12/25/2023 0 Comments 3 supreme court decisions today![]() In another case Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the same 6-3 divide, invalidated a California regulation that required charities to disclose their donors. Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund said in a statement that the court’s “majority is woefully disconnected from social and historical reality, particularly when it comes to the experiences of racial minorities who continue to face daily depredations of basic rights in our country.” President Joe Biden, the Justice Department and liberal groups also criticized the ruling. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesĪll eyes on Stephen Breyer's retirement plans as Supreme Court term ends US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer accepts an honorary doctorate from Belgium's Catholic University of Louvain (Leuven) by videoconference in Washington on March 6, 2009. His opinion drew a fierce dissent from Justice Elena Kagan who said the majority had “no right to remake” the law and that it “should not be diminished by this court.” He said that the Arizona laws were akin to the “usual burdens of voting” and added that while the Voting Rights Act “exemplifies our country’s commitment to democracy” the law does “not deprive the States of their authority to establish non- discriminatory voting rules.” Justice Samuel Alito, echoing comments from Trump and Republican-led states claiming election fraud from last year’s presidential election, reversed and stressed for a 6-3 court what he called a state’s “entirely legitimate interest” in the prevention of fraud. The court’s new majority was in full force on Thursday as it limited the ability for minorities to challenge state laws they believe are discriminatory under the historic Voting Rights Act in a case involving two Arizona laws that a lower court said had a disparate impact on minorities in the state. Two of the most important cases of the term were 7-2 and 9-0 and there were 29 unanimous opinions.īut Republicans and conservatives are finally getting the decisions they pined for as former President Donald Trump changed the face of the courts and liberals are preparing for a bloodbath. Which isn’t to say that the term wasn’t entirely made up of 6-3 opinions on ideological lines. The justices also foreshadowed fissures that will likely widen next year as the court hears blockbuster cases with broad social implications concerning abortion, the Second Amendment and possibly affirmative action. They handed out a pair of decisions with deep political undertones that will bolster the narratives put forward by the poles of both parties. ![]() ![]() ![]() Supreme Court gives Republican-led states green light to impose restrictive new voting laws ![]()
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