President Donald Trump’s complaints that he’s being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor’s demands for the billionaire president’s tax records. But in good political news for Trump, his taxes and other financial records almost certainly will be kept out of the public eye at least until after the November election.

In a separate case, the justices kept a hold on banking and other documents about Trump, family members and his businesses that Congress has been seeking for more than a year. The court said that while Congress has significant power to demand the president’s personal information, it is not limitless.

Commentary: Supreme Court Rules Right in Case About Soros-Backed Organization Wanting US Foreign Aid to Go to Anti-American Groups

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court has upheld the right of the United States government to distribute aid to foreign organizations in accordance with American interests. The June 29 decision in Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International represents a significant win for the protection of American freedoms.

The case affirms a vital principle of U.S. foreign involvement, one dear to the heart of the American taxpayer—U.S. money spent abroad must support U.S. interests and priorities. If a foreign organization wants our money, it cannot violate American positions.

Despite Supreme Court Win, Energy Companies Cancel $8 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020 The Associated Press

The developers of the long-delayed, $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline announced the cancellation of the multi-state natural gas project Sunday, citing uncertainties about costs, permitting and litigation.

Despite a victory last month at the United States Supreme Court over a critical permit, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy said in a news release that “recent developments have created an unacceptable layer of uncertainty and anticipated delays” for the 600-mile project designed to cross West Virginia and Virginia into North Carolina.

Supreme Court to Determine Whether Congress Can See Redactions in the Mueller Report

July 5, 2020July 4, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear a case that will decide whether Congress can see redacted portions of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The case’s arguments will most likely be heard in the fall after the presidential election, and the Supreme Court will likely reach a decision in 2021, The New York Times reported. The case came after the House Judiciary Committee requested grand jury documents the Department of Justice redacted from the Mueller report.

Conservatives Praise Supreme Court for Ruling States Can’t Discriminate Against Religious Schools

July 1, 2020June 30, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that states can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education in a 5-4 ruling.

Hailed as a victory for religious freedom, the justices upheld a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling in which almost all the recipients attend religious schools.

Conservatives Call Out Chief Justice John Roberts on Abortion Ruling: ‘He’s a Disgrace’

June 30, 2020June 29, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Mary Margaret Olohan Conservatives are turning against Chief Justice John Roberts after the Supreme Court justice sided with liberal judges in a monumental abortion ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal members of the court in the close 5-4 ruling, writing that “the Louisiana law imposes a burden…

Supreme Court Justice Roberts Swings Left, Joins Liberals to Strike Down Louisiana Law Requiring Abortionists to Have Hospital Privileges

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Admin

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that a pro-life law violates the rights of both women and abortion providers in Louisiana.

Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal members of the court in the close 5-4 ruling.

Justices Boost Trump Administration’s Power in Asylum Cases

June 26, 2020June 25, 2020 The Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Thursday strengthened the Trump administration’s ability to deport people seeking asylum without allowing them to make their case to a federal judge.

Immigration experts suggested the administration would use sweeping language in the majority opinion to bolster broader efforts to restrict asylum.

SCOTUS Abortion Case May Be in The Hands of Chief Justice Roberts

June 24, 2020June 23, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts may play a pivotal role in a the first major SCOTUS abortion place to occur during President Donald Trump’s administration.

Both Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the court’s four liberal judges in a landmark decision June 15 that federal law protects LGBT employees from discrimination, while Roberts joined the liberal justices in a ruling announced Thursday that the Trump Administration could not terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Commentary: Immortalizing Bureaucracy

June 22, 2020June 21, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Just as the infamous Dred Scott case in 1857 would have extended slavery throughout America, so Thursday’s decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California threatens to make the machinations of bureaucratic government supreme and unrepealable.

Chief Justice John Roberts’ 5-4 court opinion strengthens the grip of the administrative state – the interlocking network of bureaucracy and political correctness – over the democratically elected branches that are supposed to make us a nation of self-governing citizens.

Commentary: Chief Justice Roberts Pushes Final DACA Decision Past 2020 Election

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court’s new Leftwing majority, led by the once allegedly conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, has issued two bizarre rulings this week, the latest being in the case of Department of Homeland Security et al. v. Regents of the University of California et al. which addressed the Trump administration’s effort to end the Obama Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Commentary: Supreme Court Bypasses Congress Legislates Radical Homosexual Agenda from Bench

June 18, 2020June 17, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

In a ruling that shocked conservatives and religious liberty advocates, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, ruled Monday that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gays, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment.

The court held that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, among other reasons, encompasses bias against LGBT workers.

Supremes Revive Permit for Pipeline Under Appalachian Trail

June 16, 2020 The Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a critical permit for a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross under the Appalachian Trail, siding with energy companies and the Trump administration.

The justices ruled 7-2 to reverse a lower court ruling that had thrown out the permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. It would bring natural gas from West Virginia to growing markets in Virginia and North Carolina. Its supporters say the pipeline would bring economic development, thousands of jobs and reduced energy costs for consumers.

Justices Rule LGBT People Protected from Job Discrimination

June 16, 2020 The Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court.

The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, among other reasons, encompasses bias against LGBT workers.

Supreme Court Urged to Rethink Legal Immunity for Police Officers Amid Floyd Protests

June 7, 2020June 6, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court is weighing petitions to reexamine legal immunity that protects officers from being sued in instances of brutal arrests, use of excessive force and the shooting of innocent people in their homes.

The call for reassessment comes during nationwide protests of police brutality, the most recent instance being the death of George Floyd. Floyd died on May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, video of the incident shows.

SCOTUS Rejects Request from California Church to Block Worship Restrictions

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court rejected a request from a church to block California’s restrictions on religious services.

South Bay United Pentecostal Church of Chula Vista, California, filed a petition over Memorial Day weekend saying that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus restrictions “arbitrarily discriminate against places of worship in violation of their right to the Free Exercise of Religion under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” according to CNN.

SCOTUS Grants Trump’s Request, Temporarily Blocks Disclosure of Mueller’s Grand Jury Documents

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked House Democrats on Wednesday from gaining access to a trove of grand jury documents from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian intervention in the 2016 election.

The Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to keep the materials secret while the president’s legal team works to appeal their release. The House Judiciary Committee went to the Court to gain access to the redacted material from Mueller’s 2019 report after the Department of Justice declined to produce the information upon Democrats’ request.

Encouraging Illegal Aliens to Remain in the US Is a Crime, Supreme Court Rules

May 9, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal statute that forbids encouraging illegal aliens to remain in the U.S. unlawfully in a decision Thursday.

The Supreme Court justices voided an earlier decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had ruled that a federal anti-harboring statute was unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated the First Amendment by restricting free speech. The ruling by the nation’s highest court Thursday upholds the law.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Been Released from the Hospital

May 7, 2020May 6, 2020 Zachery Schmidt

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital following a brief stay for a non-surgical gallbladder treatment, according to CNN. “She is doing well and glad to be home,” a short statement from the Supreme Court read. “The Justice will return to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in…

Democrat Pelosi Praised Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Ford’s ‘Courage,’ But Ignores Biden Accuser Tara Reade

April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supported and praised Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser Christine Blasey Ford, but has maintained silence on 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden’s accuser Tara Reade.

Ford leveled accusations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh in September 2018, launching a media onslaught and a series of congressional hearings into the allegations against the now-Supreme Court justice. Throughout these events, Pelosi expressed support for Ford.

Supreme Court Sides with Trump Admin, Rules Criminal Immigrant Can Be Deported

April 26, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration on Thursday, finding that the government can deport criminal immigrants from the United States even if they have been living legally in the country for a long time.

Planned Parenthood, Abortion Providers Take Texas Coronavirus Abortion Ban to Supreme Court

April 13, 2020April 12, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Planned Parenthood and Texas abortion providers announced plans Saturday to the state’s coronavirus abortion ban to the Supreme Court.

Dreamers to Supreme Court: Ending DACA Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Would Be ‘Catastrophic’

March 29, 2020March 28, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

A coalition of immigrant rights groups is urging the Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to undo Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

All These Major Places And Events Are Closed Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

March 15, 2020March 14, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

From Disney World to the Supreme Court, institutions across the country are being affected by the rampant spread of coronavirus.

Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Remain in Mexico Program to Stay in Place

March 12, 2020March 11, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court delivered a win for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, blocking a federal court injunction that would have limited a program that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico.

Republicans Call on Tina Smith to Condemn Schumer’s Threats Against Gorsuch and Kavanaugh

March 7, 2020March 6, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Republicans are calling on Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) to condemn Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) threats against Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

Commentary: Will Chief Justice Roberts Flip on Abortion Like He Flipped on Obamacare?

March 6, 2020March 5, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Supreme Court watchers have been speculating intensely on how Chief Justice Roberts will vote in the case of June Medical Services v. Russo, which was argued yesterday.

Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Schumer for ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Threatening Statements’

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Wednesday remarks were “dangerous” and “threatening statements.”

Sen. Schumer Threatens Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: ‘You Will Pay the Price’

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer seemed to threaten two United States Supreme Court Justices during a Planned Parenthood rally outside of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

States Can Prosecute Illegal Aliens for Identity Theft, Supreme Court Rules

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that state governments can prosecute illegal aliens of identity theft, including aliens who use false Social Security numbers to unlawfully gain employment.

The Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule for Immigrants Officially Goes Into Effect Following Supreme Court Victories

February 25, 2020February 24, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Trump administration officially implemented its public charge rule for foreign nationals seeking permanent status, following two key victories in the nation’s highest court.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday put into effect the administration’s new public charge rule, which takes into account a foreign national’s past use of taxpayer-funded benefits when determining whether that individual qualifies for a green card. The rule, which the White House first introduced in 2019, survived a lawsuit that reached all the way to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Court of Appeals Panel Strikes Down Medicaid Work Requirement

February 17, 2020February 16, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

A panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court’s decision Friday blocking the Trump administration’s work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

Commentary: Will We Have a Justice Department or a ‘Just Us’ Department?

February 17, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The news Friday that the Department of Justice had decided not to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe got me thinking once again about the legend chiseled into the façade of the Supreme Court: “Equal Justice Under Law.”

Commentary: Will We Have a Justice Department or a ‘Just Us’ Department?

February 17, 2020February 16, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Ginsburg Says It’s Too Little, Too Late for Equal Rights Amendment

February 12, 2020February 11, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg urged supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Monday to begin the amendment process anew, rather than reviving a ratification campaign that has been dormant since the 1980s.

Commentary: President Trump and the Republicans’ Lasting Legacy in the Judiciary

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

One of the effects of the Senate impeachment’s abrupt conclusion in President Donald Trump’s favor is that the Republican Senate can get right on with the business of confirming constitutionalists to federal court, of which Trump recently touted 191 having been confirmed.

Salem Books Will Publish Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Jack Phillips’ Memoir, ‘The Baker’

February 4, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Salem Books – an imprint of Regnery Publishing – will publish Jack Phillips’ memoir, The Baker. Phillips became a household name in 2012 after the Colorado pastry chef refused to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple. The lawsuit was eventually argued in front of the Supreme Court, who decided 7-2 in favor of Phillips.

Justice Gorsuch Compared Nationwide Injunctions to the One Ring From ‘Lord of the Rings’

January 29, 2020January 28, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Justice Neil Gorsuch invoked J.R.R. Tolkien’s tri-part epic “The Lord of the Rings” in a Monday concurrence that suggested the Supreme Court may need to curtail the use of nationwide injunctions.

Trump Admin to ‘Fully Implement’ Immigrant Public Charge Rule After Supreme Court Victory

January 29, 2020January 28, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Trump administration will move forward with a rule barring green cards to immigrants who’ve used government benefits following a victory at the nation’s highest court.

Supreme Court Ruling Could Allow Public Money to Be Used for Religious Schools in Montana

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020 Jordyn Pair

The U.S Supreme Court is heard a case on Wednesday that could open doors to public money paying for religious private schools in Montana.

The Supreme Court Won’t Rush Obamacare Case, Dealing Setback for Democrats

January 22, 2020January 21, 2020 Admin

The Supreme Court will not fast-track two petitions that ask the high court to again review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Supreme Court to Decide on ‘Faithless Elector’ Bans, ACA Contraception Mandate

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Supreme Court took up two high-profile disputes Friday as it rounds out its docket for the 2019-2020 term, agreeing to decide on the Trump administration’s bid to enforce exemptions from the Obamacare contraception mandate for religious dissenters, and whether state laws punishing “faithless” presidential electors are unconstitutional.

Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court Not to Fast-Track Obamacare Challenge

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

The Trump administration told the Supreme Court there is no reason to fast-track its consideration of two petitions seeking review of a lower court decision that struck down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Justice Ginsburg, a Four-Time Cancer Survivor, Says She’s ‘Cancer Free’

January 12, 2020January 11, 2020 Admin

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is opening the new decade with a positive health prognosis.

Supreme Court Orders Fast Response in Obamacare Challenge

January 9, 2020January 8, 2020 Admin

The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration and a coalition of red states Monday to respond by Friday to a petition asking the justices to immediately take up a challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Keith Ellison Asks Supreme Court to Review ‘Illogical And Chaotic’ ACA Decision

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has joined a coalition of 19 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent decision that found the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in a…

Democrats Press Supreme Court for Quick Decision to Save Obamacare

January 4, 2020January 3, 2020 Admin

A coalition of blue states and congressional Democrats asked the Supreme Court Friday to salvage the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, after a federal appeals court declared it unconstitutional.

Collin Peterson Joins Republicans in Asking Supreme Court to ‘Reconsider’ Roe v. Wade

January 3, 2020January 2, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

All three of Minnesota’s Republican members of Congress along with Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) joined more than 200 of their colleagues in asking the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to “reconsider” Roe v. Wade.