Biden’s vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges

President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade towards the Oval Office as he returns to the White House after visiting Brookland Middle School in northeast Washington, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. Biden has encouraged every school district to promote vaccines, including … Read More

Can COVID-19 Vaccines Be Mandatory in the U.S. and Who Decides?

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While there is legislative precedent for vaccine mandates, other strategies could help U.S. states achieve widespread vaccination for COVID-19. The legal precedent for mandatory vaccinations dates back to a 1905 Supreme Court case after a smallpox outbreak in Massachusetts. In this Q&A … Read More

The Supreme Court Just Made It Harder To Overturn Voting Restrictions

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld two of Arizona’s voting restrictions.  -ARIANA DREHSLER/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES In a 6-3 decision that broke down along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s ruling that two election laws in … Read More

Democrats renew court packing calls, blast the Supreme Court’s final two decisions of term

President Biden accused Supreme Court of doing ‘severe damage’ to voting rights. Democrats on Thursday expressed their displeasure with the Supreme Court’s final decisions of its 2020-2021 term, accusing the justices of doing “severe damage” to the political system and in some cases … Read More

Senate Republicans block signature Democratic election bill in key test vote

(CNN) Senate Democrats suffered a loss on Tuesday when Republican opposition sunk their signature voting and election bill during a key test vote, underscoring the limits of the party’s power with the narrowest possible Senate majority. A procedural vote to … Read More

Dems wrestle with whether to nudge a justice off the Supreme Court

Neither Democratic lawmakers nor President Joe Biden is putting overt retirement pressure on the Supreme Court justice — yet, anyway. Even as some liberal groups boot up a “Breyer Retire” campaign, the Democratic Party is sensitive to the justice’s predicament. … Read More

U.S. Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. By … Read More

Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court To Let Cops Enter Homes And Seize Guns Without A Warrant

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral argument in Caniglia v. Strom, a case that could have sweeping consequences for policing, due process, and mental health, with the Biden Administration and attorneys general from nine states urging the High Court to uphold warrantless … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 30 April 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, In the age of bad news and nothing but, comes this sad story out of Israel.  Orthodox Jews held an annual celebration at a stadium in northern Israel at a site where a famous rabbi is buried.  … Read More

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