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"Every state and territory has its own supreme court and every supreme court has tremendous power over legal cases and public policy within its borders—but the resemblances end there.
"No two courts are exactly the same. Each has its rules and idiosyncrasies."
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Thoughts on upcoming #SCOTUS case re #Trump #disqualification from #POTUS
1. SCOTUS can’t render Sec.3 of #14thAmendment a dead letter by limiting it to the #CivilWar. The plain text applies to any #insurrection.
2. Whether one aided an insurrection is a fact-based ruling by the #trial court, which requires great #deference by SCOTUS.
3. SCOTUS will likely set a #legalstandard to DQ a person from office. I predict a high standard, which could require #statecourts to revisit their rulings.
State courts to consider blocking Trump from 2024 ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause
#PBS #StateCourts #BlockingTrump2024Ballot #InsurrectionClause #PresidentialElection #ConstitutionalLaw #Politics #News
The campaign to use the U.S. Constitution's “insurrection” clause to bar former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again enters a new phase this week as hearings begin in two states on lawsuits that might end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
#Deplorable: Calling it a “theory” is very generous. It’s a #crackpot idea. It was never actually a theory. But it’s in the past tense. It’s been rejected very roundly. But, of course, we want to make sure that these #FederalistSociety #rightwing federal #judges don’t overstep their bounds in policing what #statecourts do when they’re dealing with #federalelections.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/28/scotus_update_waldman
The Supreme Court’s term is ending this week with rulings on several blockbuster cases. On Tuesday, voting rights advocates welcomed a decision in a major election law case that preserved checks and balances in elections. In a 6-3 decision, the justices dismissed the so-called independent state legislature theory that state lawmakers have nearly unlimited power to make rules for federal elections. This ruling will “empower state courts around the country to block gerrymanders, to police the legislatures and to keep legislators from trying to entrench themselves or advance their party with these egregious maps,” says Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice. Now the country awaits the Supreme Court’s decisions on affirmative action and student debt, which Waldman calls “hugely consequential.” Waldman’s new book is The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America.
"We hold that our state constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion”
South Carolina's top court strikes down six-week abortion ban https://www.reuters.com/world/us/south-carolinas-top-court-strikes-down-states-6-week-abortion-ban-2023-01-05/
South Carolina's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a state law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy was unconstitutional because it violated a right to privacy, handing a major win to abortion rights supporters in the U.S. South.
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