Tag: US Supreme Court

Biden signs executive order on abortion access

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on abortion access, as the issue continues to divide the society.

July 9, 2022

Widespread protests in US over tweaking of abortion laws

The verdict takes away a woman's legal right to abortion generally borne out of a decision to terminate pregnancy on grounds of rape, incest or deformities of the embryo in the womb.

June 27, 2022

US Supreme Court overturns fundamental right to abortion

Codifying the abortion rights through a legislation by congress is the only option now and that is only possible with more Democrats in both chambers.

June 24, 2022

Historic nomination

The nomination is historic for more than one reason. If she is confirmed, four women will sit together on the nine-member court for the first time. “For too long, our government, our court hasn't looked like America,” Mr Biden said on Friday. “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the full talent and greatness of our nation.”

February 28, 2022

US Supreme Court to hear Biden argument to end Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico policy’

Migrant shelters on the Mexican side of the border became overwhelmed and migrants themselves faced extortion or were kidnapped by criminal gangs.

February 19, 2022

The final No

Texas had taken the plea that changes made by the four states in voting procedures to expand the scope of mail-in voting during the coronavirus epidemic were illegal. It had asked the court to stop the states from using the results to appoint presidential electors to the Electoral College, which will formally pick – and announce – the winner this week.

December 14, 2020

US Supreme Court denies request by Pennsylvania’s Republicans to immediately halt counting of ballots

Samuel Alito ordered Pennsylvania in the meantime to continue keeping the late-arriving ballots separate, affirming a decision already made by the state's top elections official.

November 7, 2020

Trump calls 2020 election ‘fraud’, says he’ll go to SC

Without providing any evidence and despite millions of votes yet to be counted, the President said: "This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country.Frankly we did win this election." Trump added that he would go to the US Supreme Court and wanted "all voting to stop".

November 4, 2020

‘Momentous day for America’: Donald Trump hails Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation

The US Senate confirmed conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett as the Supreme Court's newest justice Monday.

October 27, 2020

Turning To The Courts

If the US Supreme Court again has to decide who should be President, it will only diminish its stature and accentuate fissures in the country

October 22, 2020

One last dance on the Titanic?

Biden is taking no chances this time round. He leads in all three states. Florida has always been a swing state, and it’s a neck and neck race out there. Surprisingly, in the conservative state of Texas, Trump leads by just one point.

October 16, 2020

Tyranny of the majority

She is Amy Barrett, Donald Trump’s third pick for the US Supreme Court. She is a fierce conservative, a devout Catholic, who doesn’t believe in abortion rights. With her on the bench, the Republicans will soon have a 6-3 supermajority on the court. Abortion rights are shorrly slated to be wrong forever.

October 3, 2020

US Supreme Court allows first federal executions of prisoners in 17 years

Four federal executions were scheduled but a district court judge had suspended them to allow for legal challenges to the lethal injection that was to be used.

July 14, 2020

US SC Justice Ginsburg returns to work from hospital bed

They considered a case relating to the Affordable Care Act and another relating to federal law on automated calls.

May 7, 2020

US Supreme Court to hear Donald Trump tax returns cases next year

Jay Sekulow, Trump's personal attorney, said in a statement, "We are pleased that the Supreme Court granted reviews of the president three pending cases".

December 14, 2019

US man in same-sex marriage sues Japan government for long-term visa

According to Japanese law, foreign nationals married to Japanese in heterosexual marriages are granted long-term residence status upon arrival in Japan, but those in same-sex marriages are not.

September 12, 2019

Donald Trump can spend military funds on wall with Mexico: US Supreme court

The $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds at play in the Supreme Court ruling were part of that repurposed money.

July 27, 2019