Joan Biskupic
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What the Supreme Courtâs cryptic mail ballot ruling means for future elections | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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The Supreme Courtâs recent patchwork of election-related decisions gives the public scant clues of how the justices would act if faced with a crucial dispute this fall that would definitively settle which party controls Congress or what to expect in 2028. The justicesâ unsigned order Monday rejecting President Donald Trumpâs plan to let the US Postal Service possibly refuse to deliver ballots was cryptic. And an earlier June decision, similarly rejecting an attempt to foist new rules on ma
Inside the pipeline enshrining Trumpâs conservative legacy on the federal bench | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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Experience as a Supreme Court law clerk has long been a prized credential, now drawing signing bonuses up to $700,000 at law firms. But it has increasingly become a ticket to a judgeship of oneâs own, ensuring that long after the current justices are gone, like-minded protégés will be shaping the law in America. The coveted clerkships at the side of the countryâs most powerful jurists have become incubators for the right wing. Former clerks are at the vanguard of conservative causes center
John Roberts draws a line with Trump â over history | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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âThe White House is not just any building.â So said Chief Justice John Roberts, who has often deferred to Donald Trumpâs executive authority, but on Monday separated himself from the president and fellow Supreme Court conservatives to protest the colossal ballroom project. It was a rare dissent and remarkable break for the chief justice who has penned some of the most important opinions backing Trump, including the 2024 grant of immunity from criminal prosecution and last Juneâs decision
John Roberts is trying to send a message on Trump. His courtâs decisions send another | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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At the annual Supreme Court Historical Society dinner in June, Chief Justice John Roberts opened with a customary toast to the president of the United States. In past years, the dinner ritual held in the courtâs marble-columned Great Hall occurred without any disclaimer. But this year, the executive director of the Historical Society rose first to explain that the toast was part of a historic tradition, carried out through the decades for all who inhabit the White House. Only then did Roberts
How the Supreme Court has changed on transgender rights since 2020 | CNN Politics (opens the original)
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In 2020, when the Supreme Court declared that transgender workers were covered by federal anti-discrimination law, the opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch marked a legal breakthrough. The case extended Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to gay and lesbian workers as well transgender employees. Gorsuch, who uses a textualist method, wrote that the law barring discrimination âbecause of ⦠sexâ covered a transgender woman who was fired from her position at a Michigan funeral home. Th
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