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Supreme Court sounds wary of weakening Section 230 to allow lawsuits against internet giants

WASHINGTON — Several Supreme Court justices said Tuesday they were wary of allowing lawsuits against YouTube and other social media firms over algorithms they use to direct users to related content — even if that encourages terrorists or promotes illegal conduct.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court cautious during arguments on internet liability law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared reluctant Tuesday to get ahead of Congress on a 1996 law on immunity for internet companies.

Roll Call

The Supreme Court at the 2023 State of the Union

President Biden goes off script on abortion.

Reason

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Editorial: A North Carolina case imperils the US electoral process. The Supreme Court can’t let that happen

Perhaps the first time you heard the phrase “checks and balances” was in middle school civics class. Not surprising, since it’s a cornerstone of American democracy. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government act as counterweights to each other, so that no single branch dominates.

Chicago Tribune

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Warren is 5th justice with Navy ship

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren’s name is on the U.S. Navy’s newest fuel ship

The Independent UK

Justices weigh in on case of deaf Michigan student denied interpreter

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case over whether a deaf student deprived of a qualified sign-language interpreter for 12 years may sue his Michigan school district for damages.

Tribune News Service

U.S. Supreme Court considers narrowing federal protections for unions

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with a labor dispute that could narrow federal protections for unions by making it easier for employers to sue over strikes that result in damage to company property.

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Abolish the Supreme Court Shadow Docket

Justice Kagan is right.

Reason

Commentary: Antonin Scalia and the uncertain future of legal conservatism

During her 2010 Senate confirmation hearings, centrist-liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan famously allowed that “we are all originalists.” In a 2015 interview at Harvard Law School honoring her then-colleague Justice Antonin Scalia, Kagan proclaimed that “we are all textualists now.”

Chicago Tribune

Five ways the US Supreme Court reshaped policy in 2022

The court’s new conservative majority issued rulings over the past year on abortion, gun rights, religion and more.

Al Jazeera

Should Justices Sotomayor and Kagan Retire?

A progressive makes the case the two justices should step down within the next two years so that President Biden may appoint their successors with a Democratic Senate.

Reason

Supreme Court upholds California ban on sale of flavored tobacco products

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-minute plea from the tobacco industry and cleared the way for California to enforce a statewide ban on the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.

Los Angeles Times

Alito "jokes" of Black kids in KKK hoods

Alito later joked about Ashley Madison, a dating site that helps people have affairs

Salon

Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s other conservative revolution

The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious transformation of the judiciary’s job. Put simply, the justices are placing themselves…

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Justice Samuel Alito under fire for KKK joke during Supreme Court oral arguments: ‘You can’t make this up’

Observers called his comments ‘really upsetting’

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court hears arguments challenging LGBTQ rights law

A Colorado website designer has requested exemption from a state law that could compel her to serve same-sex marriages.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court wrestles over Biden’s immigration enforcement policy

The Biden administration instructed immigration agents to focus on deporting undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of felonies or pose a danger to public safety. Texas filed a lawsuit saying the change was illegal.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court appears divided in Texas case over Biden immigration policies

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration painted a bleak picture Tuesday of what would happen if the Supreme Court sides with Texas and rules federal laws trump prosecutorial discretion in certain immigration enforcement cases.

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Supreme Court weighs funding in immigration enforcement case - Roll Call

The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to revive guidelines narrowing enforcement priorities for immigration agents.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mend affirmative action, don’t end it

University professors are far from being the mirror image of the 21st century ethnic and racial demographics of our society and of the students we all teach.

The Independent UK

High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row case

A lawyer for a man on Arizona’s death row has told the U.S. Supreme Court that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court justices battle over race as a factor in college admissions

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court showed deep divides over race-conscious university admissions while questioning lawyers in cases that could transform college campuses and overturn decades-old precedents.

The Independent UK

Justices’ past affirmative action views, in their own words

A Supreme Court that is the most diverse in history will hear two cases Monday challenging the use of affirmative action in higher education

The Independent UK

Arizona GOP chair accused of ‘aiding a coup attempt’ by January 6 committee

The January 6 Committee accused Dr Ward of playing a pivotal part in spreading the false narrative of a stolen election

The Independent UK

Justice Kagan blocks Jan 6 subpoena for Arizona GOP official’s phone records

Republican Party official is among ‘fake electors’ targeted by House committee’s investigation

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