Essay: Do homeless people have constitutional rights?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, author KEVIN NYE says that overwhelmingly, faith groups who filed briefs in the US Supreme Court case Johnson v Grants Pass did so against criminalising homelessness…
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, rejecting a bid to block it by President Joe Biden’s administration. The court has a six-to-three conservative majority, and its three liberal […]
Trump wins Colorado ballot disqualification case at US Supreme Court
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot. The justices unanimously overturned a 19th December decision by Colorado’s top court to kick the former […]
US Supreme Court to decide Trump criminal immunity claim in 2020 election case
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, giving him a boost as he tries to delay criminal prosecutions while running to regain the presidency. The justices put on hold the criminal case being pursued […]
Alabama prepares to carry out first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
Atmore, Alabama Reuters Alabama was preparing on Thursday to carry out the first execution of a condemned prisoner using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, a new method the state hopes to advance as a simpler alternative to lethal injections. Kenneth Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, is a rare prisoner who has already survived one execution […]
Under fire, US Supreme Court unveils ethics code for justices
Updated: 3pm (AEDT)Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court on Monday announced its first formal code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of its nine justices, bowing to months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips and hobnobbing with wealthy benefactors. The new code drew mixed reviews, with some critics noting the […]
US Supreme Court won’t revive law targeting federal gun curbs
Washington DC, USReuters The US Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a Missouri law that bars state and local officials from enforcing certain federal gun restrictions that the Republican-crafted law had claimed to nullify for violating firearms rights protected by the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration, the justices […]
Essay: With overturning of affirmative action, Asian Americans became political pawns. Again
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JESSICA WAI-FONG WONG, says in the wake of the racial reckoning of 2020, Asian Americans are being used, once again, to undermine Black political demands for change…
Essay: The US Supreme Court’s colourblindness
US pastor and academic CHERYL TOWNSEND GILKES says it’s a different colourblindness than the one envisioned in Martin Luther King, Jr’s, ‘Dream’ speech….
US Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples
Washington DC, USAP In a defeat for gay rights, the US Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. One of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent that the decision’s effect is to “mark gays and lesbians for […]