There was both celebration and protest at the Supreme Court in the hours after the justices released their Dobbs decision. Both pro-life and pro-choice activists gathered by the hundreds to make their voices heard. Pro-choice protestors chanted in unison, “Rise up for abortion rights, for abortion rights rise up.” The group blamed Republicans for appointing…

Two lawyers representing the plaintiff in the recent concealed carry Supreme Court case wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal. In the piece, former Solicitor General Paul Clement and Erin Murphy, a regular Supreme Court litigator, said they had left their law firm. “After we prevail before the high court, we generally receive…

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, reversing 50 years of precedent and sending the issue of abortion back to the states. In a (6-3) decision, the justices ruled in favor of a Mississippi law that banned elective abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.  “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe…

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that New York state’s law requiring unrestricted concealed carry license applicants show a need for self-defense is unconstitutional. The high court voted 6-3 in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen in favor of gun owners to overturn the Empire State’s restrictions. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the…

The nation’s highest court has weighed in on a case related to North Carolina’s voter ID law. The state’s requirement has faced challenges since 2018, but this SCOTUS case decides how those disputes will be heard. In the case of Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the nation’s highest court ruled 8-1…

The Texas Republican convention is talking about secession again. Specifically, it’s pushing a referendum for Texans to decide in 2023 if the state should become its own nation. Legal experts have asserted that the state could not legally secede from the union. After the South lost the Civil War and more than 600,000 Americans died,…

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states could not prohibit students from using state aid to attend private schools which include religious instruction. This ruling is the latest in a long line of decisions on whether government funds can be given directly or indirectly to organizations with ties to religious institutions. In the case of…

The January 6th Committee investigating attack on the Capitol held its third hearing Thursday, focused on former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign to get former Vice President Mike Pence to reject the outcome of the election during the electoral certification. The hearing included testimony about attorney John Eastman’s plan to keep Donald Trump in office…

The House committee hearings into the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol have begun, and already there is debate on what impact they will have on former President Donald Trump. He fired off a 12-page response following the second hearing that saw several former aides testify that they told him his claims of election fraud were…

The House joined the Senate in a nearly unanimous vote to pass the “Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022”, a bill that expands police security to the families of justices and senior officers of the court. The Senate had passed the bill shortly after a leaked opinion indicated the court was set to overturn…