• Atlantic Magazine Begs Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Retire from Supreme Court

    Imagine being not yet seventy years old and being told, not exactly politely, that in the interest of liberalism you have to be put out to pasture. When that message went out to Justice Stephen Breyer in 2021, he was at least over eighty when the leftists told him his time was up on the Supreme Court. With Justice Sonia Sotomayor, despite being over ten years younger than Breyer when he retired, Josh Barro writing for The Atlantic announced that it was time for her to withdraw in the interest of...

  • Atlantic Magazine Begs Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Retire from Supreme Court

    Imagine being not yet seventy years old and being told, not exactly politely, that in the interest of liberalism you have to be put out to pasture. When that message went out to Justice Stephen Breyer in 2021, he was at least over eighty when the leftists told him his time was up on the Supreme Court. With Justice Sonia Sotomayor, despite being over ten years younger than Breyer when he retired, Josh Barro writing for The Atlantic announced that it was time for her to withdraw in the interest of...

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    What the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on abortion medication is about

    Nearly two years after a momentous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court helped restrict abortion access, the top court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case involving access to the abortion medication mifepristone. Tens of thousands currently get the pills by mail in order to terminate a pregnancy.

  • What to Know: The U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that would decide access to one of the two pills used for medication abortions – the most common type of abortion in the U.S.The case centers around the Food and Drug Administration's expansion of access to mifepristone, including allowing mail-orders. Medical groups who oppose abortion alleged the agency acted unlawfully when it relaxed the rules.The court isn’t expected to make a decision on the case until the...

  • Breyer indicates support for age limits for Supreme Court Justices

    Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Sunday that he would back age limits for justices, claiming the controversial policy would have helped his own decision-making about his retirement

  • And justice for all: U.S. court throws out Metallica insurance claim

    Heavy metal legends Metallica have lost a lawsuit against their insurers over Covid-era losses, with the judge quoting Taylor Swift in her ruling.The "Enter Sandman" four-piece had wanted $3 million to cover bills after concerts in South America had to be canned in 2020 as the coronavirus raced around the world.But their insurers, Lloyd's of London, denied their claim, saying it did not have to pay out in cases where communicable diseases had caused the losses.Frontman James Hetfield and his...

  • 5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

    U.S. Supreme Court justices did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

  • 5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

    U.S. Supreme Court justices did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

  • U.S. Supreme Court hearing case about abortion pill access

    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago

  • Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court’s Direction

    Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s Supreme Court chambers are not quite as grand as those he occupied before he retired in 2022, but they are still pretty nice. As before, they include a working fireplace, which was crackling when I went to visit him on a temperate afternoon in late February to talk about his new book. In earlier interviews, Justice Breyer could be rambling and opaque. This time he was direct. He said he meant to sound an alarm about the direction of the Supreme Court. “Something...

  • U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas case on politically motivated arrests

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a Texas case in which a former council member sued the city of Castle Hills, arguing that she was arrested in retaliation for criticizing the city manager.

  • U.S. Supreme Court again extends its freeze on Texas' 'show me your papers' law

    The U.S. Supreme Court has for the second time extended its stay of a controversial Texas law that would allow state and local police to arrest people they suspect of crossing the border illegally. In a Monday filing, Justice Samuel Alito extended a pause on the legislation as the court weighs an emergency application from the Biden White House to block the law. Unlike the two previous stays issued by the high court, this one doesn't end at a set time but rather when Alito or the full...