"The trial of peaceful reformers in a terrorism court underlines the political nature of this court."
On March 9, 1964, a unanimous Supreme Court reversed a libel verdict against The New York Times in a case brought by Alabama officials who complained about a civil rights advertisement in the paper. The First Amendment, thankfully, hasn't been the same since.
So said Senator Lindsey Graham on Fox News Sunday. The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “will give great deference to Roe v. Wade,” Graham predicted. “But it can be overturned, like every other decision.”
Equal protection, age discrimination, and campaign finance are on the menu—and that’s just for October.
HB2 doesn’t just repeal LGBT civil-rights laws; it bars passing new ones. The Supreme Court calls that “animus.”
The U.S. Supreme Court justice was distinguished by the clarity of his constitutional vision—and his willingness to fight for it.
The justices split 4-4 on the Obama administration’s 2014 immigration plan, effectively blocking it.