Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the current court term. The 83-year-old is one of three sitting justices appointed by a Democratic president. Since taking the White House and Senate, some Democrats have been calling for Breyer to step down while Democrats can confirm a new justice who can serve…

Following a Supreme Court ruling, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has pulled its COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses. The requirement would have impacted about 80 million people. “After evaluating the Court’s decision, OSHA is withdrawing the Vaccination and Testing ETS as an enforceable emergency temporary standard,” OSHA wrote in the…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received a legal win after the High Court in London allowed him to appeal his extradition to the United States. Last month, the court ruled Assange’s mental health was in appropriate shape for Assange to be extradited to the U.S., reversing a lower court ruling that said Assange was likely to…

The Supreme Court’s latest order list, released Monday, includes two affirmative action cases. The cases, involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), will be combined for an hour of oral arguments “early in the 2022-23 term, which begins in October.” “The justices agreed to take up two cases asking them to overrule…

After starting the week on a high note at a rally in Arizona, former President Donald Trump’s week took a turn for the worse. Investigations into Trump and his companies progressed in Georgia and New York, the Supreme Court ruled against his request, and two more confidants, including his daughter, have been requested to testify…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic-related vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses while allowing his administration to enforce its separate vaccine requirement for healthcare facilities. The court acted after hearing arguments last Friday in the legal fight over temporary mandates issued in November by two federal agencies. The court was…

The Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning on whether to allow two separate Biden administration COVID vaccine mandates to take effect. Those mandates include a vaccine-or-testing requirement that applies to large employers and a separate mandate for most health care workers. Together, these mandates affect about 84 million people. Specifically, justices are tasked with deciding…

The House committee investigating January’s Capitol riot will defer its request for some of the Trump administration documents the committee had previously requested. The decision was not publicly announced, but can be found in a Dec. 16 letter from the White House counsel’s office. The Associated Press obtained the letter Tuesday. The deferral is in…

The House of Representatives voted 222-208 to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress. Meadows joined former White House advisor Steve Bannon, whom the House also found to be in contempt of Congress. Tonight, the House voted on a bipartisan basis to hold Mark Meadows, who has key information…

If abortion rights activists pin their case on bodily autonomy, does the same hold true for anti-vaxxers? While both sides shout “My body, my choice!”, those against vaccines mandates are ignoring an extremely important issue in this battle. If you don’t take advantage of access to a safe, readily available vaccine, you contribute to the…