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Gigi Hadid rocked it in Dylanlex while hosting the 2016 iHeartRADIO MuchMusic Video Awards a… Read More
The looming Election and the Supreme Court will converge in the coming months as Voting Rights challenges on issues such as Voter ID, Early Vote Cutbacks and Same-Day Registration make their… Read More
Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, at University of California, Irvine School of Law. He wrote this on the SCOTUSBl… Read More
Prisoners can be counted in population totals for determining a voting district, even though they can’t cast ballots in the place where they’re being held. That's what an Appeals… Read More
"Ruth Bader Ginsburg on becoming ‘Notorious'" PBS NewsHour 10/10/2016One of my heroes.ExcerptSUMMARY: For the latest NewsHour Bookshelf, Gwen Ifill sits down with Supreme Court J… Read More
When Luis Ramon Morales-Santana was born in 1962 in the Dominican Republic, his parents were not married. Morales-Santana’s father was a U.S. Citizen, but his mother was not. For Moral… Read More
Today, the Supreme Court struck down two North Carolina Congressional Districts, Ruling that Lawmakers had Violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on Race in Drawing them.
The Cour… Read More
Arnold Schwarzenegger is used to blowing things up. Now, the former action hero and Ex-California Governor is taking on something vastly less cinematic, but no less daunting, Redistricting R… Read More
Early this week, the Supreme Court, over the Dissent of the Court’s Four more Liberal Justices, Granted Texas’ Request to put On Hold Two Lower Court Orders that had Invalidated… Read More
Tonight a divided Supreme Court put On Hold a set of Lower Court Orders that would require the Federal Government to turn over additional Documents related to the Trump Administration’… Read More
The Supreme Court partly granted on Tuesday a Request from North Carolina Republicans to Block a Voting Map drawn by a Federal Court there. That Court had interceded after finding that a Map… Read More
Since October 2017, the Supreme Court has heard Oral Argument in Two Major Redistricting Battles, involving Allegations of Partisan Gerrymandering in Wisconsin and Maryland. When the Justice… Read More
"In ‘RBG,’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks back on a life spent working for equality" PBS NewsHour 5/4/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: The documentary "RBG" is a look at perhaps the most unl… Read More
South Dakota v. Wayfair (argued April 17th, 2018): This is another Case that asks the Supreme Court to Overturn its longstanding Precedent, a 26-year-old Decision holding that the Constituti… Read More
Legislative Updates
Minnesota: The Tower City Council has Approved giving a Letter of Reprimand to Tower City Clerk-Treasurer Linda Keith as well as requiring her to Pay any Fines stemming… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court announced New Circuit Assignments Oct. 19th, as it does whenever a New Justices joins the Court.
The Circuit Assignments Designate to which Justices Applications shou… Read More
Republican Brian Kemp Resigned Thursday as Georgia's Secretary of State, a day after his Campaign said he's Captured enough Votes to become Governor, even though his Election Rival is Not Co… Read More
The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to say Charging someone on Federal and State Levels for the Same Crime doesn't Violate Constitutional Protections against Double Jeopardy.
The Case involved Ter… Read More
The Supreme Court has Ruled against the Virginia House of Delegates in a Racial Gerrymandering Case that represents a Victory for Democrats in the State.
In the 5-4 Ruling, the Justices fou… Read More
United States Supreme Court Judge Ruth Ginsburg hospitalisedUnited States Supreme Court Judge Ruth Ginsburg hospitalised
Days after suffering chills and a fever, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbur… Read More
A Divided Supreme Court, on Monday, Allowed the Trump Administration to put in place a Policy Connecting the Use of Public Benefits with whether Immigrants could become Permanent Residents… Read More
Three tubs of Absentee Ballots that never reached Voters were discovered in a Postal Center outside Milwaukee. At least 9,000 Absentee Ballots requested by Voters were Never Sent, and others… Read More
The Supreme Court overturned a Louisiana Jury’s Conviction of a Defendant because the Decision was Not Unanimous. The Court ruled 6-3 in Ramos v. Louisiana that "if the Sixth Amendment… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alaska: The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has Overturned a Veto from Mayor Charlie Pierce on Ordinance 20-24 that would Allow the Borough to create a Hybrid Vote by M… Read More
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, July, 9th, that a Large Swath of Oklahoma belongs to Native American Tribes in a huge Win for a Reservation that Challenged the State's Authority to Pros… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, July, 16th, Blocked Several Hundred Thousand Florida Felons from Exercising their New Voting Rights in next month's Primary, unless they have Paid-Off their F… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Friday July 31st, turned down a Plea from Opponents of President Trump’s Border Wall to Order a Temporary Stop to Construction. By a Vote of 5-4, the justices Dec… Read More
The Supreme Court has Extended its Unbroken String of Rulings against making it Easier to be part of the Democratic Process during the Pandemic.
The Justices, on Tuesday August 11th, Blocke… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Monday Oct. 5th, will kick off a New Term, with Eight Justices, hearing a Bid to Reinstate Voting Limits in Arizona that were Struck own as Racially Biased and House De… Read More
In 1982, a young Laywer at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), wrote a Series of Memos Defending an Unorthodox Proposal to Limit the Power of the Supreme Court.
It was Nine years after t… Read More
The Supreme Court’s Decision Yesterday on Absentee Ballots in Pennsylvania offered a Preview of how the Court may Rule on the Raft of Voting-Rights Cases that are bound to show up on i… Read More
Under Normal circumstances, when an Election produces an Administration of a Different Political Party, the Solicitor General plays a Key role managing a wave of Potential Reversals on Certa… Read More
BE THE MAN, says an Advertisment for the Selective Service System. The Request is Not merely a Suggestion.
For Decades, Registering for the Selective Service, the Federal Agency that keeps… Read More
The Battle Lines have been drawn in the Voting Rights Wars as several Republican-led States consider ever Restrictive Laws and Democrats Fight a frantic Battle in Courts to Combat what Presi… Read More
The Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, said Prosecution of Native Americans for Crimes in the Expanded Indian Country Must be carried out in Federal and Tribal Co… Read More
Late last week, the Ninth Circuit issued its Decision in Thompson v. Hebdon, a Challenge to Alaska’s Campaign Finance Laws.
The Case was filed back in 2015, and the Supreme Court Rem… Read More
President Biden has decided to tap Elizabeth Prelogar, the Veteran Appellate Lawyer, who has pursued the Administration’s interests at the Supreme Court, over the past Seven months, to… Read More
Abortion Providers urged the Supreme Court, Monday, to Reject Mississippi's 15-week Prohibition on most Abortions, saying a Decision to Uphold it would “invite states to ban abortion e… Read More
Celebrate the tradition and legacy of theatre in Chicago from February 17-27 at Chicago Theatre Week 2022. With over 40 shows to see, Chicago Theatre Week offers discounted tickets ranging f… Read More
Kuwait announced a new government on Sunday, its seventh in three years of deep political crisis between parliament and the executive. Despite being the only Gulf Arab state to have an elect… Read More
The Good Place, a sitcom that tackled ethics and moral philosophy, was able to consistently switch things up across just four seasons. The show's creator, Michael Schur, initially did a deep… Read More