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News Roundup: Senate battle for voting protections; Supreme Court rejects latest Trump gambit

January 20, 2022 Court, Voting, Supreme, battle, latest, Rejects, Roundup, Trump, Protections, News, gambit, Senate0 comment

In the news today: Tonight saw the latest Senate battle to protect voting rights even as Republican-held state legislatures pass unprecedented rollbacks targeting those rights. What’s next is unclear, but Democratic leaders organized the vote tonight as a move to force the two Senate Democratic holdouts—as well as all Senate Republicans—on record for blocking the urgently needed protections. Also this evening, the Supreme Court rejected a Trump demand that the National Archives refuse a congressional request for administration records pertaining to the violence on January 6. Justice Thomas was the…

Jay Sekulow Explains Vaccine Mandate Cases Before Supreme Court

January 10, 2022 Supreme, Before, Explains, Cases, mandate, Vaccine, Sekulow, Court0 comment

Friday was a critical day for American liberty. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases to determine whether or not a stay would be issued against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates. The high court heard arguments on the Biden COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees, and also on the mandate requiring health care workers to be vaccinated. “The courts seem inclined to strike down the mandate, probably on the lack of authority ground, that OSHA, the agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,…

Vaccine Hostility Gets Its Day In The Supreme Court

January 9, 2022 Court, Supreme, gets, hostility, Vaccine0 comment

Extreme vaccine skepticism got a showing at the Supreme Court on Friday. Talking Points Memo

Vaccine Mandate Cases May Hold Clues About Whether Supreme Court Intends To Drastically Constrain Biden’s Power

January 6, 2022 Court, clues, about, Drastically, Supreme, Constrain, power, Hold, Cases, whether, intends, mandate, Biden's, Vaccine0 comment

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two vaccine mandate cases Friday, the culmination of an extremely expedited and unusual process to get the mandates before the high court.  Talking Points Memo

Supreme Court Sets Special Hearing on Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandates

December 25, 2021 Court, Supreme, special, Sets, Hearing, Biden's, Covid, Vaccine, mandates0 comment

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 7 in cases challenging two of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Those mandates would apply to more than 100 million Americans who work at private-sector businesses and health care facilities. With compliance deadlines quickly approaching, the Supreme Court decided to step in and schedule an unusual Friday session for oral arguments. The Heritage Foundation, a petitioner in the case challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, asked the high court Saturday to halt the government’s order. Heritage, a private employer…

Warren Demands Expansion Of Supreme Court To Combat ‘Republican Hijacking’

December 16, 2021 Republican, Court, expansion, Supreme, Warren, Combat, Demands, Hijacking’0 comment

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday urged the expansion of the Supreme Court with more justices, while taking aim at the “gravity of the Republican hijacking” of the court. Talking Points Memo