Conservative justices might be the party’s final bulwark against a changing electoral landscape.
It’s about the fundamentals of how American government works.
Amid mounting protests, the court blocked a motion to stop President Nicolas Maduro from instituting legislative changes that favor his government.
All Americans, not only the Supreme Court justices, have a role in deciding what the Constitution requires.
Moderate justices (read: Kennedy) may hesitate to call same-sex marriage a constitutional right. But these briefs written by military and business leaders may give them a more modest way to strike down the Act.
The conservative justices seem prepared to decide Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, a case that could harm public sector unions, without so much as a factual record.
Over the past half century, the Supreme Court’s empathy for the poor has been replaced by hostility.
The case revolves around one white man’s claim that he was discriminated against in favor of blacks, but far more is at stake in the deliberations now getting under way before the Supreme Court of the United States. Is America ever really going to be the Land of Opportunity for all its citizens?
Despite a crippling decision by the Supreme Court, unions say they have a plan forward.