Author: Robert Barnes

Washington Post – Politics:

An unprecedented number of challenges to congressional maps are advancing in courts across the country ahead of the 2024 elections.

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A lawyer in an upcoming tax case interviewed Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. for a Wall Street Journal article in which Alito refuted criticism of his conduct.

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said he is “hopeful” the Supreme Court soon will take specific steps to deal with ethics and boost public confidence in the institution.

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During his 30-year tenure, Justice Anthony Kennedy was often in the majority on landmark cases. Since his retirement, the court has shifted in a new direction.

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“Justices and all judges are public figures, and public criticism kind of comes with the job,” she said.

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A lower court had said the Biden administration had overreached with its new policy regarding guns assembled at home.

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“I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it,” Alito said. “No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period.”

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Without comment, the justices lifted a lower court’s halt on the remaining construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will stretch 300 miles through rugged mountains in West Virginia and Virginia.

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After the dramatic reversal of Roe v. Wade last year, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. pulled court back toward its right-leaning center.