The Supreme Court in June agreed to decide whether the Trump administration lawfully canceled a program created by executive fiat by President Obama in 2012 that protected immigrants brought into the country illegally as children — popularly dubbed Dreamers — from deportation and be provided work permits. Prior to that, such persons were subject to deportation by law. The … [Read more...]
Appeal denied for man on death row for 5 Nevada murders
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — The state Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a 31-year-old death row inmate convicted of murdering five northern Nevada residents during a 2013 rural Mother’s Day weekend rampage. Jeremiah Bean initially agreed to plead guilty to the slayings in a deal that would have spared him the death penalty, but later changed his … [Read more...]
Gorsuch portends return of court to Scalia reaction
“I won’t ever forget that the seat I inherit is that of a very, very great man, Antonin Scalia.” — Justice Neil Gorsuch Perhaps that epigraph says all you need to know about Justice Gorsuch. His confirmation by the Senate metaphorically returned Scalia to the Supreme Court. President Trump’s appointment of Gorsuch hurts most Americans, bringing back the reactionary 5 … [Read more...]
Poison Annie’s revenge
Let’s get this out of the way upfront. With respect to Tsar Donaldo Vladimirovitch’s first supreme court appointee, I will not ask if the fruit can fall far from the tree. “If you want to attack Anne Gorsuch Burford, the first woman appointed as the head of the EPA, now deceased, and impute her alleged sins to her son, a distinguished jurist of impeccable reputation, then … [Read more...]
Court ‘Saves’ Nation On LGBT but Some States Balk
The Supreme Court has rescued the country from moral insensitivity in cases dealing with gay marriage, lesbianism, abortion, bisexuality and gender change. But some state legislatures have yet to get the message. The struggle for civil rights never ends, as Martin Luther King knew. One recalcitrant on Supreme Court rulings is North Carolina. It is continuing a disgraceful … [Read more...]
Supreme Court bares its anti-union bias
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts has long shown its conservative biases. Its latest bias: fierce anti-unionism. Law professors often write articles about the shortcomings of the federal judicial system but never get to the root of the problem. Namely, Supreme Court justices are lawyers. Lawyers are legalistic, not humanistic. They are narrow-minded. They … [Read more...]