US Supreme Court limits judges’ power to oppose Trump’s agenda
The ruling, which does not address the constitutionality of the order seeking to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented migrants, is a success for the Republican
Allison Burroughs, the judge targeted by Trump who has Harvard’s future in her hands
The magistrate who ordered the precautionary suspension of the ban on foreign students had already ruled in favor of the university in 2019 in a case on positive discrimination in the admissions system
Juli Ponce, lawyer: ’100% of AI machines are psychopaths. Humans make mistakes, but only 1% are psychopathic’
The professor of administrative law explains in his new book the best ways for artificial intelligence to be incorporated into the work performed by civil servants
‘You are what you see — and if you don’t see yourself in history, you don’t believe you’re part of that culture’
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino shows how the story of the United States is closely tied to that of Latin America
Supreme Court seems inclined not to restrict access to abortion pill in US
At the oral arguments in the mifepristone case, a majority of justices appeared skeptical about the legal standing of a Christian doctors’ association to sue the Food and Drug Administration
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics for the first time
The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements and leaves compliance entirely to each justice
The Supreme Court seems likely to rule against a trademark in the ‘Trump too small’ case
Chief Justice John Roberts, positing what might happen if Steve Elster were to win, said people then would race to trademark ‘Trump too this, Trump too that’
Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices
The ethics legislation has little chance of passing the Senate or the Republican-controlled House of Representatives
Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court
The committee’s legislation would impose new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest
Justices teach when the Supreme Court isn’t in session. It can double as an all-expenses-paid trip
Some all-expenses-paid trips — to Italy, Iceland and Hawaii, among others — are light on classroom instruction, with ample time carved out for the justices’ leisure
Supreme Court ethics scandals: Luxury yachts, million-dollar contracts and a $19,000 Bible
Controversy over gifts received by Justice Clarence Thomas from a Republican donor puts the spotlight on who controls the untouchable members of the nation’s highest court and opens a debate on its reform
Justice Thomas wrote of ‘crushing weight’ of student loans
Thomas, the court’s longest-serving justice and staunchest conservative, has been skeptical of other Biden administration initiatives