Daily Supreme Court News Briefing - August 14, 2024

🗽Supreme Court updates to help us hold our leaders accountable. A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2024

People Power United declares the Supreme Court has become unhinged.

In response to recent Supreme Court shenanigans, People Power United - a progressive grassroots group - issued the following statement:

“The Supreme Court has become unhinged. There is no power like that of the people, and People Power United stands ready to protect our communities against any and all injustices,” said Laurie Woodward García of People Power United.

People Power United will continue to oppose such harm to our community and champion civil rights for all.

Daily Supreme Court News Briefing

General 

Newsweek: Amy Coney Barrett Leaves Supreme Court Guessing

• Katherine Fung writes about Justice Barrett as a “swing” vote who is not always convinced by right-wing legal arguments. 

The Hill: Has the Supreme Court made the Jan. 6 case against Trump impossible?

• Kimberly Wehle writes about the impacts of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling on Donald Trump’s election case, noting that the Court not only delayed the case by taking so long to rule, but has now added months, if not years worth, of questions that need to be resolved. 

The Hill: Most women oppose leaving abortion laws to the states, across party lines: poll

• Nathaniel Weixel reports that new KFF polling found that “three quarters of reproductive age women in the United States oppose letting states decide whether abortion is legal, including large majorities of Democrats and independents.” 

MSNBC: Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from Elon Musk's advertiser lawsuit

• Jordan Rubin reports that an effort by Elon Musk to judge shop in his advertiser lawsuit was thwarted by Judge Reed O’Connor recusing himself from the case because of his investments in Tesla stock. 

New Requests and Appeals

The Hill: Biden administration asks Supreme Court to revive terror victims’ suits against Palestinian Authority

• Zach Schonfeld reports that the Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to “uphold a 2019 law that would allow terror victims’ lawsuits against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to move forward.” 

CNN: Biden administration asks Supreme Court to lift latest block on student loan repayment plan

• Devan Cole and Katie Lobosco report that on Monday the Department of Education asked the Supreme Court to lift an appeals court ruling blocking the SAVE plan from going into effect. 

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