Tag: Barrett, Amy Coney

Is the Supreme Court About to Upend American Election Laws?

Here’s what to know about a court case that could change the way Americans vote — and who decides how they do.

A Diverse Supreme Court Questions the Value of Diversity

Since 1978, the sole justification for race-conscious admissions has been educational diversity. The rationale’s days may be numbered.

Justice Barrett Rejects Plea to Stop Biden’s Student Loan Debt Plan

Though the justice’s brief order gave no reasons, it was most likely based on the challenger’s seeming failure to show that it had standing to sue.

Supreme Court Wrestles With Case on Pigs, Cruelty and Commerce

A California law requiring that pork sold in the state come from humanely raised pigs posed questions about how far states can go in affecting conduct outside their borders.

Post-Roe, Conservatives Promote Way to Give Up Newborns Anonymously

After Roe, groups are seeking to expand safe haven laws, which allow women to surrender babies with minimal interference. But these laws pose their own problems.