The U.S. Supreme Court has let the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cut off potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in medical grants that officials say don’t align with his policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/world/crime-legal/top-court-trump-health-grant-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #ussupremecourt #nationalinstitutesofhealth #medicalgrants
Tim Chambers
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America's partisan gerrymandering mess dates back to a 2019 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Rucho v. Common Cause, "the five Republican judges held that court challenges to partisan gerrymanders could not go forward in federal courts because such cases present a 'political question,'" Jay Willis writes for Balls and Strikes. "What is happening in Texas and California and elsewhere right now demonstrates just how vapid and hollow the reasoning in 'Rucho' always was. You do not have to have a law degree to understand that a Texas map that transforms a 56-42 advantage into a 79-21 blowout is not, in any meaningful sense, fair. You do not need to be a Supreme Court justice to understand that a California map that would turn Kamala Harris’s 58 percent vote share in 2024 into 94 percent of power in the House does not allow for equal participation in the political process.
But this is the price that 'Rucho' is forcing millions of voters to pay."
#USLaw#USSupremeCourt#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#RuchoVCommonCause#Rucho
America's partisan gerrymandering mess dates back to a 2019 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Rucho v. Common Cause, "the five Republican judges held that court challenges to partisan gerrymanders could not go forward in federal courts because such cases present a 'political question,'" Jay Willis writes for Balls and Strikes. "What is happening in Texas and California and elsewhere right now demonstrates just how vapid and hollow the reasoning in 'Rucho' always was. You do not have to have a law degree to understand that a Texas map that transforms a 56-42 advantage into a 79-21 blowout is not, in any meaningful sense, fair. You do not need to be a Supreme Court justice to understand that a California map that would turn Kamala Harris’s 58 percent vote share in 2024 into 94 percent of power in the House does not allow for equal participation in the political process.
But this is the price that 'Rucho' is forcing millions of voters to pay."
#USLaw#USSupremeCourt#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#RuchoVCommonCause#Rucho
Even as an uproar over files relating to Jeffrey Epstein engulfs President Donald Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court is due to decide whether to hear a bid by an associate of the late financier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/world/crime-legal/ghislaine-maxwell-case-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #ussupremecourt #donaldtrump#ghislainemaxwell #sexcrimes #jeffreyepstein
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/politics/supreme-court-trump-education-department/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ussupremecourt #education #us #donaldtrump #republicans #lindamcmahon
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Donald Trump's administration to pursue tens of thousands of government layoffs and downsize numerous agencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/politics/supreme-court-trump-federal-layoffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ussupremecourt #us #donaldtrump #republicans
The Supreme Court’s ruling curbing the power of judges to block government actions on a nationwide basis has raised questions about whether dozens of orders that have halted President Donald Trump’s policies will stand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/world/politics/trump-court-order-win-agenda-path/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #ussupremecourt #donaldtrump #immigration #republicans
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a major victory in a case involving birthright citizenship by curbing the ability of judges to impede his policies nationwide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/world/politics/us-supreme-court-trump-limit-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #ussupremecourt #donaldtrump #immigration
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that terror victims can sue the Palestinian Authority and PLO in U.S. courts, a decision likely to impact future cases and the law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/27/world/foreign-terror-us-courts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ussupremecourt #palestinianauthority #plo #hamas #gaza #israel #terrorism