All posts tagged "Supreme Court Decisions"

Lost in the shuffle of Supreme Court decisions at the end of this term is one that rolls back rights for undocumented spouses of American citizens, wrote Ahilan Arulanantham for Slate on Wednesday — and it is particularly cruel in how it weaponizes history to do so.

The case, Department of State v. Muñoz, concerns an undocumented Salvadoran man married to a lawyer in Southern California, who, upon traveling back to his home country as part of the process to apply for citizenship, was arbitrarily denied by a consular official who incorrectly thought his tattoos were gang symbols — leaving their family split and forcing the wife to either move to El Salvador or let her children grow up without their father.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the family was entitled to a reasonable explanation for the denial — but it was appealed and, on the advice of the State Department, the Supreme Court reversed the decision, rolling back due process rights for all families with an undocumented spouse....

After the last few Supreme Court decisions, legal analysts wonder if one of the conservative justices is beginning to turn more moderate on some issues.

In a case involving whether those with a history of domestic violence can keep guns, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberal justices on the High Court.

In a case last week having to do with trademark laws, Barrett went so far as to write that Justice Clarence Thomas 'Is wrong twice over" in his reasoning that he had to rely on “history and tradition." She added, "the views of preceding generations can persuade, and, in the realm of stare decisis, even bind." The Latin term is the principle that courts must adhere to previous rulings. ...

Here it is...what you've been waiting for -- yet another Sarah Palin self-immolation, via Katie Couric. The video where McCain's veep nom can't name any Supreme Court cases.