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Guns are on Supreme Court's agenda days after mass shootings
Read full article: Guns are on Supreme Court's agenda days after mass shootingsFILE - In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON โ A possible expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court's agenda, days after mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia. The appeal comes from New York, which gun rights groups say is among eight states that make it difficult if not virtually impossible for people to get permits to carry guns in public. Unclear is whether the recent mass shootings will affect the court's consideration of the case. โThe justices may be more reluctant to take a big Second Amendment case right now," Winkler said.
Biden could change course in high court health care case
Read full article: Biden could change course in high court health care caseFILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The pending Supreme Court case on the fate of the Affordable Care Act could give the Biden administration its first opportunity to chart a new course in front of the justices. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON โ The pending Supreme Court case on the fate of the Affordable Care Act could give the Biden administration its first opportunity to chart a new course in front of the justices. โThe Biden administration is going to have to realize theyโre making arguments to a reasonably conservative court,โ he said. In one case, Trump was unhappy with the money Congress allotted for construction of a wall along the Mexican border.
Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraud
Read full article: Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraudTrump loyalists have filed at least 15 legal challenges in Pennsylvania alone in an effort to reclaim the stateโs 20 electoral votes. In court, his lawyers must walk a precarious line between advocating for their client and upholding their professional oath. โThereโs a nonzero number of people in the room,โ campaign lawyer Jerome Marcus replied. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., insists the president is โ100% within his rights" to look into fraud allegations and pursue his legal options. Trump aides and allies have privately admitted as much, suggesting the challenges are designed more to stoke his base.
Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraud
Read full article: Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraudTrump loyalists have filed at least 15 legal challenges in Pennsylvania alone in an effort to reclaim the stateโs 20 electoral votes. In court, his lawyers must walk a precarious line between advocating for their client and upholding their professional oath. โThereโs a nonzero number of people in the room,โ campaign lawyer Jerome Marcus replied. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., insists the president is โ100% within his rights" to look into fraud allegations and pursue his legal options. Trump aides and allies have privately admitted as much, suggesting the challenges are designed more to stoke his base.
Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?
Read full article: Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?Yes, the Trump administration is asking the high court to throw out the Obama-era healthcare law, and if she is confirmed quickly Barrett could be on the Supreme Court when the court hears the case. Democrats also repeatedly brought up words Barrett wrote in 2017, when she was a law professor, criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts' 2012 opinion saving the Affordable Care Act. Barrett wrote that Roberts had "pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute." But the court could simply โseverโ the mandate from the law and leave the rest of the law alone. One other key observer of the case suggested the Affordable Care Act would likely stand.
Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?
Read full article: Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?Yes, the Trump administration is asking the high court to throw out the Obama-era healthcare law, and if she is confirmed quickly Barrett could be on the Supreme Court when the court hears the case. Democrats also repeatedly brought up words Barrett wrote in 2017, when she was a law professor, criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts' 2012 opinion saving the Affordable Care Act. Barrett wrote that Roberts had "pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute." But the court could simply โseverโ the mandate from the law and leave the rest of the law alone. One other key observer of the case suggested the Affordable Care Act would likely stand.
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Election-year retirement unlikely
Read full article: SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Election-year retirement unlikelyIn this March 26, 2009 file photo, Connecticut state Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer, center, questions attorneys at the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford, Conn. Palmer, who authored the landmark Connecticut Supreme Court rulings that legalized same-sex marriage and abolished the state's death penalty, is stepping down after 27 years on the high court. (AP Photo/Bob Child, Pool)WASHINGTON The last time a Supreme Court justice announced his retirement in a presidential election year, most of the current justices were too young to vote. The nomination to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren failed in that turbulent year, and no justice has retired in an election year since. Charles Cooper, who argued the S&Ls' case at the Supreme Court, recalled that a resolution was urgently needed because scores of copy-cat cases had been clogging" court dockets for years. When Burger was chief justice, from 1969 to 1986, the court routinely kept working into July, even past Independence Day.