Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill - SCOTUSblog
Jun 13, 2024 · This article was updated on June 13 at 2:20 p.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit seeking to roll back access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that the doctors and medical groups challenging the expansion of access to the drug by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016 and 2021 lack a legal right to ...
Smith v. Arizona - SCOTUSblog
Jan 10, 2024 · Holding: When an expert conveys an absent lab analyst’s statements in support of the expert’s opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, then the statements come into evidence for their truth, and thus implicate the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.. Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by …
Court schedules first cases for 2024-25 term - SCOTUSblog
Jul 26, 2024 · The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate so-called “ghost guns” in the first week of the 2024-25 term in October, followed the next day by an unusual death-penalty case – in which the state’s attorney general supports the condemned man’s efforts to overturn his conviction and sentence.
Murthy v. Missouri - SCOTUSblog
Mar 18, 2024 · Holding: Respondents — two states and five individual social media users who sued executive branch officials and agencies, alleging that the government pressured the platforms to censor their speech in violation of the First Amendment — lack Article III standing to seek an injunction.. Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 6 …
The certiorari process: Seeking Supreme Court review
This election explainer was written by Amy Howe.It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State.. When the losing side in a case decided by a federal court of appeals (or a state’s highest court) wants the Supreme Court to weigh in, it files a brief (known as a “petition for certiorari” or a “cert petition”) asking the ...
Supreme Court rules states cannot remove Trump from ballot for ...
Mar 4, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states cannot disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. In an unsigned opinion, a majority of the justices held that only Congress – and not the states – can enforce Section 3 of the
October Term 2022 - SCOTUSblog
Holding: In a qui tam action filed under the False Claims Act, the United States may move to dismiss under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A) whenever it has intervened — whether during the seal period or later on; in assessing a motion to dismiss an FCA action over a relator’s objection, district courts should apply the rule generally governing voluntary dismissal of …
Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion
Jun 24, 2022 · This article was updated on June 24 at 3:11 p.m. The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade. The decision by Justice Samuel Alito will set off a seismic shift in reproductive rights across t
The Supreme Court and the president’s pardon power
Jan 1, 2021 · Correction appended. The Constitution gives the president the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.” In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, i
FAQs: Announcements of orders and opinions - SCOTUSblog
This page addresses some of the questions about orders and opinion announcements that we have commonly received during our live blogs. ORDERS. Question: What do you mean by orders? Answer: When we talk about orders or the order list, we are usually referring to the actions that the court took at its most recent conference, which are reflected in a document (the order list) that the court ...