| 单词 | majority opinion |
| 例句 | The majority opinion, written by Justice Harry Blackmun, spoke specifically to the would-be mother’s predicament: The detriment that the State would impose upon the pregnant woman by denying this choice altogether is apparent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The majority opinion was written by Lewis Strauss, who spared no effort to paint Oppenheimer as a weak-minded perjurer whose behavior had materially undermined national security. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I found myself arguing alone against the majority opinion and then I made still another amazing discovery. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While majority opinion among scholars currently concurs with Mr. Heintz in accepting the Ancient Roman character of the Neumann group, there are still some naysayers. When Roman Statues Play Pranks 2010-06-18T15:00:00Z The 207-page majority opinion of the Eleventh Circuit, penned by appointees of Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush, is the most rigorous and complete repudiation of the mandate ever written. Eleventh Circuit: Obamacare Strives to "Regulate [Individuals] at Every Point of Their Life" 2011-08-16T13:17:54Z “Indeed,” Justice Stewart wrote in the majority opinion in Gregg v. “Dead Man Walking,” Revisited: A Prophetic Argument Against Capital Punishment 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z "No doubt a state possesses legitimate power to protect children from harm," said Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the majority opinion. Court: Calif. can't ban violent video game sales 2011-06-27T15:14:00Z We now have several competing accounts, one of which contradicts Crawford in alleging that Roberts wrote not only the majority opinion, but also the bulk of the dissent. Leaks Galore! More on the Inside Story of John Roberts' Obamacare Supreme Court Flip-Flop 2012-07-05T05:07:56Z On the contrary, it was the Constitution that inspired Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion. Civilities: Roberts and Scalia are sore losers. Just ask Nixon, Trump or Gen. Robert E. Lee. 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z If you take the first letter of the first 11 paragraphs of the majority opinion of Citizens United v. Style Invitational Week 1438: Nothing but the untruth 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Following the Supreme Court leak of a draft majority opinion planning to overturn Roe v. "The View" slams Ted Cruz for comparing peaceful abortion demonstrators to Jan. 6 insurrectionists 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z After a draft Supreme Court majority opinion indicating that we face the imminent reversal of Roe v. A brief, subversive history of women baking for liberation 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The court’s decision to release Cosby, which became public with the release of a majority opinion written by a male judge, “shows that women do not have the respect of men,” Mays told TMZ. ‘This can’t be true’: Bill Cosby’s accusers tell of their reactions when they heard of his sudden release from prison 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Did Roberts write both the majority opinion and the dissent? Leaks Galore! More on the Inside Story of John Roberts' Obamacare Supreme Court Flip-Flop 2012-07-05T05:07:56Z The 81-year-old justice, who has served on the court since 1988, was the author of the majority opinion on four key cases that transformed gay rights in America. Anthony Kennedy and the four Supreme Court rulings that changed gay life in America 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z This week, majority opinion presumably credited the scene to Watteau in person, judging from the price, €1.56 million, which multiplied Mr. Turquin’s estimate twentyfold. Auctions: At Auction, the Treasures of a Tycoon War Hero 2011-04-08T13:29:04Z Oliver Wendell Holmes was on the Court when the case was tried and wrote the majority opinion. The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Eight years later, Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. A Playwright and a Songwriter, Finding the Right Words 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z That is to say, he wrote both the majority opinion and most of the dissent. Leaks Galore! More on the Inside Story of John Roberts' Obamacare Supreme Court Flip-Flop 2012-07-05T05:07:56Z She stepped up to the podium and read a line from the majority opinion, written by Justice Kennedy. Inside the Christian legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Circuit, “laid out an explicit four-point analysis that summarized several lines of questions that might well provide the structure for a majority opinion in the case.” D.C. Appeals Court Points the Way to the Defeat of Obamacare's Individual Mandate 2011-09-29T15:22:11Z Wade, citing a leaked draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito. HBO's "The Janes" spotlights the abortion activists who operated like a spy ring pre-Roe v. Wade 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Wade decision after a draft majority opinion was shockingly leaked by Politico the night before. “The View” slams SCOTUS draft opinion, says Roe v. Wade is not a religious issue but a human one 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z But he reserved his harshest derision for the fiery Antonin Scalia, who said, "I would hide my head in a bag" if he ever joined a majority opinion that began as Anthony Kennedy's did. Stephen Colbert cheers the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z But since ascending to the Supreme Court in 1988, he has become the high court’s most influential voice on the issue, after writing majority opinions on three historic gay-rights cases. Meet two activists who brought sweeping change to the gay rights movement Kennedy and Scalia wrote the bulk of the conservative dissent, and that dissent was not originally written as a majority opinion. The Supreme Court's John Roberts Changed His Obamacare Vote in May 2012-07-01T17:01:02Z “Kennedy did have more to say in his farewell concurrence—and it seems appropriate, somehow, that his goodbye was a concurrence, rather than a majority opinion or a dissent.” Sunday Reading: The Supreme Court 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito first made rounds inside the court before being publicly leaked by Politico. 6 Met Gala attendees who made political fashion statements, from Hillary Clinton to Blake Lively 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z This makes scientific inquiry prone to the eternal rules of human social life: deference to the charismatic, herding towards majority opinion, punishment for deviance, and intense discomfort with admitting to error. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court decision focused on First Amendment concerns; in the majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that games "are as much entitled to the protection of free speech as the best of literature." Newtown slaughter renews debate over violent video games 2012-12-20T05:16:04Z “No doubt a state possesses legitimate power to protect children from harm,” said Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the majority opinion. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z Black wrote the majority opinion in Marsh v. How Businesses Became People 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z As celebrations broke out, many on social media began sharing parts of the majority opinion written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, which concludes with unusual poetry. 21 classic works of gay literature 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Wade decision allowing abortions; Nixon appointee Harry Blackmun wrote the majority opinion, about which the President made no public declaration. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court earlier this month upheld much of Obama's signature health care law, with Roberts siding with the court's liberals and writing the majority opinion. Scalia says he's not feuding with Roberts 2012-07-19T00:02:08Z The Supreme Court itself recognized this in a 2014 majority opinion. Supreme Court Hears a Major Case on Gun Rights and Domestic Violence 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Wood was joined in the majority opinion by Judge Frank Easterbook, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan. US appeals court upholds Illinois assault weapons ban 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Legal expert and independent journalist Chris Geidner, who followed the case closely, described the “fake majority opinion” as both “arguably unprofessional” and confusing. On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Texas executes prisoner with history of mental illness 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z But liberal critics scoff at the notion he is holding the middle and point out that he has not yet written significant majority opinions for the court. Justice Kavanaugh taps the brakes on Supreme Court's sharp move to the right 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In its majority opinion, the appellate panel disagreed, writing that the First Amendment “does not give the defendants the right to exclude persons from a contractual regime based on their race.” Grant program for Black women entrepreneurs blocked by federal appeals court 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z “We are asked whether this eviction moratorium was lawful. We conclude that it was,” the majority opinion read. Landlords lose case against WA's COVID eviction moratorium 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron's protections for government agencies. Revealed: Clarence Thomas went to Koch donor events 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z In the court’s majority opinion, Circuit Judge Mark J. Bennett — a Trump appointee — wrote that the court did not “discount the harm the Wallingfords appear to have suffered.” California law removing guns from people under restraining orders survives court challenge 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z However, these were not majority opinions and have gradually faded, with many theatergoers viewing the protests as unwarranted attacks against him that only amplified people’s affection for SRK. Meet Shah Rukh Khan: If you haven't heard of the Bollywood superstar, it's about time you did 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z But in 2004 he changed course and authored the majority opinion upholding the law he helped pass. Wisconsin impeachment review panel includes former GOP speaker, conservative justice 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z However, the court’s majority opinion noted that the medical definitions written by the Republican-dominated state Legislature gave unclear directions to doctors about when they can provide an abortion. Planned Parenthood sues to expand South Carolina abortion access under strict new ban 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z In the majority opinion in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Supreme Court expected to clarify gun rights for felons and drug users, watchers say 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Three years earlier, Ziegler refused to recuse herself from a WMC-backed case in which she ultimately wrote a majority opinion resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in business tax refunds. A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice under impeachment threat isn’t the only member to get party money 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Judge Morgan Christen, an Obama appointee, wrote the court’s majority opinion at the time. 9th Circuit reverses itself, upholds 'qualified immunity' for LAPD officer in gym shooting 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Four justices joined the majority opinion, which ordered the release of the report with some patient information redacted. Court rejects Connecticut officials’ bid to keep secret a police report on hospital patient’s death 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The majority opinion found a key difference in the lawmakers’ deletion of a reference to a pregnant woman having the right to make an “informed choice.” South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reverses course on abortion, upholds strict 6-week ban 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Judge Griffin said the majority opinion “holds that the blocking, retreating, and sliding statements were likely Phillips’s subjective impressions of Sandmann’s intent.” Court rejects Nick Sandmann’s bid to revive defamation claims against news outlets 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion, said that the First Amendment protected the designer from being compelled to express views she opposed. Oregon rejected foster application of woman who didn’t agree with LGBTQ child respect rule. Now she’s suing 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod wrote in the majority opinion that those steps "were taken without sufficient consideration of the effects those changes would have on patients." US appeals court backs abortion pill restrictions; Supreme Court appeal expected 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Support for regulation is stronger among people who voted for President Biden in 2020 than those who voted for former President Trump, but it represents the majority opinion on both sides of the partisan divide. Actors and writers aren't the only ones worried about AI, new polling shows 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The majority opinion noted that felony drug possession, at the time, could be punished by a maximum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Here’s how to apply for a refund for a drug possession case in WA 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The majority opinion on Wall Street is still that there will be a recession in the next 12 months, a Wall Street Journal survey this month showed. The Markets Are Counting on the Fed to Solve a Tricky Puzzle 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The majority opinion found that “the undisclosed relationship violated Hashagen’s due process rights.” Oklahoma murder conviction reversed due to sexual relationship between judge, prosecutor 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z But Justice Elizabeth Garry wrote in a majority opinion that the commission “had an indisputable duty under the NY Constitution to submit a second set of maps upon the rejection of its first set.” Appeals court orders new Congressional lines in New York, a potential boon for Democrats 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z This distortion of race neutrality is one of several Roberts uses in the court’s majority opinion and concurring justices use in theirs. The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Is the Latest Effort to Erase Racism from Cultural Consciousness 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The two judges who wrote the majority opinion — Rosyln O. Silver, a U.S. Appeals court debate over homelessness mirrors dilemma confronting cities 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The judges who delivered the majority opinions in Students for Fair Admissions v. The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Harms Science, Education and Health 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Legal experts said the conservative wing’s vociferous responses rejecting the majority opinion Wednesday were a clear signal to the conservative-leaning U.S. 9th Circuit conservatives blast homelessness ruling, say issue is 'paralyzing' U.S. West 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Neither the majority opinion nor the dissent mentioned the supposed request or appeared to give it any weight. What to Know About a Seemingly Fake Document in a Gay Rights Case 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z “While the Constitution addresses many weighty issues, the type of pork chops California merchants may sell is not on that list,” wrote Justice Neil M. Gorsuch in a majority opinion on May 11. California's pork law finally takes effect, nearly five years after it passed 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in his majority opinion on affirmative action, wrote that colleges could consider how race had affected an applicant’s life. With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John Roberts led the court’s biggest rulings, writing the majority opinions on student loans, affirmative action and voting cases from North Carolina and Alabama. The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In siding with six Republican-led states that sued to block the program, she said, the majority opinion was opportunistic, unprincipled and infected by politics. Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The majority opinion stated in a brief footnote that its ruling does not apply to race-conscious admissions at the nation's military academies, such as West Point or the Naval Academy. SCOTUS affirmative action ruling says military academies can still consider race in admissions 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts defended the decision, saying that it aligns with the court's longtime precedent requiring Congress' input before secretaries can "unilaterally alter large sections of the American economy." “Authority it does not have”: Kagan says SCOTUS student debt ruling “violates the Constitution" 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts put an addendum on his majority opinion telling the public not to interpret Justice Kagan’s dissent as a sign of discord at the Supreme Court. Highlights of the Student Loan Forgiveness Opinions and Dissent 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z As chief, Roberts gets to decide who writes the majority opinion in cases where he’s in agreement. The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The majority opinion of the court is that the First Amendment, which protects free speech, blocks Colorado from forcing the designer to create endorsing messages with which she disagrees. US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The majority opinion stated that there could be "potentially distinct interests that the military academies may present." SCOTUS affirmative action ruling says military academies can still consider race in admissions 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “The 1st Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion. Supreme Court rules Christian web designer can turn away business related to same-sex weddings 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In the majority opinion, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that the Biden administration had stretched the words too far. Highlights of the Student Loan Forgiveness Opinions and Dissent 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Like her colleagues, Jackson wrote about a half a dozen majority opinions this term. The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by the court's five other conservatives, held that giving some minority applicants a boost over others based on their race violated the U.S. New legal battles await colleges after US Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago, national security interests played a significant role in the majority opinion in Grutter v. SCOTUS affirmative action ruling says military academies can still consider race in admissions 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Writing the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the policy’s critics. The End of Affirmative Action 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Both Jackson and Sotomayor looked straight ahead as Roberts read the majority opinion and Thomas his concurrence. In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissenting opinion on Thursday that the majority opinion left intact holistic college admissions and recruitment efforts that sought to enroll diverse student bodies without using racial classifications. US colleges cautiously prep for end to race-conscious admissions amid enrollment gaps 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In a sign of the complexity and politically charged nature of the issue, the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was accompanied by three concurring opinions and two dissenting ones. Highlights of the Affirmative Action Opinions and Dissents 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He added acidly that “a dissenting opinion is generally not the best source of legal advice on how to comply with a majority opinion.” Affirmative action is radical Supreme Court's latest casualty | Noah Feldman 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Justice Thomas wrote that the majority opinion “rightly makes clear that Grutter is, for all intents and purposes, overruled.” Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action Programs at Harvard and U.N.C. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z While she criticized the majority opinion and said it was rolling back “decades of precedent and momentous progress” she saved her most visible ire for Thomas’ opinion. In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The vote was 6 to 3, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing the majority opinion. Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In a sign of the complexity and politically charged nature of the issue, the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was accompanied by three concurring opinions and two dissenting ones. Highlights of the Affirmative Action Opinions and Dissents 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, stating that the Constitution "does not exempt state legislatures from the ordinary constraints imposed by state law." Moore v. Harper: Law professors warn SCOTUS just set itself up to "meddle in future elections" 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinion that there was no violation of the constitutional provision that gives a defendant the right to confront his accuser. Supreme Court upholds conviction of a man for his role on an international hit team 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z A few days before Politico published a leaked draft of Justice Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Justice Alito Defends Private Jet Travel to Luxury Fishing Trip 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion said these plaintiffs wrongly claimed that “the State gets to call the shots, unhindered by any federal instruction to the contrary.” Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z In dueling footnotes, Chief Justice Roberts, in his majority opinion, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in a dissent, argued over what statistics show about the effect of admissions policies that consider race as a factor. Highlights of the Affirmative Action Opinions and Dissents 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Justice Pat Fischer, a Republican, concurred with the majority opinion in judgment only. High court clears August election in Ohio, says lawmakers within rights to violate law they passed 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, reasoning that the court’s precedent has long held Congress has authority to legislate Indian affairs and preserve those interests. Supreme Court sides with feds, tribes in challenge over American Indian adoptions 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z But contrary to these predictions, Roberts’ majority opinion applied the 1986 test and found that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act. Why the Supreme Court decision on voting rights is such a shock | Erwin Chemerinsky 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Justice Jackson has also written notable majority opinions for the court. Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as the Supreme Court's lone liberal hope 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z As a general matter, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinion in Bruen, the Second Amendment protects the rights of “an ordinary, law-abiding citizen.” Do People Subject to Domestic Abuse Orders Have the Right to Be Armed? 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Gingles, said the majority opinion addressed “each of the main arguments of those who’d like to end the Voting Rights Act and replace it with race-blind districting — and those arguments are completely rejected.” Supreme Court Gives the Voting Rights Act a Tenuous New Lease on Life 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Both liberal and conservative justices joined her majority opinion while conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family, declines to limit civil rights lawsuits 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the court’s majority opinion, reasoning that the state’s congressional map has remained mostly the same for three decades despite population growth. Supreme Court rules Alabama’s one Black congressional district violates Voting Rights Act 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z But in a sharply worded dissent, Judge Patty Shwartz, an Obama appointee to the Third Circuit, predicted the majority opinion would set a broad and dangerous precedent. Man Convicted of Nonviolent Crime Can Own Gun, U.S. Court Rules 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “In so doing, they not only destroyed the concrete but also put Glacier’s trucks in harm’s way,” the majority opinion said. Supreme Court Backs Employer in Suit Over Strike Losses 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Most of the cases are based on a broad standard established in Justice Thomas’s majority opinion, which asked that gun laws be “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Cite Landmark Gun Ruling in Bid to Stave Off Charges 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The majority opinion in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle schools chose integration. But then it fell apart 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Throwing out a precedent by moderate Justice Anthony Kennedy, which allowed the EPA to protect wetlands if they have a "significant nexus" to nearby regulated waters, conservative Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion in Sackett v. The Supreme Court's decision helping polluters is "ideologically driven," says expert 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z She quoted the key passage from Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion in the case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Supreme Court Won’t Block Illinois Laws on High-Powered Rifles 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In January, she wrote the majority opinion when the court struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, attachments that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire rapidly in succession. Abortion Pill Fight to Be Heard by One of Nation’s Most Conservative Courts 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The majority opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas also set new standards for courts to weigh challenges to firearm restrictions. What to know about judge’s ruling on age limit for young gun buyers 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z “The only way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” Chief Justice John Roberts, the author of the court’s majority opinion, famously wrote. Seattle schools chose integration. But then it fell apart 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The majority opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas also set new standards for courts to weigh challenges to firearm restrictions. What to know about judge’s ruling on age limit for young gun buyers 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Bush, repeatedly cited the majority opinion in the landmark case New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Federal Limit on Age of Handgun Buyers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “Companies that choose to sell products in various States must normally comply with the laws of those various States,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the court’s majority opinion. Saving their bacon: Supreme Court upholds California’s animal welfare law for pork sales 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z He appointed three of the court’s justices who powered the majority opinion. Five Takeaways From Trump’s Unruly CNN Town Hall 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion served as a lecture. Gun rights group, store ask Supreme Court to block city’s ban on assault weapons 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z This is also the first time the court has handled writing and distributing opinions since the leak of a draft majority opinion last term. Supreme Court, done with arguments, turns to decisions 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The author of the majority opinion was not yet publicly known. Alito Says He Has a ‘Pretty Good Idea’ Who Leaked Abortion Ruling 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z North Carolina Justice Anita Earls dissented, arguing the majority opinion manipulated principles of democracy. North Carolina Supreme Court sides with GOP lawmakers in congressional map dispute 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Another oddity: The three most senior members of the court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, have not written a majority opinion at all. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender gap persists at arguments 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., said at least seven times that doing away with the right to abortion was an exercise of judicial modesty. In Abortion Pill Ruling, the Supreme Court Trades Ambition for Prudence 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The highest court's order did not offer a written majority opinion, only a dissenting one from Justice Alito, meaning at least five of the nine justices agreed with the opinion. Supreme Court ruling means the abortion pill is safe for now; Alito dissents 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Porter lost the case but filed an appeal, resulting in Circuit Judge Michelle Friedland’s majority opinion stating that limits can be placed on the use of a horn in the name of public safety. Don't toot your own horn. Honking is not free speech, judges rule 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z In his majority opinion, Alito said one reason for overturning Roe was to remove federal courts from the abortion fight. Supreme Court set to decide on abortion pill access 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Refuse to rethink extreme positions on issues such as abortion and gun violence that are radically out of step with majority opinion. Opinion | Why we shouldn’t underestimate Joe Biden 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z In another sense, though, Trump’s brashness is difficult to disentangle from the sneering, aggressive approach adopted by some judges on the right — which the abrasive Dobbs majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, exemplified. Review | Trump, ‘Dobbs’ and the Supreme Court’s aggressive push to the right 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion served as a lecture, directing judges to start taking the high court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence seriously. At least one gun control measure upheld post-Supreme Court’s landmark ruling 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Jane’s Revenge demanded in June that pro-life organizations disband or face “increasingly extreme tactics” following the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Florida sues Jane’s Revenge activists over attacks on pro-life pregnancy center 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z At least 83 pro-life pregnancy centers and offices have been attacked since the May 1 leak of the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Suspect in firebombing of Wisconsin pro-life group nabbed at airport before overseas flight 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Associate Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat who wrote the majority opinion, once represented litigants challenging the 2013 law in state court. N. Carolina justices could revive voter ID previously tossed 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z She wrote her first majority opinion for the court and likely cast her first deciding vote breaking a 4-4 deadlock. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Jackson gets hometown honor 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In his majority opinion in the climate case, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that the court’s use of the term was unexceptional. The Curious Rise of a Supreme Court Doctrine That Threatens Biden’s Agenda 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In his majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the decision would allow abortion laws to be settled through the democratic process. Mississippi could renew initiatives but ban them on abortion 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Jackson’s first majority opinion came in a case involving two products sold by the money-transfer company MoneyGram: the company’s “teller’s checks” and “agent checks.” Justice Jackson writes 1st Supreme Court majority opinion 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, reasoning that the law at issue refers to taxpayers’ reports, not individual accounts. Supreme Court sides with immigrant challenging IRS penalty for not disclosing foreign accounts 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z It is her first time writing a majority opinion on a fully argued case, though she had filed a dissent. Supreme Court rules in MoneyGram case; first majority opinion by Justice Jackson 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion overturned the conviction of an estranged husband who had harassed his wife with ugly Facebook posts in the form of rap lyrics. When Do Creepy Facebook Messages Cross a Constitutional Line? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The Senate filibuster, requiring 60 votes on most issues, enhances the power of a minority to veto majority opinion. Opinion | Our system doesn’t act even when we agree. That’s killing us. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z “The legalization of sports gambling requires an important policy choice,” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote in the majority opinion, “but the choice is not ours to make.” Opinion | How the Supreme Court turned America into a casino 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The clinic, which saw its grand opening on Valentine's Day, is named "The Samuel Alito's Mom's Satanic Abortion Clinic," a pointed reference to Alito's writing the majority opinion that overturned rights established by Roe v. "The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic" is a thing that exists now 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “There may be many compelling reasons why society should not permanently prohibit — or perhaps prohibit at all — persons convicted of a felony from voting,” Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen said in the majority opinion. Minnesota justices leave felon voting issue to Legislature 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Ministers say the changes are necessary to give unelected judges less control over elected lawmakers, a move that they believe will allow government policy to better reflect majority opinion. Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul Has Divided Israel. Even the Religious Right. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The answer, which extends to other issues, lies in a breakdown of our governing system’s ability to reflect majority opinion. Opinion | Our system doesn’t act even when we agree. That’s killing us. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z In his first few years, he wrote the majority opinion legalizing abortion in Roe v. Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion served as a legal lecture, directing judges to start taking the high court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence seriously. Courts upend bans on drug users, domestic abusers from owning guns 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The majority opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas after the 6-3 decision in Bruen is a key source of the blindness here. Phony constitutional "originalism" is likely to kill women after Second Amendment decision 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The group has named its telehealth facility “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic,” a morbid swipe at the Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion last year in Dobbs v. Satanic Temple plans to open abortion telehealth clinic in New Mexico 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion in Alvarez, illustrated this danger by citing George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984," in which a totalitarian government relied on a Ministry of Truth to criminalize dissent. George Santos: A democracy can’t easily penalize lies by politicians 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z But the justices in the majority opinion said that the committee had no women, and the state’s high court had since ruled in another decision that the constitutional right to privacy extended to “bodily autonomy.” Do Abortion Rights Hang On State Constitutions? 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z But neither the leaked Dobbs draft majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., nor the full ruling had yet emerged. Review | The long fight over Roe was about abortion — and so much more 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Until Monday, no justice had delivered an opinion from the bench since March 3, 2020, when Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. summarized his majority opinion in Kansas v. Back on the Bench to Announce Opinions, Supreme Court Rules Against a Veteran 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Last May, to the astonishment of many, Politico published an authentic draft of the usually leakproof Supreme Court’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Opinion | It will take time to rebuild trust on the Supreme Court after the leak probe 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z In 2002, as a federal appeals court judge, Goodwin wrote a majority opinion finding that the phrase “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance violated the separation of church and state. This week’s passages 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Citizens United, with its majority opinion by libertarian then-Justice Anthony Kennedy, defined campaign and election spending as a form of constitutionally protected "speech." Trump's "dark money machine" purposely designed to be "confusing" to make it harder to track: report 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the majority opinion protecting slavery in Dred Scott v. Alexandria moves to speed up renaming of its Confederate streets 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “To the contrary, the relevant history and traditions of Idaho show abortion was viewed as an immoral act and treated as a crime,” Justice Robyn Brody wrote in the majority opinion. Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Bans 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z But in the majority opinion, Associate Justice Kaye Hearn, the Supreme Court’s only female member, pointed out the commission had no women. Similar state abortion challenges meet different outcomes 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “All we are deciding today is that the Idaho Constitution, as it currently stands, does not include a fundamental right to abortion,” Justice Robyn Brody wrote in the majority opinion. Idaho court tosses lawsuit that aimed to block abortion bans 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The abortion providers found particular sympathy in oral arguments from the lone female justice on the bench, Kaye Hearn, who wrote the majority opinion. South Carolina Constitution Includes Abortion Right, State Supreme Court Rules 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Judge Barbara Lagoa wrote in the majority opinion that that the school board policy advances the important governmental objective of protecting students’ privacy in school bathrooms. Appeals court rules against transgender man in bathroom case 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z “We are not at liberty to second-guess congressional determinations and policy judgments of this order, however debatable or arguably unwise they may be,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in the majority opinion. Mickey’s Copyright Adventure: Early Disney Creation Will Soon Be Public Property 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Thomas joined the majority opinion, but he wrote separately from his fellow conservatives to reject their due process analysis. For John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The majority opinion said that the lower court correctly found that the law "was motivated by a racially discriminatory purpose." North Carolina high court rejects voter-identification law, electoral map 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “We hold that the three-judge panel’s findings of fact are supported by competent evidence showing that the statute was motivated by a racially discriminatory purpose,” Associate Justice Anita Earls wrote in the majority opinion. N. Carolina voter ID still void after Supreme Court ruling 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Beginning in January, or whenever the first opinions of the term are ready, the justices will read summaries of their majority opinions from the bench, the court said Monday. Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The vote was narrow – 5-4 – but Kennedy’s majority opinion was clear and firm: “The court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry.” AP WAS THERE: Supreme Court gives same-sex marriage rights 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Instead, he pointed to language in the majority opinion that the nation’s history and traditions do not provide a basis for a federal right to the procedure. For John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The court's majority opinion found that the map deprived voters of a "fundamental right to equal voting power." North Carolina high court rejects voter-identification law, electoral map 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, a majority opinion written by Alito and overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision that had legalized abortion nationwide, was leaked to Politico. U.S. House committee to hear testimony on alleged Supreme Court leak 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z And consider Chief Justice John Roberts' 2019 majority opinion in a case on partisan gerrymandering, in which he recognized that legislative gerrymanders did not operate in a vacuum. Will Supreme Court aid the far right in enshrining minority rule? Constitution hangs by a thread 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Even so, the majority opinion suggested that state courts still could hear such claims. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s narrow majority opinion in 2018 did not settle the question of whether the First Amendment permits discrimination by businesses open to the public based on their owners’ religious convictions. A New Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights Arrives at a Changed Supreme Court 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z But in 2019, Roberts wrote the court’s majority opinion that closed federal courts to claims of partisan gerrymandering but noted state courts remained open. Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The court had last upheld affirmative action in 2003, when the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor noted in the majority opinion that the court hoped race wouldn’t be a factor in 25 years. Term of engagement?: Justices grapple with race, identity disputes 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z “There is no doubt that this case is distasteful; it may be worse than that,” Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote in the majority opinion. Doubts emerge about the impartiality of DOJ special prosecutor unleashed on Trump 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The majority opinion said it was clear that the school system had notice of the assault because the girl herself told administrators she’d been touched without her consent. Supreme Court turns away school’s appeal of sex-assault case 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He had been critical of the decision but in 2000 wrote a majority opinion upholding it. John Roberts’s Early Supreme Court Agenda: A Study in Disappointment 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z That decision was written by Justice Samuel Alito, who is also the author of the majority opinion in the 2014 case at the center of the new report. Lawmakers urge action after report of other Supreme Court leak 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Schenck said a conservative donor to his organization relayed the information after a dinner with Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in the case, and the justice’s wife. Justice Alito denies disclosing 2014 Hobby Lobby opinion in advance 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Schenck said Mrs. Wright told him that the decision would be favorable to Hobby Lobby, and that Justice Alito had written the majority opinion. Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Dissenting justices said the majority opinion vastly expands the liability school systems face under Title IX. Supreme Court turns away school’s appeal of sex-assault case 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “In short, Tennessee is out of step with the rest of the country in the severity of sentences imposed on juvenile homicide offenders,” Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee wrote in the 3-2 majority opinion. Tennessee court: Juvenile life sentencing unconstitutional 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In the majority opinion, the court held that: "Congress has no power to alter the qualifications in the text of the Constitution." Expert: Indictment won't stop Trump campaign — he could even run and serve from a jail cell 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z According to the Times report, Schenck said Wright told him that the decision would be favorable to Hobby Lobby and that Justice Alito had written the majority opinion. Justice Alito denies disclosing 2014 Hobby Lobby opinion in advance 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “This is actually distorting our democracy by putting in candidates that don’t reflect majority opinion,” Jacobs said. Does America Vote Too Much? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In the 2020 ruling, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the court’s majority opinion that employees cannot be discriminated against based on sex — including sexual orientation — under the Civil Rights Act. Payday finally arrives for gay man who won landmark LGBTQ workplace rights case in Supreme Court 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The senior justice in the majority will then assign the majority opinion to a colleague or, just as likely, keep it. What happens next? The court will probably deliver two decisions, but not until June. 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Bollinger decision, the majority opinion expressed hope that affirmative action would no longer be needed 25 years later. Why Scientists Must Stand for Affirmative Action and against Scientific Racism 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z More than 600 publishing industry staffers have signed an open letter opposing Penguin Random House’s decision to publish Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s book over her joining the Supreme Court’s majority opinion that overturned Roe v. Publishing staffers call for end to Amy Coney Barrett’s book deal 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Democratic politicians and allies have praised such majority opinions as victories for equality and justice. High stakes in N. Carolina court races with majority on line 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The conservative jurist, who authored the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Alito: Leak of draft opinion in Dobbs made conservative justices ‘targets for assassination’ 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Justices Gregory Moeller and John Stegner dissented from the majority opinion, finding that the lower court could have done more to “address the outrageous actions of a father,” by making the initial order retroactive. Idaho Supreme Court won’t weigh legality of child marriage 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Wade, occasioned worldwide rage, enough that Justice Samuel Alito — author of the majority opinion in Dobbs — mocked the outraged Prince Harry and other luminaries. Supreme deceit: How Sam Alito snuck medieval state Christianity into the Dobbs opinion 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In June, in his majority opinion in the abortion case, he said that ruling did not threaten other rights. Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z While not speaking about specific cases, Ervin pushed back on the idea that partisanship has seeped through majority opinions. High stakes in N. Carolina court races with majority on line 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Silberman wrote a majority opinion in 1988 that would have invalidated the law that created an independent counsel to investigate government officials, including the president, accused of certain federal crimes. Laurence Silberman, titan of conservative jurisprudence, dies at 86 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z In the wake of the leak of what would become, with just a few tweaks, the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Supreme Court’s legitimacy is on public’s, and justices’, minds 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Silver was joined in the majority opinion by 9th Circuit Court Judge Ronald M. Gould. In case out of Grants Pass, Ore., court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Justice Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in the decision in June overturning Roe v. Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “There is no way to mandate the inclusion of SQ820 on the November 2022 general election ballot,” Justice Douglas Combs wrote in the majority opinion. Oklahoma court: Weed question won’t make November ballot 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority opinion, one of the most significant of his career, reflected Mr. Silberman’s view that Second Amendment protections apply not only to militia members, but also to individuals. Laurence Silberman, titan of conservative jurisprudence, dies at 86 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z But these features did not conflict with majority opinion to the same degree in past decades. Democracy Challenged 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z But they did not conflict with majority opinion to the same degree in past decades. ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z “If applicants seek and receive neither expedited review nor interim relief from the New York courts, they may return to this Court,” the unsigned majority opinion said. Supreme Court says Jewish university must recognize gay student group 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The draft that leaked to Politico was substantially the same as the majority opinion that upheld the Mississippi law. Roberts says Supreme Court will reopen to public and defends legitimacy 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z “Because Anderson has not proved that the 1994 murders reflected youthful immaturity, impetuosity, or failure to appreciate risks and consequences, Washington’s constitution does not forbid his standard-range 61-year sentence,” Stephens wrote in the majority opinion. WA Supreme Court upholds teen’s 61-year sentence in Tukwila double murder 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The leaked majority opinion largely mirrored the final decision, triggering a series of abortion restrictions in red states — and a reaction from young people. Dems look for ballot box payback from young voters after student debt, climate change action 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z This term, the court issued rulings on abortion, climate policy and gun laws that seemed to be inconsistent with majority opinion, based on polls. ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z In addition to writing the court’s majority opinion, in which he was joined by fellow Trump appointee Judge Danielle Forrest, Lee wrote a separate, concurring opinion where he focused almost exclusively on that opposition. Court says San Jose school district must recognize Christian club that excludes LGBTQ kids 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Judge Moskowitz, writing the majority opinion, said their job is not to focus on the facts of Cordero’s case, but rather on deportation law. Federal court protects sexual predator from deportation 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In this effort, Jackson reflected majority opinion: most Americans believed Native peoples had no place in the White republic. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z But the majority opinion said the principle required a stay that would allow the election to proceed. Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Georgia Election Law Said to Harm Black Voters 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The report provides the majority opinion about why the bill should be passed, a minority view to the contrary, and estimates of the proposed law’s cost and impact. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Judge Morgan Christen, an Obama appointee, dissented from Lee’s majority opinion. Court says San Jose school district must recognize Christian club that excludes LGBTQ kids 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z If a firearm law existed at the time of the nation’s founding, then it is most likely legal, according to the originalist test derived by Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote the majority opinion. Supreme Court’s latest Second Amendment ruling cited in bump stock litigation 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The removal of the Five Civilized Tribes provides an example of the power of majority opinion in a democracy. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “If we are mistaken on this point,” the majority opinion said, “the Supreme Court can tell us.” Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Georgia Election Law Said to Harm Black Voters 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Research and draft judicial opinions: Clerks do detailed research to assist justices in writing an opinion, whether it is the majority opinion or a dissenting or concurring opinion. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Citing Alexander Hamilton, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in that majority opinion that “a fundamental principle of our representative democracy is that “the people should choose whom they please to govern them.” If Trump illegally removed official records, would he be barred from future office? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Circuit Judge David Sentelle, a Reagan appointee who wrote the majority opinion, stated that the congressional request “has not clearly gone beyond the scope of the Committee’s inquiry.” House Democrats can obtain Trump’s taxes in long-running quest, appeals court rules 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion, finding that the law did not require the government to return asylum-seekers to Mexico. Biden administration to halt controversial 'Remain in Mexico' program 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Bruen, was different because the founders did envision broad ability to own and carry firearms, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion. Supreme Court delivers mixed rulings for states’ rights 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court’s decisions are not always unanimous, however; the published majority opinion, or explanation of the justices’ decision, is the one with which a majority of the nine justices agree. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Jackson Women’s Health Organization majority opinion returning abortion regulation to state legislatures, humorously mentioned the overseas criticism that the June 24 ruling has received. AOC rips Supreme Court’s ‘legitimacy’ after Alito’s jest at event 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The majority opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas, moreover, cast the Little Sisters as the litigant. Analysis | The misleading claim that a Democratic candidate ‘sued’ a group of nuns over contraception coverage 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In the court statement, the justices acknowledged that leaving a person stateless challenged international law standards, but the majority opinion was that "the difficulty in itself does not render the entire practice as unconstitutional". Israel's Supreme Court rules 'disloyal' citizens can be stripped of status 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “At the same time in the majority opinion, there are numerous specific mentions by the majority suggesting that the majority had no interest in touching those cases.” House passes protection for same-sex, interracial marriages with bipartisan support 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Most typically, though, the Court will put forward a majority opinion. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z While Alito insisted in the majority opinion that “this decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” others have taken notice. House to vote on same-sex marriage, push back against court 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The majority opinion flatly stated “ballot drop boxes are illegal under Wisconsin statutes” without distinguishing between those that are staffed and those that are unstaffed. Ballot drop boxes not allowed in Wisconsin, state Supreme Court rules 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Three justices ripped the majority opinion in the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision severely restricting absentee ballot drop boxes. Dissenting Wisconsin judge rips court’s ban on drop boxes: “Downright dangerous to democracy” 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z He said the ruling will return abortion rights to the 1800s because the court cited a ruling from that century in its majority opinion. Biden uses executive order to protect abortion access, calls Supreme Court decision a ‘power grab’ 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z “Unlike many crimes, which occur at discrete points in time, human trafficking can trap victims in a cycle of seemingly inescapable abuse that can continue for months or even years,” the majority opinion stated. Sex trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer wins key Wisconsin court ruling 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The majority opinion describes the question of state jurisdiction over crimes as having “newfound significance” after McGirt and insists that the “exercise of state jurisdiction here would not infringe on tribal self-government.” Opinion | The Supreme Court strikes again — this time at tribal sovereignty 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Her clinic in Casper, Wyoming, was torched by an arsonist in May following the leak of the Supreme Court's majority opinion overturning Roe. Abortion providers' lives are in growing peril following Roe reversal: report 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z As the article stated, the majority opinion overturning Roe v. Opinion | We have been warned 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his majority opinion that “not only are we not going to focus on that, we should not focus on that,” she said. ‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Legal experts noted that even the three dissenting justices, all of whom are conservative, didn’t seem to take issue with the majority opinion’s definition of “direct result.” Sex trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer wins key Wisconsin court ruling 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z "It's time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives," wrote Justice Samuel Alito in the majority opinion. Our Fourth of July nightmare: A republic in the tightening grip of minority rule 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion, in keeping with his preference for incremental approaches to major issues, left those other theories and arguments for another day. E.P.A. Ruling Is Milestone in Long Pushback to Regulation of Business 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Wade, sending the abortion issue to the states, even though he did not write the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Scott: Left’s attacks on Clarence Thomas show Black conservatives are ‘greatest threat’ to Democrats 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion that the ruling should not cast “doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.” Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberal members. Supreme Court Sides With Biden’s Efforts to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Wade made my blood boil, Justice Clarence Thomas had turned my blood to ice with his myopic majority opinion on guns. Opinion | ‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn’t exactly apply to Black people 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Notably, the majority opinion wrote that the logic used to overturn Roe v. Birth control access could be next for SCOTUS to roll back: "There's no doubt Griswold is at risk" 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In his majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas pointed to internal investigations in federal agencies as sufficient for dealing with citizen grievances. Opinion | Suing federal officers is nearly impossible. Congress can fix that. 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z "Both the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect expressions like Mr. Kennedy's," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion. Sotomayor rebukes SCOTUS for ignoring "decades" of precedent in latest "religious liberty" ruling 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z “The idea of the legitimacy of the court was a way it could sustain itself when it ruled counter to the majority opinion,” Franklin said. Roe ruling shows complex relationship between court, public 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z According to the Thomas majority opinion, one of the men “asked a licensing officer to remove the restrictions, citing a string of recent robberies in his neighborhood.” Opinion | ‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn’t exactly apply to Black people 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion, had laid out a methodical strategy decades ago to overturn the landmark ruling. Your Monday Briefing: The End of Roe 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z A lot of work went into beefing up the leaked first draft of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s majority opinion striking down the right to abortion. Opinion | The court’s abortion ruling pours gasoline on our culture-war fires 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Whenever Roberts votes with the liberal bloc, Thomas — as the most senior associate justice — gets to assign the majority opinion. Opinion | For the fall of Roe v. Wade, thank Donald Trump 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z It has also drawn attention to glimpses of how he slowly and patiently sought to chip away at abortion rights throughout his career before demolishing them in the majority opinion on Friday. Decades Ago, Alito Laid Out Methodical Strategy to Eventually Overrule Roe 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court, in a majority opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas, said New York’s system violated Americans’ Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” To some defenders, gun ruling could right a racial wrong 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote the majority opinion, said that state regulations need to be reasonably similar to laws passed earlier in U.S. history. Opinion | The Supreme Court found a way to make our gun problem worse 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The majority opinion said Mississippi included a health exception, and Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion, tried to blunt some of those criticisms. Supreme Court reversal leaves states free to outlaw abortion 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Justice Alito’s majority opinion not only sustained the Mississippi law but also said that Roe and Planned Parenthood v. In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The heart of Justice Alito’s majority opinion is that the 14th Amendment protects only unwritten rights that were already understood to exist in 1868, when it was adopted. Abortion Ruling Poses New Questions About How Far Supreme Court Will Go 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Justice Samual A. Alito Jr., writing the majority opinion Friday, said not only was the viability standard bad legal precedent, but so was the entirety of Roe. Abortion dissenters warn same-sex marriage, contraceptive rights could go next 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the leaked majority opinion draft that has now become a present-tense reality. "Life won," Pence says, doubling-down on the Roe v. Wade reversal with a call for a national ban 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Wade, as opponents targeted her votes to confirm two justices to the Supreme Court who were in the majority opinion allowing states to ban abortion. After abortion ruling, critics renew blasts at Sen. Collins 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The majority opinion noted that Mississippi law made exceptions for medical emergencies and fetal abnormalities, but it did not say that those exceptions were required. In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Alito, who wrote the majority opinion, was appointed by George W. Bush, but make no mistake: This decision will long be remembered as Trump's legacy. The end of Roe v. Wade: American democracy is collapsing 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel A. Alito, the court said that nothing in its decision “should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.” Thomas’s concurring opinion raises questions about what rights might be next. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Bush’s next pick for the O’Connor slot flamed out, and the president settled on Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. — who wrote the majority opinion in Friday’s ruling. Chief Justice Roberts strikes own path on abortion ruling 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z "The Consitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion, a draft of which was leaked to much uproar months ago. In a 6-3 ruling, Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade with Dobbs decision 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. concurred, but did not join the majority opinion, saying he would have only upheld a Mississippi 15-week ban on abortions without overturn Roe. In historic reversal, Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade, frees states to outlaw abortion 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In his majority opinion, Thomas wrote that gun laws must be rooted in historical tradition to be constitutional. A New Status Quo 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The new restrictive landscape for gun laws outlined in Thursday’s majority opinion is not without escape routes for states, especially those that may want to impose some limits on concealed carry permits. States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The majority opinion announced a general standard by which courts must now judge restrictions on gun rights: “The government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” Supreme Court strikes down New York law limiting guns in public. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The leaked draft of a majority opinion last month suggested the decision will be reversed and the issue of abortion returned to state legislatures. Public confidence in Supreme Court reaches historic low ahead of abortion ruling 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Justice Rebecca Dallet, joined by two other justices, wrote a concurrence that agreed police had reasonable suspicion to stop Nimmer but argued that the majority opinion relied too heavily on the ShotSpotter alert. Court backs arrest by officers responding to ShotSpotter 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The 6-3 majority opinion says that the jury “heard and saw an extensive amount of improperly admitted evidence.” Murder conviction overturned in Georgia hot car death case 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The language in the court’s majority opinion heightened concern that other state laws, from setting an age limit on gun purchases to banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, may now be in jeopardy. States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Each week, they have been bracing for the high court’s final majority opinion in the most highly anticipated decision of the term. With Supreme Court abortion ruling pending, protesters rally and wait 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z A draft majority opinion leaked to the public in early May showed the conservative-leaning court intending to overturn the Roe decision. Louisiana governor signs law to stiffen penalties for abortion providers 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The Charter Day School “does not attempt to disguise the true, and improper, rationale behind its differential treatment of girls,” Senior Judge Barbara Milano Keenan wrote in the majority opinion. Court Sides With Girls Who Sued Over School’s Skirt Requirement 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z We know this not just by the leaked majority opinion in a recent Mississippi abortion case that indicates the court is about to overturn Roe v. Congress may actually get somewhere on gun safety — but Republicans' misogyny is getting in the way 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Aaron Streett, an attorney representing Charter Day School, issued a statement saying that the legal team disagrees with the majority opinion and noted issues raised in a dissent. Federal court: NC school can’t require girls to wear skirts 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Wade ruling, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion that was verified by the court, although the final official decision expected in coming weeks may differ. U.S. VP Harris sees risks to contraception, IVF if Roe overturned 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z She wrote the majority opinion about how federal law does not require bond hearings for those detained. Supreme Court rules against detained immigrants facing deportation 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Wade decision, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion that was verified by the court, though they warned it may not represent the final official decision, expected in the upcoming weeks. VP Harris to meet with law professors ahead of potential overturn of Roe v. Wade 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Justice Sotomayor, in a partial dissent, wrote that the majority opinion would deprive detained immigrants of meaningful access to the courts. Supreme Court Rejects Bail Hearings for Jailed Immigrants 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z In May, he was the author of a 2-1 majority opinion declaring unconstitutional California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to those under 21. Column: Trump's judges will keep moving the country to the far right for decades 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Jackson Women's Health case, nearly one month after a leaked draft majority opinion showed the court might uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Most people support abortion staying legal, but that may not matter in making law 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Roske was reportedly outraged over recent mass shootings and as well as the recently leaked draft majority opinion revealing that the court had already voted to overturn Roe v. McConnell demands Democrats pass security bill to protect Kavanaugh 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Protests have intensified throughout the nation since the May 2 leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion on the case, which would overturn Roe by returning jurisdiction over regulating abortion to individual states. Churches, pro-life centers attacked as Supreme Court abortion ruling looms 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Based on a draft majority opinion leaked last month, the court appears poised to strike down the Roe vs. The women who provided abortions before Roe give a 'grim' glimpse of life after it 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z A draft majority opinion published last month by Politico would overturn Roe, the 1973 ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right. Supreme Court faces historic case backlog as fractious term comes to an end 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The poll was conducted just after the leak of a draft Supreme Court majority opinion that would strike down Roe v. AP-NORC poll details rift between lay Catholics and bishops 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z A draft majority opinion made public last month by Politico showed that five justices had tentatively voted to overturn the right to abortion established in Roe. Florida abortion providers seek to block state’s new 15-week ban 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Washington state, Maryland, Wisconsin and Texas since the leak last month of a draft majority opinion that would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Churches, pro-life centers attacked as Supreme Court abortion ruling looms 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Supreme Court law clerks have been asked to hand over their cell phones as part of the court's escalating probe into an unprecedented leak of a draft majority opinion on abortion. Supreme Court asking clerks to hand over cell phones for probe into who leaked Roe opinion: report 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The draft majority opinion overturning Roe was leaked to Politico earlier this month, reigniting a fierce national political debate between pro-choice and anti-abortion activists. Texas capital Austin moves to abortion rights ahead of Roe v. Wade decision 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z A leaked draft of the high court’s majority opinion called for overturning the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion and sending the decision back to the states. Jobs, economy, abortion rights color Senate race in increasingly red Ohio 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Wade in the coming weeks, as a leaked draft of the majority opinion in Dobbs v. In Myanmar, lessons for life after Roe v. Wade 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Wade in the coming weeks, as forecast in Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft majority opinion earlier this month. High-tech surveillance in post-Roe America: Chilling new report outlines possible future 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Traditionally, draft majority opinions are circulated to all nine justices, their clerks, and some of their support staff, as CNN noted. Supreme Court asking clerks to hand over cell phones for probe into who leaked Roe opinion: report 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The country's top court is also set to overturn a 1973 ruling which legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion by the U.S. Mastercard to cover employee travel, lodging for out-of-state abortions 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing the majority opinion, said the way Congress wrote the law governing relief from deportation bars court “review of any judgment regarding the granting of relief.” Supreme Court limits the ability of illegal immigrants to appeal deportation decisions 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Thousands of abortion rights protestors gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday as national tensions remain high following the leaked draft majority opinion by the Supreme Court which would overturn Roe v. Thousands of abortion rights demonstrators gather in D.C. to protest draft decision overturning Roe 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Oregon legislators quietly agreed to create a $15 million “reproductive health equity fund” for abortion providers in March, well before a draft of a majority opinion reversing Roe was leaked earlier this month. States pour millions into abortion access 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Legally, the draft majority opinion striking down decades of settled law in Roe v. Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care dismiss bodily autonomy 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “Our guess,” the editorial said, was that Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. would be assigned the majority opinion if the chief justice did not gain an ally. A Leaky Supreme Court Starts to Resemble the Other Branches 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The department did not say whether the support would include guarding the justices’ homes, which have become the scene of protests by pro-choice demonstrators upset over the leaked draft majority opinion striking down Roe v. Merrick Garland beefs up security for Supreme Court justices amid rising protests 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But no dissent, separate opinion from Roberts, or even a revised draft majority opinion has been circulated among the justices, Politico reported. Justices to meet for 1st time since leak of draft Roe ruling 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The event is in response to the leak of a draft majority opinion by the Supreme Court which would overturn Roe v. Abortion rights activists plan protests on National Mall 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Viability is mentioned 36 times in the initial draft of the leaked majority opinion by the U.S. The tiniest babies: Shifting the boundary of life earlier 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Smith finds it hard to accept that the justices could so boldly endanger the individual rights and basic dignity of Americans from different walks of life with a single majority opinion. Roe vs. Wade is doomed. A veteran feminist wonders what's next 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z An unprecedented leak of an initial draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court, published by Politico last week, showed the court is set to overturn the Roe v. Biden considers executive orders, new funds for abortion 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z After the draft Supreme Court majority opinion overturning Roe v. In shift, Sen. Bob Casey to vote yes on Democrats’ abortion legislation 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The back-and-forth was spurred by last week’s leaked draft majority opinion showing that the Supreme Court has the votes to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Lauren Boebert calls Lori Lightfoot ‘insurrectionist’ after mayor’s ‘call to arms’ on Supreme Court 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z In his recently leaked draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Opinion | On Roe, Alito cites a judge who treated women as witches and property 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z According to a leaked draft majority opinion, the court has already informally voted to reverse the decision. Leading GOP candidate for Pennsylvania governor opposes health exceptions for abortion 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The protests come just days after a bombshell report by Politico, which published a leaked draft majority opinion indicating that the court already voted to overturn Roe back in February. White House condemns protests at homes of Supreme Court justices after Republicans cry harassment 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Congress, seized on the bombshell leak of the draft majority opinion from the country's top court that said states should decide abortion access. Suburban Phoenix is cautionary tale for Democrats hoping to galvanize voters on abortion 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z As revealed by the draft majority opinion recently obtained by Politico, the Supreme Court is likely to reverse the Roe v. Dear Donald Trump: No, America is definitely not OK. It's your fault — and ours too 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Thomas “would be the senior conservative justice in the majority and Thomas would control who wrote the majority opinion.” How the future of Roe is testing Roberts’s clout on Supreme Court 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z A draft majority opinion leaked Monday showed that the court has the votes to overturn Roe, which established a constitutional right to abortion. Michigan AG Dana Nessel says she will refuse to enforce state’s abortion ban if Roe overturned 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z These meetings came back into focus with Politico’s Monday night report of the draft majority opinion that, if it holds up, would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Analysis | In confirming Supreme Court justices, private meetings trump hearings 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Indeed, if Justice Samuel Alito's leaked majority opinion becomes the final say of the Court as expected, once-guaranteed abortion rights codified by the Roe v. California is likely to become a destination for those seeking abortions 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Wade – a decision the court appears to have already made informally, according to a leaked draft majority opinion released by Politico. In Georgia, Republicans running for governor are racing to the extreme on abortion 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Prospects for overturning nearly 50 years of the Roe decision’s place as “the law of the land” increased this week when a leaked draft of a majority opinion in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Faith-based abortion opponents to boost emphasis on pregnancy care, options if Roe overturned 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Justice Alito’s draft was labeled a majority opinion, which suggests that the court at some point has voted in favor of the position of overturning Roe. Alito’s legal reasoning for ending Roe rests on history, the right to life 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Justice Harry A. Blackmun, a modest Midwestern Republican and a defender of the right to abortion, wrote the majority opinion. Abortion Pills Stand to Become the Next Battleground in a Post-Roe America 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Less than four years later, Kavanaugh is among the list of justices who, according to a draft majority opinion and an accompanying report published by Politico this week, is poised to overturn Roe. Draft abortion opinion puts new spotlight on confirmation hearings 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Left-wing activists mobilized again, this time on Justice Kavanaugh’s front lawn in 2021, demanding his resignation after he authored the court’s majority opinion upholding the Texas abortion ban. Leak of draft abortion ruling fuels politicization of Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Wade in a leaked majority opinion first reported by Politico. Alito cancels appearance at judicial conference following leaked Roe v. Wade bombshell 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z A draft copy of the court’s majority opinion was published by Politico earlier this week, and a final decision is expected this summer. Once conflicted, Biden embraces role as abortion defender 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z First, draft opinions can and do change — majority opinions can even become minority ones. Historic "breach" puts abortion rights supporters and opponents on alert for upcoming earthquake 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr. is not coping well with Monday's leak of the United States Supreme Court's draft majority opinion ending abortion rights – but not because millions of his fellow citizens will lose their fundamental liberties. Is Donald Trump Jr. okay? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Indeed, when the chief justice had a particularly difficult case, he would often assign the majority opinion to Justice Alito. Once Close Allies, Roberts and Alito Have Taken Divergent Paths 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z On Monday, a draft of the majority opinion was leaked. Opinion | This might be the most brutal year for reproductive rights 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Now a leaked majority opinion said Roe “must be overruled.” Antiabortion groups electrified but cautious after draft court ruling 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of the draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Sen. Ted Cruz blames Supreme Court leak on ‘one little woke left-wing twit’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A leaked first draft of the majority opinion in the case, authenticated Tuesday by the Supreme Court, suggests that a majority of justices are poised to toss out Roe. Advocates worry other rights at risk if court overturns Roe 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, pro-life advocates reminded their supporters that the leaked document isn’t the final word, noting that the majority opinion could undergo significant changes as drafts make the rounds and justices weigh in with edits. Not there yet: Pro-lifers subdued despite promise of biggest victory in movement’s history 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The leak of an apparent draft majority opinion — though not a final ruling — by the U.S. End of Roe v. Wade looms large in Idaho, where women are likely to seek abortions in Washington 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion striking down abortion rights codified in the landmark Roe vs. Billie Jean King's abortion story offers window into life without Roe vs. Wade 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Those assertions are contested and may draw comparisons to a passage in Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s majority opinion in a 2007 decision upholding the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The Leaked Draft Opinion on Roe Draws on Familiar Arguments 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z After the meeting in December, the senior justice in the majority — seemingly Justice Thomas — assigned the majority opinion to Justice Alito. A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Even he could scarcely believe his eyes when the leaked majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was published by Politico this week. End of Roe v. Wade looms large in Idaho, where women are likely to seek abortions in Washington 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion overturning federal abortion rights energized a competitive field of gubernatorial candidates in Maryland, where there is expansive abortion access and a wide-open race for governor. Roe threat enlivens Maryland’s governor race 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The Journal said its “guess” was that Alito was writing the majority opinion. Opinion | The leaked draft Roe opinion is a disaster for the Supreme Court 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked draft of the majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. Oklahoma governor signs ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, effective immediately 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Wade, according to a leaked draft of the court’s majority opinion. As Roe vs. Wade teeters, Barbara Kruger's 'Your body is a battleground' takes on urgency 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The exchange came just a day after Politico published a leaked copy of the Supreme Court's majority opinion draft on Roe v. Megyn Kelly pushes back after Bill Barr suggest SCOTUS leaker could be criminally prosecuted 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The leaked document - labelled "1st Draft" - appears to reflect the majority opinion of the court. Abortion ruling: US Supreme Court says leak is real as investigation launched 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z That was the response of Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, to Politico's bombshell revelation Monday night: a leaked Supreme Court majority opinion suggesting that we face the imminent reversal of Roe v. Adoption means abortion just isn't necessary, SCOTUS claims: That's even worse than it sounds 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The majority opinion found an absolute right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. What is Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion access case? 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z On Monday, in a first-of-its-kind report, Politico published a leaked copy of the Supreme Court's majority opinion initial draft on Roe. Manchin stays firm in face of abortion leak: "We've protected women's rights with the filibuster" 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Her comments come just a day after Politico published a leaked copy of the Supreme Court's initial draft majority opinion on Roe v. Susan Collins says Brett Kavanaugh lied to her about abortion — but Josh Hawley is not buying it 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Biden's remarks come just a day after Politico published a leaked initial draft of the court's majority opinion on Roe v. Democrats vow to vote on codifying abortion into law after Supreme Court leak 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The bombshell report came late Monday evening, when Politico published a leaked draft of Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion, written back in February, rehashing the constitutionality of Roe v. Why the right-wing is having a complete meltdown over the Supreme Court's leaked anti-abortion draft 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In a stunning leak, Politico published a draft majority opinion from Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Monday night that showed the majority has privately voted to overturn Roe v. California wants to add abortion rights to state constitution 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A leaked initial draft majority opinion suggests the court has voted to overturn Roe v. Potential Supreme Court move to overturn abortion rights sends protesters onto streets 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Even in 2019, after Kavanaugh was the lone dissenter to a majority opinion that blocked the Georgia legislature from curtailing abortion access, Collins stuck to her guns. Susan Collins says Brett Kavanaugh lied to her about abortion — but Josh Hawley is not buying it 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the majority opinion against his adopted hometown, rejecting the city’s contention its flag-raising program was a form of government speech. Supreme Court says Boston was wrong to refuse raising Christian group’s flag 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z RELATED: Leaked majority opinion says Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Why the right-wing is having a complete meltdown over the Supreme Court's leaked anti-abortion draft 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Wade, according to a leaked draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that Politico published on Monday night. Leaked majority opinion says U.S. Supreme Court is about to overturn Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z After an initial vote among the justices following an oral argument, one is assigned the majority opinion and writes a draft. Potential Supreme Court move to overturn abortion rights sends protesters onto streets 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Wade decision protecting women’s rights to abortion, according to a draft majority opinion circulated inside the court, Politico reported. Supreme Court set to strike down abortion rights, Politico says 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z “We reject this invitation to subject the people of this state to an election conducted pursuant to an unconstitutional reapportionment,” Judge DiFiore wrote in the majority opinion. Democrats Lose Control of N.Y. Election Maps, as Top Court Rejects Appeal 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In dissent, Justice Thomas, the author of the majority opinion in Reed, said the court had misapplied and undermined it. Supreme Court Rules on Stolen Art, Signs and Puerto Rico’s Status 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The same chief justice, the late Mark Cady, wrote the 2018 majority opinion that Iowa’s constitution allows the right to an abortion. EXPLAINER: Why Finkenauer’s Senate bid rests on 3 signatures 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The court considered a similar dispute in 2018 in a case about a Colorado baker, but Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s muddled and limited majority opinion did not resolve the basic issue. A Transformative Justice Whose Impact May Be Limited 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Politico said it obtained the initial draft majority opinion, which was signed by Justice Samuel Alito. Supreme Court set to strike down abortion rights, Politico says 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z In her majority opinion, Judge DiFiore wrote that Democrats were asking the judges to “effectively nullify the 2014 amendments” and make the commission “nothing more than ‘window dressing’ masquerading as meaningful reform.” Democrats Lose Control of N.Y. Election Maps, as Top Court Rejects Appeal 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Arguing that patterns of discrimination had changed, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that Congress should not use “a formula based on 40-year-old facts having no logical relation to the present day.” Why We Must Protect Voting Rights 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z He has some administrative responsibilities and the power to assign the majority opinion when he is in the majority. Ginni Thomas’s Texts, and the Limits of Chief Justice Roberts’s Power 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z By summer, Justice Breyer will probably write or join dissents from majority opinions undermining or eliminating the right to abortion established in Roe v. A Transformative Justice Whose Impact May Be Limited 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z In the majority opinion, Republican Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote that the court was not "certain" that the additional district was "required" but said there were "good reasons" to believe it was. Sotomayor torches Supreme Court’s “unprecedented” ruling that could gut protections for Black voters 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z This time, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, a moderate Republican joining court Democrats, chose to write the majority opinion herself. Ohio’s high court nixes 3rd set of GOP-drawn Statehouse maps 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Releasing Haag from prison at age 63 “deprives him of a meaningful opportunity to return to society, depriving him of a meaningful life,” the majority opinion says. 1 of 2 teens who killed Bellevue family in 1997 resentenced, given chance for ‘meaningful life’ outside prison 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z She wrote the majority opinion that preserved affirmative action in university admissions. Opinion | What Kind of Story Will Ketanji Brown Jackson Tell Her Fellow Justices? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “The civil death statute deprives those persons imprisoned at the ACI for life of their right to bring civil actions in our state courts,” the majority opinion written by Justice Erin Lynch-Prata said. State Supreme Court: ‘Civil death’ law is unconstitutional 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “The Constitution protects persons, not groups,” wrote Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the majority opinion. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Vanderberg stepped away from the group last summer, turning it over to fellow administrators when his views on reopening diverged from the more cautious majority opinion. ‘What do you do when you can’t agree on reality?’ COVID divides a once-praised Facebook group 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Instead, he has been setting the stage for a shift in influence, writing solo opinions on issues like free speech, guns and abortion that are now poised to become majority opinions. The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z I was taken aback by her first line in a 1991 majority opinion that rejected an appeal from an inmate on Virginia’s death row. Opinion | What Kind of Story Will Ketanji Brown Jackson Tell Her Fellow Justices? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z In Judge Jackson’s eight months on the appeals court, she has issued just two majority opinions, and they have been crisp and forceful. Judge Jackson’s Rulings: Detailed, Methodical and Leaning Left 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The majority opinion, officially called “the Opinion of the Court,” sets out the facts in a case, identifies the issues it presents, and details the reasons that underpin the majority’s decision. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to want someone who can forge consensus, who can write powerful majority opinions and can also express dissenting views in a clear way that people can understand.” Biden Interviews 3 Supreme Court Candidates as His Search Narrows 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Kruger also joined a majority opinion that upheld the abolishment of cash bail in California, a practice the justices called unconstitutional because it equates the level of freedom with the means to pay for it. On the California Supreme Court, Leondra Kruger is known for her ‘persuasive powers’ among the justices 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z “Every day, families rely on court orders to define parents’ lawful obligations,” said Justice Sharon Kennedy in the majority opinion in that 2019 case. Court: Dad can fight adoption of kids whose mother he killed 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The dissenting justices argued the court should have been bolder in protecting privacy rights given California’s own laws, with one deriding the majority opinion as “in tension even with its own logic.” California’s Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center. 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Most majority opinions, and many concurring and dissenting opinions, run to dozens of pages. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Kennedy dissented from the Grutter decision, but in 2016, he wrote the majority opinion that again upheld affirmative action in higher education in a case from Texas. High court conservatives target O’Connor, Kennedy opinions 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z In a 2019 ruling, Kruger joined a majority opinion upholding the death penalty in the case of a brutal double murder of an elderly couple in Hanford, Calif. On the California Supreme Court, Leondra Kruger is known for her ‘persuasive powers’ among the justices 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The majority opinion “creates an unacceptable consequence for the children in this case: an inability to enjoy their right to an intact childhood and a loving adoptive family,” Kennedy wrote. Court: Dad can fight adoption of kids whose mother he killed 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z He played a starring role in the court’s last term, writing majority opinions rejecting a challenge to the Affordable Care Act and protecting the free speech rights of a high school student. Justice Breyer to Retire From Supreme Court 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z If there has been a split decision, the Chief Justice may write the majority opinion, or he may assign that task to another justice in the majority. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A younger justice will be there for decades, but it may take that long for her to be able to write, or even join, a majority opinion in a fiercely contested area of jurisprudence. Opinion | The new Supreme Court justice will make a difference and not much difference at all 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z He wrote the majority opinion when the court turned down a Republican-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Breyer’s legacy: A centrist, pragmatic problem-solver and defender of the court’s reputation 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Breyer wrote the majority opinion when the court rejected the third challenge at the Supreme Court to the Affordable Care Act. Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z U.S., the court could not muster a majority opinion. Supreme Court takes EPA case that could narrow Clean Water Act 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z One or more of the justices on the majority side may write a concurring opinion, usually to make some point not made or not emphasized in the majority opinion. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The majority opinion written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy reiterated high-court rulings that diversity justifies some intrusion on the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection, which generally forbids the government to make decisions based on race. Race-conscious university admission policies to face Supreme Court review 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z In a challenge to the death penalty in Washington state, Mary wrote the majority opinion overturning capital punishment. MLK said it best: ‘Love is the greatest force in the universe’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Fortunately, the majority opinion in the case leaves open a surprisingly straightforward way for the administration to do just this. Op-Ed: Here’s how Biden can fix the Supreme Court’s terrible mistake in the vax or mask case 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z As legal expert Mark Joseph Stern at Slate wrote, the court's "unsigned majority opinion rests on several dubious claims" and, crucially, "is utterly untethered to the plain text of the law." Beyond the faux-legalese, the Supreme Court's motives don't differ from the QAnon shaman's 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The majority opinion in the case on health care workers seemed to try to harmonize the two rulings. Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Virus Mandate for Large Employers 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But the majority opinion “enshrined white supremacy” in law, Angela A. Allen-Bell, a professor at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, said at an event celebrating the pardon on Wednesday. With a Pardon, Homer Plessy’s Record Is Clear, but a Painful Legacy Endures 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The majority opinion also rejected a constitutional challenge to the rule. Appeals Court Reinstates OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate for Workers at Larger Businesses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The order came from Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, who last week wrote the majority opinion that left in place the law, which bans most abortions after six weeks. Supreme Court sends Texas abortion case to appeals court instead of to judge who previously blocked the law 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The majority opinion in that earlier ruling, issued just before midnight on Sept. 1, was unsigned and consisted of a single long paragraph. Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Professor Murray said that neither the notorious Dred Scott decision, with a majority opinion written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, nor decisions striking down President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were quite apt. Critical Moment for Roe, and the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who wrote the majority opinion, initially chose another place to draw the line, at around 13 weeks. Fetal Viability, Long an Abortion Dividing Line, Faces a Supreme Court Test 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z “In payment for this act of kindness, Reeves murdered Johnson, stole his money, and mocked his dying spasms,” justices wrote in the majority opinion in July. January execution date for Alabama man convicted in slaying 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Will there be a majority opinion that speaks for at least five justices or will the court be fractured so that there are at least five for a particular outcome, but for varying reasons? Texas abortion ban stays in force as justices mull outcome 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Heyward also succinctly articulated the majority opinion about the rule: “Ties suck.” After stalemate, Steelers RB Najee Harris unaware NFL game could end in tie 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “Oklahoma public nuisance law does not extend to the manufacturing, marketing and selling of prescription opioids,” the judges wrote in Tuesday’s majority opinion. Oklahoma Supreme Court Throws Out $465 Million Opioid Ruling Against J.&J. 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z He said the populist views cheerleading for war don’t represent majority opinion but do send a signal or warning to Taiwan. China’s advice to stockpile sparks speculation of Taiwan war 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z She suggested at Wednesday’s hearing that the court should follow the history as stated in the majority opinion in Heller. Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Either side would be happy with five votes, but a majority opinion carries more force. Texas abortion ban stays in force as justices mull outcome 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Justice Scalia — Justice Barrett’s mentor — wrote the majority opinion denying the counselors’ claim that the state had violated their freedom to practice their religion. Opinion | It’s Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Now 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Scalia’s majority opinion identified several lawful restrictions: bans on possession by felons and the mentally ill; bans in “sensitive places” such as schools and government buildings; and regulations on the sale of firearms. In fight at Supreme Court over N.Y. gun law, a surprising conservative split 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “It used to be you fought those fights in caucus, but when the caucus made a majority opinion, you moved forward.” House Democratic Retirements Pile Up as Party Fears Losing Majority 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The majority opinion in last month’s 5-to-4 Supreme Court decision refusing to block the law was unsigned and consisted of a single long paragraph. Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “Considerable deference is owed to a university in defining those intangible characteristics, like student body diversity, that are central to its identity and educational mission,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion. University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z In the earlier Supreme Court ruling, the majority opinion was unsigned and consisted of a single long paragraph. Justice Dept. to Ask Supreme Court to Block Texas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban as Legal Fights Continue 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z For instance, in a recent survey of Harvard’s Division of Science, only 52 percent of graduate students reported feeling “comfort disagreeing with majority opinion,” the lowest percentage of any group in the survey. Opinion | Cancel Culture: Are We Overreacting? 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Decisions in the most of the big cases won’t come before spring because the justices typically spend months drafting and revising majority opinions and dissents. Abortion, guns, religion top a big Supreme Court term 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z “Real liberty for all could not exist,” Harlan wrote in his majority opinion, if people could act “regardless of the injury that may be done to others.” The Right to Health 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The majority opinion Alito joined let the Texas law take effect. Alito defends letting Texas abortion law take effect, says Supreme Court critics want to intimidate justices 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The unsigned majority opinion in that case was issued around midnight and was not even two full pages. A ‘dangerous cabal’? Alito says high court is no such thing 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The majority opinion said that the law was "motivated in part for a discriminatory purpose" and "would not have been enacted in its current form but for its tendency to discriminate against African American voters." NC court strikes down GOP voter ID law: “Unconstitutional intent to target African American voters” 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z They have even altered the structure of social networks to create illusions about majority opinions. How ‘engagement’ makes you vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation on social media 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z In a majority opinion, Judge Albert Diaz, an Obama appointee, agreed with government assertions that a lawsuit over the program’s constituionality cannot be conducted without harming national security. Court rejects lawsuit against NSA on “state secrets” grounds 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The unsigned majority opinion said that the medical providers challenging the law had failed to make their case, but that the court was not ruling on whether the statute was constitutional. The Justice Dept. sues Texas over its new restrictive abortion law. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The majority opinion was unsigned and one paragraph long. Texas Abortion Case Highlights Concern Over Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z "Other, less restrictive voter ID laws would have sufficed to achieve the legitimate nonracial purposes of implementing the constitutional amendment requiring voter ID, deterring fraud, or enhancing voter confidence," the majority opinion said. NC court strikes down GOP voter ID law: “Unconstitutional intent to target African American voters” 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z This was the fifth time the Supreme Court had rejected the lower court’s analysis in a case involving California’s COVID-19 restrictions on freedom of religion, the majority opinion noted. Why L.A. County paid $400,000 to a church that violated coronavirus rules 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The majority opinion was unsigned and consisted of a single long paragraph. Supreme Court, Breaking Silence, Won’t Block Texas Abortion Law 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The court issued an eight-page majority opinion, an unusual move in a ruling on an application for emergency relief, where terse orders are more common. Supreme Court Ends Biden’s Eviction Moratorium 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He noted in the majority opinion that Colorado, New Jersey, Nebraska, and Utah all have included a reasonable doubt standard in their death penalty laws. California Supreme Court upholds death penalty rules 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Senior Judge Carlos F. Lucero, named to the federal bench by President Clinton and who took senior status in February, joined Judge McHugh in the majority opinion. Parole can’t be revoked for refusing faith-based rehab, federal court rules 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z “We need not resolve the issue as it is clear the statute of limitations expired decades ago,” Justice Christine Donohue wrote in the majority opinion. Pa. Supreme Court nixes lawsuits over decades-old attacks by priests 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z In the term that ended July 1, Breyer wrote the majority opinion preserving the Affordable Care Act, which provides health-care coverage to millions of Americans. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The majority opinion, which was unsigned, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its authority. Supreme Court Ends Biden’s Eviction Moratorium 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z In the term that ended July 1, Breyer wrote the majority opinion preserving the Affordable Care Act that provides health-care coverage to millions of Americans. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z But Griffith, a nominee of President George W. Bush, joined Tatel’s majority opinion upholding the law. Judge David Tatel’s lack of eyesight never defined him, but his blindness is woven into the culture of the influential appeals court in D.C. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The majority opinion upheld an earlier decision by U.S. Appeals court upholds rationing of hepatitis C treatment 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z In his majority opinion, our grandfather wrote that the time and place of the show-up were “too attenuated” from the crime “to outweigh the admitted dangers of presenting suspects singly to witnesses.” I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z After seeing the majority opinion on Thursday, Biden in a statement said the court “has now done severe damage” to the act. Analysis | Do Democrats have a strategy to counter GOP state laws restricting voting? 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z “In payment for this act of kindness, Reeves murdered Johnson, stole his money, and mocked his dying spasms,” justices wrote in the majority opinion. Supreme Court rules against inmate in death penalty case 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Over the course of what was until its end a relatively placid term, there were six decisions that split 6 to 3 along ideological lines in argued cases with signed majority opinions. A Supreme Court Term Marked by a Conservative Majority in Flux 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Alito, the majority opinion’s author, in turn accused Kagan of employing “misdirection” and embarking on a “radical project” to empower federal courts at the expense of state legislatures. Barrett moves Supreme Court to the right, but cautiously 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Alito, the majority opinion’s author, in turn, accused Kagan of “misdirection” and embarking on a “radical project” to empower federal courts at the expense of state legislatures. Barrett moves high court further right, cautiously 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Justice Wecht’s majority opinion — for four of the seven justices — said, “He must be discharged, and any future prosecution on these particular charges must be barred.” Bill Cosby’s Release From Prison, Explained 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Sotomayor in her dissent said the majority opinion was partly based on speculation about the strategy of the defense team. Supreme Court rules against inmate in death penalty case 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z In his majority opinion, Justice Alito wrote that states had a legitimate interest in rooting out fraud. Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Barrett disagreed, and wrote her first dissent from a majority opinion since joining the court in October. Supreme Court sides with credit agency, oil refineries and Native Alaskans in flurry of rulings 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z In a dissenting opinion, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III said the majority opinion failed to balance “recognition of both public needs and privacy concerns” under the Fourth Amendment. Court finds Baltimore aerial surveillance unconstitutional 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the majority opinion this morning, upholding an appeals court decision from the Third Circuit. Supreme Court says a school can’t punish a cheerleader for swearing on Snapchat 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z So is this one, from Justice Neil M. Gorsuch in the majority opinion: “Put simply, this suit involves admitted horizontal price fixing in a market where the defendants exercise market control,” he wrote. Perspective | Soon, the NCAA as we know it will no longer exist. Good riddance. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Still, there are few major Supreme Court decisions where the author of the majority opinion actually admitted he made a serious error in his analysis. Government’s power to seize private property must be reined in 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In a second part of Justice Barrett’s majority opinion, she clarified how the Basic presumption worked. Supreme Court Gives Goldman Sachs a Do-Over in Securities Fraud Suit 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z “Nearly all the conduct that they say aided and abetted forced labor — providing training, fertilizer, tools, and cash to overseas farms — occurred in Ivory Coast,” Thomas wrote in the majority opinion. Supreme Court says chocolate companies cannot be sued over child slavery on African cocoa farms 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Justice Alito’s concurring opinion on Thursday spanned 77 pages, five times the length of Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion. Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z But in Thursday’s majority opinion, the court noted that Philadelphia’s contract with foster agencies allowed the human services commissioner to make exceptions to its non-discrimination law. Court: If bias rules have exceptions, faith groups qualify 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The majority opinion was written by Stephen Breyer, the most senior liberal justice on the court. Obamacare: US Supreme Court upholds affordable healthcare law 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The Ninth Circuit erred by allowing this suit to proceed,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a majority opinion for the court. High court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z "This provision covers those who obtain information from particular areas in the computer – such as files, folders or databases – to which their computer access does not extend," Barrett wrote in the majority opinion. State Dept. was steered away from coronavirus origins probe, ex-officials say 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Students asked about his favorite majority opinions and dissents. Breyer ‘basically optimistic’ about US despite polarization 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The case concerned whether the court would make retroactive a “momentous” — an adjective used repeatedly in the Supreme Court’s majority opinion — rule it affirmed 13 months ago. Opinion | Who were the real conservatives in the Supreme Court’s fight over what counts as ‘watershed’? 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The majority opinion said the Ohio law is aimed at protecting the Down syndrome community from “the stigma it suffers from the practice of Down-syndrome-selective abortions.” Down syndrome abortion bans gain traction after court ruling 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Grumbach also said his index includes measures that capture both sides of the paradox, meaning "policy responsiveness to majority opinion and procedural indicators of how costly it is to vote, how gerrymandered districts are, etc." Behind the saga of Biden and Trump lies the fight for democracy around the world 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z The Court of Appeals disagreed in its majority opinion, stating that Russell’s life sentence is in accordance with Mississippi law. Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In a majority opinion in 2013, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in an aside that the clause “empowers Congress to regulate how federal elections are held, but not who may vote in them.” Constitutional Challenges Loom Over Proposed Voting Bill 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, which according to Facebook is the model for the Oversight Board, justices put their names to their majority opinions and to their dissents. Column: Facebook's no-decision on banning Trump does no one any good 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “Here, the mere fact that Otterbein is a private institution does not preclude its police department from being a public office,” the court said in an unsigned majority opinion. Ohio hospital won’t release names of officers in shooting 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Vigil wrote the lead majority opinion in 2019 that set aside the death penalty for the final two inmates awaiting execution a decade after the state repealed capital punishment. High court justice, who authored end to execution, to retire 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In case you were wondering, the majority opinion was written by a Republican-appointed judge. Editorial Roundup: Kansas 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Because the majority opinion did not provide one, "the Court is fooling no one," Sotomayor wrote. Sotomayor cites Kavanaugh’s own words to slam his decision allowing life sentences for minors 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Supreme Court Roger B. Taney - a Dickinson College graduate - wrote a majority opinion holding that, among other things, American Blacks “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” New college tour highlights slavery’s shadow 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The unsigned majority opinion expressed impatience with the federal appeals court in California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, saying it had repeatedly disregarded the Supreme Court’s instructions. By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Prayer Meetings in Homes 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Friday’s majority opinion, issued just before midnight, expressed impatience both with the U.S. Supreme Court strikes another pandemic-related restriction on religious services 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z The dissenting justices argued the majority opinion “overrules over a century of precedent” on standing and obscured “the consequences of its decision.” Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Richard Wagner wrote in the majority opinion that muscular federal policy is necessary to tackle a global problem like climate change. National Carbon Tax Upheld by Canada’s Supreme Court 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z “There is no call for such surmise,” he wrote, saying the court had effectively answered the question before it in a 1991 decision featuring a majority opinion from Justice Antonin Scalia. Case on Police Violence Reveals Fault Lines at Supreme Court 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z All of the justices agreed the high courts in Montana and Minnesota were correct to let the lawsuits proceed, but Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito disagreed with the reasoning in the majority opinion. Supreme Court divides on when a shooting by police can be considered excessive force 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z “This is the fifth time the court has summarily rejected the Ninth Circuit’s analysis of California’s covid restrictions on religious exercise,” the majority opinion stated. Supreme Court strikes another pandemic-related restriction on religious services 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Justice Elena Kagan wrote the court‘s majority opinion holding that “the connection between the plaintiffs’ claims and Ford’s activities in those States … is close enough” to allow the lawsuits to proceed. Justices say accident victims can sue Ford in state courts 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Two of the court’s nine judges dissented from the majority opinion yesterday, arguing that a carbon tax wasn’t a legitimate issue of national concern. National Carbon Tax Upheld by Canada’s Supreme Court 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Justice Elena Kagan wrote the court’s majority opinion holding that “the connection between the plaintiffs’ claims and Ford’s activities in those States … is close enough” to allow the lawsuits to proceed. Justices say accident victims can sue Ford in state courts 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z His most influential majority opinion for the court concerns the Fifth Amendment right against government “taking” private property without paying for it — that is, the right against state expropriation. Review | Why are our debates about rights so toxic? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Writing the majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia denied that systematic sexism could be assumed to be the motive force behind a pay gap. How a bruising Microsoft lawsuit fueled the fight for fair pay 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision denying U.S. citizenship to Black Americans. Founder of Baltimore art collection backed Confederate cause 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued her first signed majority opinion for the Supreme Court on Thursday, siding with the government over an environmental group seeking draft agenda reports about potential harm to endangered species. In Amy Coney Barrett’s first signed majority opinion, Supreme Court sides with government over environmentalists 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The Constitution, the 5-4 majority opinion said, “does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death — something that, of course, isn’t guaranteed to many people.” Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The Constitution, the 5-4 majority opinion said, “does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death - something that, of course, isn’t guaranteed to many people.” Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The Freedom Foundation cited Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s majority opinion in Janus, which said that no dues or fees may be deducted “unless the employee affirmatively consents to pay.” Washington state workers challenge post-Janus restrictions on leaving unions 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Justice Robin Hudson wrote the majority opinion ruling in favor of Forest’s campaign going forward with its lawsuit, but the court declined to rule on the constitutionality of the disclosure law itself. NC Supreme Court: Dan Forest can sue over 2012 political ad 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Thirty-seven percent of them yielded to the majority opinion. How cognitive bias can explain post-truth 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Roberts also wrote the majority opinion this year in Department of Homeland Security v. Perspective | John Roberts’s self-defeating attempt to make the court appear nonpolitical 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z In June, she wrote the majority opinion ordering a lower-court judge to dismiss the case against Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser. As Trump Leaves the White House, His Imprint on the Judiciary Deepens 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z “This evidence creates a reasonable probability that the jury would have returned a different verdict had it been presented with the undisclosed evidence,” wrote a majority opinion from Justice Anita Earls. N.C. Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Barrett responded with a statement disputing the facts presented in the majority opinion, and pointed to her aunt as the source of the juror signatures. Arkansas court overturns murder conviction, orders 4th trial 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Also, it was not the mere "wisdom of crowds" effect, which relies on passive majority opinion. How cognitive bias can explain post-truth 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The majority opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, included an important limiting passage, the price of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s crucial fifth vote. Justice Barrett’s Vote Could Tilt the Supreme Court on Gun Rights 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas -- conservatives who were appointed before Trump took office -- also sided with the majority opinion. Rev. Franklin Graham praises 3 Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices after New York religious case 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The majority opinion said less restrictive measures would work. Midnight Ruling Exposes Rifts at a Supreme Court Transformed by Trump 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z However, the majority opinion did suggest that power might be subject to "some other constitutional constraint." Trump's invitation to Michigan lawmakers could now spark state and federal political crisis 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z |
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