supreme court cases

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In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court today sided with clean water advocates in a case involving dumping pollutants into water. The Clean Water Act says that companies, or governments, or whoever, cannot dump pollutants into streams, lakes or oceans without a permit. On the island of Maui, a...

I don't normally post links to YouTube (other than for songs or short snippets) but this guy gives some really easy to understand explanations and only took 20 minutes to do so. He listed the following SCOTUS rulings in 2019: Allowing "profane" trademarks. Extending the ban on racist jury...

The Supreme Court announced today that they will take up the case of a Colorado baker next term. The baker, who makes custom cakes for weddings, refused to make a cake for a same sex marriage. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission determined that the baker was in violation of the Colorado civil...

I'm interested in exploring the decisions of the USA Supreme Court from its outset to the current day. I would pose four questions: 1. What is the worst SC decision? Use your own definition of "worst". 2. What is the best decision? Use your own definition of "best". 3. What SC decision has...

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-hobby-lobby-supreme-court-arguments/359539/ Supreme court heard oral arguments on hobby lobby and corporations religious rights. Hobby lobby is a public company - though closely held by a family- with 13000 employees...

As may have been discussed previously, President Obama decided in 2012 to appoint several people to positions in the National Labor Relations Board using his recess appointment power. He did this despite the fact the Senate was still technically in session, holding pro forma sessions every...

The Supreme Court of the US has declined to hear an appeal of a May 2013 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that stated the Arizona law that restricted abortions to no later than the 20th week is unconstitutional. The issue at hand was apparently that the Arizona law was unnecessarily...

The Supreme Court is expected to announce some big rulings soon on cases involving same-sex marriage. I'm not super knowledgeable of the details, but I think the main cases in question are: United States v. Windsor This could potentially strike down DOMA, or parts of DOMA and give legally...

I expect we will be hearing this decision shortly, and thought it ought to have its own thread. It may be that decision will be delayed until after the NYSE/NASDAQ close because this ruling could have MAJOR effect on trading stocks.

I posted this in another thread and someone there suggested I repost it with the inclusion of a poll. Sounded good to me, so here it is. Oral arguments concluded yesterday and the matter is now in the hands of the court. I am very interested to know what people here think is the most likely...

Just thought I'd start a new thread on this since oral argumentation began today. The issues they'll take up are: Monday: the issue of whether the Anti-Injunction Act applies (because if it does, the case can't go further until the mandate goes into effect and people are assessed the tax...

Tomorrow the Supreme Court is going to hear a case concerning whether lying about military service is protected speech. http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/21/justice/scotus-stolen-valor/ Personally, if the person is not trying to profit from their lies, then I don't think it should be illegal. In...

Linky... So with her not actually owning a business to be harmed, she can't really claim to be a victim of the onerous law that was threatening to ruin her business. But the best part of the article? Isn't that precious? She spends her days gardening while taking money from the Evil...

Are religious organizations able to exempt themselves from having their actions challenged in court? A parochial school teacher was fired, she says, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. She threatened to file a government complaint, and got canned. Why? Ostensibly she...

Back in 2001, there was a case involving a Washington D.C. nightclub owner by the name of Antoine Jones who was suspected of dealing cocaine. He was tracked for an entire month without a warrant via a GPS device attached to his vehicle. The information gathered from the vehicle was then used...

I report the tale first in another thread: I think this case deserves its own thread. A guy got tossed in the klink for 18 years, sitting 14 years on death row. Less than a month before he was to be put to death, evidence of prosecutorial misconduct surfaced. The convict (who apparently was a...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/02/scotus.westboro.church/index.html?hpt=C1 Don't like them. Don't like the ruling. But, the Constitution wins, as it should.

Supreme Court rules against parents in vaccine case Sotomayor and Ginsburg were in the minority, while Kagan recused herself. I don't know about the constitutional issues, but the result is the one I would agree with.

A case now pending before the United States Supreme Court involves issues of science. The case is Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano. In the court of oral arguments, the Court gets into questions relating to psychics, science, irrational people, homeopathy, satanic influence, and perhaps...