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June 28, 2021

SCOTUS vacates ruling that said officers used reasonable force in pinning prisoner before he died

Days after Derek Chauvin was sentenced for murdering George Floyd by kneeling on him until he died, the Supreme Court vacated a ruling in Lombardo v. City of St. Louis that had said officers acted reasonably when engaging in similar behavior.

June 28, 2021

Virginia transgender student wins as Supreme Court rebuffs bathroom appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a major transgender rights case, leaving in place a lower court's ruling that a Virginia public school board acted unlawfully in preventing transgender student Gavin Grimm from using a bathroom at his high school that corresponded with his gender identity.

June 28, 2021

Colin Reed: Protecting donor privacy – Supreme Court has chance to protect charity supporters from harassment

In a recent stunt, Whitehouse even denigrated the majority of the Supreme Court – which was confirmed by a majority of the U.S. Senate in which he serves – as "servants of right-wing dark money interests."

June 27, 2021

New Cal State LA ethnic studies dean previously said she hopes Clarence Thomas 'dies early'

Julianne Malveaux, the incoming dean of Cal State University Los Angeles' newly created College of Ethnic Studies, has previously said she hopes 73-year-old, conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dies an early death.

June 25, 2021

Dr. Robert Jeffress: Targeting religious liberty -- Why no faith is safe under the Biden administration

There is a case working its way through the court system right now focused on the Department of Education’s religious exemption to Title IX.

June 23, 2021

Supreme Court issues blow to unions in California case about farm property rights

The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Wednesday ruled that a California law allowing union organizers access to farms to organize workers is unconstitutional because it in effect deprives farm owners of their property rights without just compensation.

June 23, 2021

Jonathan Turley: Supreme Court sides with cheerleader -- 8-1 ruling a great victory for free speech

Brandi Levy, the cheerleader in Mahonoy v. B.L, was denied the right to swear a blue streak after being rejected for the varsity squad at her high school.

June 23, 2021

Supreme Court: Mortgage overseer structure unconstitutional

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the structure of the agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Me and Freddie Mac violates separation of powers principles in the Constitution.

June 23, 2021

Supreme Court limits when police can enter home without warrant

The Supreme Court on Wednesday put limits on when police officers pursuing a fleeing suspect can enter a home without a warrant.

June 23, 2021

Supreme Court rules school wrong to punish cheerleader for profane Snapchat rant in 8-1 free speech decision

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 that a Pennsylvania high school was in the wrong when it kicked a cheerleader off of her team for a profane Snapchat post that she made off of school grounds.