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#Missouri & #Louisiana, & individual social media users, filed a lawsuit accusing the #Biden admin of violating the #FirstAmendment by operating a federal “#censorship enterprise” to #influence platforms to modify or remove posts related to #PublicHealth & #elections.
#law #disinformation
In a 6-3 ruling, the majority said the challengers did not have legal grounds — or #standing — to bring the case against the #Biden admin.
The case, known as #MurthyVMissouri, gave #SCOTUS an opportunity to shape how govt ofcls interact w/ #SocialMedia companies & communicate w/the #public online. The dispute is one of several before the justices this term that tests #Republican claims that social media companies are working w/ #Democratic allies to silence #conservative voices.
#law
The second & LAST #SCOTUS ruling for today is in Snyder v. U.S. The opinion is 6-3 w/ the court holding that federal #law does not make it a #crime for state & local officials to accept #gratuities for past acts.
James Snyder formerly served as mayor of Portage, Indiana. He was convicted of federal funds #bribery in violation of 18 USC § 666(a)(1)(B) for soliciting & accepting $13k in connection w/the city's purchases of garbage trucks, among other federal #crimes.
Back to the #SocialMedia #moderation / #FirstAmendment case, #MurthyVMissouri, the vote was 6 to 3, w/ Justice #ClarenceThomas, Samuel A. #Alito Jr. & Neil M. #Gorsuch in dissent.
Justice Alito wrote in the #dissent which begins on p35 of the pdf. Alito made a point to restate much of the evidence specifically naming Biden ofcls. He does not address the matter of “injury in fact” (#standing) until p50.
#SCOTUS #law #disinformation
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411_3dq3.pdf
1. #Trump v. #UnitedStates — Whether Trump is immune from prosecution for his efforts to stay in #power by overturning Joe #Biden’s election victory.
2.#Fischer v. United States — Whether prosecutors properly charged hundreds of #Jan6 defendants & Trump using a #law that makes it a #crime to #obstruct or impede an official proceeding —in this case, the disruption of Congress’s certification of Biden’s #2020election victory.
In 5 battleground states, county-level ofcls have tried to block the #certification of #vote tallies — which election experts worry is a test run for trying to thwart a #Biden victory.
#law #VotingRights #ElectionLaw #BigLie
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/26/certification-2024-election-results/
Trump allies test a new strategy for blocking election results
In five battleground states, county-level officials have tried to block the certification of vote tallies — which election experts worry is a test run for trying to thwart a Biden victory.Amy Gardner (The Washington Post)
"The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a proposed state-financed Catholic charter school, saying the first-of-its-kind religious public school violated the state and U.S. Constitution."
This is the right decision. The govt should not directly fund religious indoctrination.
I sure hope the Supreme Court does not get its christian nationalist hands on this case.
#law #lawFedi #lawProf #Religion #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Establishment #ChristianNationalism
Oklahoma court rejects proposed religious public charter school
The state Supreme Court said the first-of-its-kind school, approved last year by the charter school board, violated the state and U.S. constitution.Michelle Boorstein (The Washington Post)
How ‘#ProLife’ Lost all #Meaning
The #AntiAbortion movement may have won the battle 2 yrs ago w/ #Dobbs, but they’re losing the war—& turning an entire generation away from their cause.
By Charles Sykes
#law #UnitedStates #abortion #RoeVWade #ReproductiveHealthCare #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #BodilyAutonomy #freedom #CivilRights #HumanRights #BidenHarris2024
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/06/how-pro-life-lost-all-meaning/678784/
How ‘pro-life’ lost all meaning
The anti-abortion movement may have won the battle with Dobbs, but the war is just getting started.Charles Sykes (The Atlantic)
JFC
A #Texas woman has been charged w/attempted murder after she tried to drown a 3-yr-old girl in a swimming pool, police said, adding that they are recommending the incident be treated as a #HateCrime.
The TX Council on American-#Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest #Muslim #CivilRights grp, identified the girl as a Muslim of #Palestinian origin & the woman as a #White American….
#law #racism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/24/texas-drowning-child-euless/
Texas woman tried to drown 3-year-old in possible hate crime, police say
Elizabeth Wolf was charged with attempted murder. The child’s mother, whom a rights group identified as Palestinian American, told police that Wolf made “racial statements.”Leo Sands (The Washington Post)
Justice Sotomayor warns the conservative justices might overturn marriage equality using the same interpretations of Constitutional rights similar to how they just limited US Citizen and non-citizen married couples' Constitutional rights in a ruling.
#law #lgbtq #LGBTQIA #law #scotus #uspol
https://newrepublic.com/post/182960/supreme-court-sotomayor-non-citizens-marriage-munoz-obergefell
Sotomayor Issues Dire Warning on Supreme Court Ruling on Noncitizens
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented in the Supreme Court’s latest marriage ruling—and warned that same-sex marriage will be next on the chopping block.The New Republic
A Nevada judge dismisses charges against six Republicans accused of falsely declaring Donald Trump winner of state in 2020 U.S. presidential election.
The Nevada Independent reports: "Immediately after the ruling, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said the 'judge got it wrong' and that his office will appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court."
For ongoing coverage, follow @trump-legal-issues-ElectionCentral
#Trump #Nevada #FakeElectors #Election #USPolitics #Politics #Law #News
Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case over lack of jurisdiction
Judge Mary Kay Holthus was unconvinced that Clark County was the appropriate place to hear the case. The state cannot re-file in another county because of a statute of limitations but will appeal the ruling.Eric Neugeboren (The Nevada Independent)
#SCOTUS making #news today for the #work it did not do.
Every day that goes by on Trump’s absolute immunity claim w/o a decision, is a victory for #Trump. His strategy is to #delay. That way he can dismiss all federal charges against him if he wins.
#GiftArticle by Leah Litman:
Something’s Rotten About the Justices Taking So Long on Trump’s Immunity Case
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion/supreme-court-trump-immunity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.zLaW.zUjDebWiiRZ7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Sen #MarkKelly & fmr Rep #GabbyGiffords on Their #IVF Journey: '#Freedom to Start a #Family Is Under #Threat'
In an exclusive essay for PEOPLE, the married #Arizona lawmakers share how a #gunman stole their dreams of having a child together — & why they fear politicians will do the same to other #families
#ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #FamilyPlanning #WomensHealth #Health #PublicHealth #GunControl #law #SCOTUS
https://people.com/mark-kelly-gabby-giffords-ivf-reproductive-freedom-exclusive-essay-8664641
Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords on Their IVF Journey: 'Freedom to Start a Family Is Under Threat' (Exclusive)
In an exclusive essay for PEOPLE, Sen. Mark Kelly and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords share how a gunman stole their dreams of having a child together — and why they fear politicians will do the same to other familiesMark Kelly and Gabby Giffords (PEOPLE)
#Democrats seek to repeal #Comstock #abortion rule, fearing #Trump crackdown
Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal #law that #bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump admin could invoke the #ComstockAct to crack down on #AbortionAccess or effectively #ban the procedure altogether.
#MAGA #Republicans #extremism #Christian #evangelism #Congress #legislation #TrumpProofing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/20/comstock-abortion-repeal-tina-smith-senate/
Democrats seek to repeal Comstock abortion rule, fearing Trump crackdown
The Comstock Act, an 1873 law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, could be used by the GOP to restrict abortion nationwide.Dan Diamond (The Washington Post)
#SCOTUS upholds #Trump #tax provision on #offshore earnings
The Supreme Court on Thurs rejected a challenge to an obscure provision of rump’s 2017 tax package.
The one-time tax on offshore earnings helped fund the massive tax cut permitted under #Congress’s limited powers of #taxation.
Some viewed the lawsuit as an effort to preemptively block Congress from creating a #WealthTax.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/20/supreme-court-trump-offshore-tax-wealth-earnings/
Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax provision on offshore earnings
Some viewed the challenge to the one-time tax on offshore earnings as an effort to preemptively block Congress from creating a wealth tax.Ann E. Marimow (The Washington Post)
#ChristianNationalists Are Opening Private #Schools. #Taxpayers Are Funding Them.
#Trump’s favorite #Arizona #megachurch has one.
Earlier this month, #Trump held his first campaign rally as a convicted felon at #DreamCityChurch in #Phoenix, AZ, hosted by the arch-conservative student group #TurningPointUSA.
#ChurchAndState #law #politics #education #PublicFunds #UnitedStates #FarRight #evangelism #religion #vote
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/christian-nationalists-are-opening-private-schools-taxpayers-are-funding-them/
Christian nationalists are opening private schools. Taxpayers are funding them.
Trump's favorite Arizona megachurch has one.Mother Jones
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes
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ProPublica identified a group of connected #political nonprofits — with names like American Breast #Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled #Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers.
#News #Politics #Nonprofit #Law #IRS #FTC
https://www.propublica.org/article/political-nonprofits-fundraising-ftc-irs-527s-pacs
These Political Nonprofits Spend 90% of Donations on Fundraising
ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers.ProPublica
“It certainly seems like an issue that could be ripe for litigation because it’s right on its face discriminating against people for sexual orientation or #transgender status.”
Out today, from Kit @oconnell: Emails obtained from the #Texas Department of Agriculture reveal the turmoil caused by Sid Miller's transphobic dress code, which the Observer first revealed last year. https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #agriculture #transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #USpol #law
Transphobic Dress Code Prompted Turmoil in Agriculture Department, Emails Show
The Texas agency’s policy may be ripe for a lawsuit.Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
A college friend of Trump’s son Eric at Georgetown, he would become a swaggering TV surrogate for the 2016 Trump campaign before eventually serving as Trump’s unofficial chief #fixer & #legal strategist.
#law #ElectionLaw #democracy #TrumpCoupAttempt #Insurrection #Jan6
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/boris-epshteyn-arizona-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
A new report revealed #Trump’s disturbing penchant for #executing his #political enemies. His response is somehow even worse.
Fmr Trump comms dir #AlyssaFarahGriffin revealed that Trump called for the #execution of a staffer on several occasions during his time in the WH—& the disturbing news (& Trump’s even more troubling reaction) is already fading from headlines.
#law #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/182791/trump-execution-threats
Trump’s Ominous Reaction to Report He Wanted to Execute People
A new report revealed Donald Trump’s disturbing penchant for executing his political enemies. His response is somehow even worse.The New Republic
#Women are still being charged for #contraception even though federal #law dictates it should be free. The chair of the #Senate #health cmte wants a govt watchdog to investigate why.
Under the #ACA, health plans are required to provide #BirthControl to patients as a #preventive. Repeated probes have found that plans flout the law & #patients are asked to pay, Sen #BernieSanders said in a letter being sent Mon to the Govt #Accountability Office.
#ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/17/birth-control-free-sanders/
Bernie Sanders calls for investigation into contraception costs
The chair of the Senate’s health committee says women are still being charged for contraception that is supposed to be free under federal law.Dan Diamond (The Washington Post)
The #Biden admin plans to stop #businesses & #wealthy individuals from manipulating the value of #assets in arcane ways such as using the same assets over & over again to lower their taxes. (#Trump)
High-end business partnerships like hedge funds & wealthy individuals such as real estate investors have inappropriately used labyrinthine structures to shield tens of billions of dollars from taxation, #Treasury Dept ofcls said Mon.
#law #finance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/17/tax-basis-shifting-irs-partnerships/
Closing asset loophole could add billions to tax collections, IRS says
The Treasury Department plans to enact rules that would prevent certain large businesses from depreciating the same asset repeatedly.Julie Zauzmer Weil (The Washington Post)
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two #GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code
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The decisions came despite the Judicial Standards Commission’s recommendations to publicly reprimand the judges, and these are likely the only times in more than a decade in which the court didn’t follow the commission’s guidance.
#News #NorthCarolina #Law #Courts
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-republican-judges-violations
The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents’ #MentalHealth.
Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.
#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Deputy fatally shoots 7 starving, abandoned dogs
Arriving at a rural property, an #Arizona #sheriff’s deputy approaches a group of starving dogs behind a fence. Some are sleeping, others bark & wag their tails. The deputy lays out food & water to corral them, body-cam video shows.
The deputy then pulls out a gun & shoots them 1 by 1, killing 7, before dragging their bloodied bodies to his truck. He later dumped the bodies near RR tracks.
#law #DogsOfMastodon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/15/apache-county-arizona-dogs-shot/
Deputy fatally shoots seven starving, abandoned dogs
Animal advocates say the Apache County, Ariz., incident highlights the need for the area to address rampant pet hoarding and abandonment.Amber Ferguson (The Washington Post)
Court blocks enforcement of #TitleIX rules protecting transgender students
A federal court temporarily blocked the #Education Dept from enforcing new #regulations aimed at protecting #transgender #students in #schools, finding that opponents who sued to stop it are likely to prevail when the case is fully considered.
Title IX, a half-century old #law bars #discrimination in schools based on #sex.
#GenderIdentity #SexualOrientation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/06/14/transgender-titleix-schools-federal-court/
Court blocks enforcement of Title IX rules protecting transgender students
The district court order, which applies in four states, is the first ruling amid a crush of challenges.Laura Meckler (The Washington Post)
BREAKING: Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
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The #SupremeCourt justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime.
Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the #Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.
#News #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #Government #Courts #Law #Transparency
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas Additional Private Jet Flights: Senate Investigators
The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.ProPublica
#SCOTUS retains full #access to key #AbortionMedication #mifepristone
The #SupremeCourt on Thurs refused to limit access to a widely used #abortion #medication, rejecting a challenge from #antiabortion doctors 2 years after the court’s #conservative majority overturned #RoeVWade on procedural grounds.
#law #ReproductiveRights #FDA #medicine #medical #health #WomensHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/supreme-court-abortion-pill-ruling-mifepristone/
Supreme Court retains full access to key abortion medication mifepristone
Ever since the high court eliminated the right to abortion in 2022, medications to terminate pregnancy have grown in importance and been challenged in court.Ann E. Marimow (The Washington Post)
#Senate #Republicans block Democrats' #SCOTUS #ethics bill
The legislation would establish a #CodeOfConduct for the justices, as well as #recusal rules & new requirements for disclosing gifts & travel. #Republicans blocked it from advancing.
#law #influence #power #ClarenceThomas #Alito
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-gop-blocks-democrats-supreme-court-ethics-bill-rcna156738
Senate Republicans block Democrats' Supreme Court ethics bill
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-sponsored bill that would require Supreme Court justices to adopt a code of conduct after Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Ketanji Brown Jackson faced scrutiny.Rebecca Shabad (NBC News)
#SouthernBaptists Vote to Oppose Use of #IVF
With almost 13 million #church members across the #UnitedStates, the Southern #Baptist Convention has long been a bellwether for American #evangelicalism.
#ReproductiveRights #fertility #BodilyAutonomy #MaleSupremacy #WomensHealth #health #medicine #privacy #law #SCOTUS #Dobbs
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/us/ivf-vote-southern-baptists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The #SouthernBaptist Convention on Wednesday approved a measure opposing #IVF as “dehumanizing” & asking “the government to restrain” the practice, a sign of the broadening effort by #conservative #evangelicals & the #antiabortion movement since the fall of #RoeVWade.
#ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #fertility #WomensHealth #health #medicine #privacy #law #SCOTUS #Dobbs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/12/southern-baptists-ivf-women-pastors/
Southern Baptist Convention votes to oppose in vitro fertilization
Earlier, representatives narrowly rejected a ban on women serving in lesser pastoral roles. It gained 61% of the vote but needed two-thirds approval.Michelle Boorstein (The Washington Post)
'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024
Team #Trump sees #Georgia as 'a road map' for putting Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into practice
The Peach State is unique—it's the sole battleground state in which the #Republican Party has total #control over the levers of #power: a trifecta in state #House, #Senate, & governorship
#ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/
Inside Trump’s Plan to Rig 2024: ‘Georgia Is Our Laboratory’
Team Trump sees Georgia as ‘a road map’ for putting Trump’s heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of elections into practiceAdam Rawnsley (Rolling Stone)
Reader Tips Propelled Our #SupremeCourt Reporting. Now Your Info Could Power Our 2024 #Election Coverage.
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An email from a reader helped a team of ProPublica reporters uncover secret tuition payments Harlan Crow made for a family member of #ClarenceThomas.
Now we’re looking for tips on the election, and you can help.
#News #Voting #election2024 #Government #Law #SCOTUS
https://www.propublica.org/article/reader-tips-propublica-2024-election-coverage
Callout for Reader Tips: Power ProPublica’s 2024 Election Coverage
An email from a reader helped a team of ProPublica reporters uncover secret tuition payments Harlan Crow made for a family member of Clarence Thomas. Now we’re looking for tips on the election, and you can help.ProPublica
Many #Trump allies had been secretly rooting for an #acquittal. The talking points wrote themselves: It would have been yet more evidence that the #UnitedStates #justice system was rigged in favor of #Bidens & against Trumps. Tues’s #guilty #verdict was inconvenient to that narrative.
Even more valuable would have been the #fundraising potential.
#gaslighting #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #law #HunterBiden
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/politics/donald-trump-hunter-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The #Immigration Story Nobody Is Talking About
The #UnitedStates does need a more orderly #border. It also needs more #immigrants, who are critical to the country’s #economic strength.
#law #policy #labor #economy
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/the-immigration-story-nobody-is-talking-about
#Trump, who was #convicted last month on 34 #felony counts of #FalsifyingBusinessRecords, is expected to have a virtual interview w/a NYC #Probation Dept ofcl on Mon.
The interview is required as the agency prepares a #sentencing recommendation for the judge in the case.
Trump will be in his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL, for the virtual meeting — his 1st w/a probation ofcl.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyregion/trump-probation-officer-hush-money-verdict.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Culture #TV #Law #Serial
Serial transformed true crime — and the way we think about criminal justice
The show that helped free Adnan Syed completely upended how much the average person knows about US legal and prison systems.Aja Romano (Vox)
