Questions tagged [supreme-court]
In most instances is the highest court in a country and isn't always called as such - for example, the High Court of Australia. If the country has multiple supreme courts, specify which one in your question. Please also tag questions with the relevant country.
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Presumed Immunity and Unquestioned Motivations
I’ve been trying to understand the ramifications of the recent US Supreme Court ruling. As I understand it…
Core Constitutional duties have absolute immunity
Official acts have presumed immunity (...
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Can the US president legally kill at will?
Following the ruling by SCOTUS in Trump v. United States (2024) that Presidents enjoy absolute immunity for their exclusive powers and presumptive immunity for their remaining official acts, I have ...
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What would happen if a US circuit court consistently issued decisions contrary to recent Supreme Court precedent?
I'm imagining a US circuit court where the majority of judges were ideologically opposed to the present direction of the Supreme Court. What would happen if they begin to consistently issue rulings ...
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Can the U.S. government do anything to prevent Bytedance from taking it to the Supreme Court after the ban?
Tiktok's US subsidiary of the company Bytedance has decided to take the matter to the Supreme Court after the US government decided to ban it. Can the US government can do anything to prevent this, or ...
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Is it possible to limit future Supreme Court justices to judges seated on the federal appellate bench without a constitutional amendment?
Some judges worried that random appointments could result in
lower-quality Supreme Court justices.
“(J)ust because someone is on the Court of Appeals does NOT mean they
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If POTUS doesn't name a candidate to fill a SCOTUS vacancy, can the Senate fill the seat?
If the President doesn't name a candidate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, can the Senate fill the seat, anyway?
If Biden were to win re-election, the Republicans take the Senate, and a Supreme Court ...
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Did SCOTUS have the authority to rule on McConnell's refusal to allow Obama to fill a SCOTUS vacancy?
In 2016, the death of Justice Scalia created an opening in the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced he would not grant a hearing for any candidate proposed by then-President Obama....
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Does the US Supreme Court judgement preventing States from barring Trump in the ballot make any rulings on the 'insurrectionist' charges against him?
The Justices unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Mr. Trump off the State's Republican primary ballot after finding that the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment ...
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What exactly are the "stridencies" in the majority opinion on the Colorado ballot exclusion to which the two concurrencies refer? [closed]
In CNN's March 5, 2024 Retired federal judge blasts Supreme Court ruling: 'Stunning in its overreach' retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig says the following (excerpted from YouTube auto-transcript ...
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By whom is the Trump "Immunity case" presently stayed
According to a number of YouTube videos, when a case is appealed to the Supreme Court, the Court may initially decide on two separate issues:
Whether it will grant or deny certiorari. If four or ...
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How did the Colorado Supreme Court justify extending Section 3 of 14th amendment to the presidency? How did the minority opinion argue against this?
The NYTimes' December 19/20, 2023 LIVE: Trump Ballot Ruling; Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules includes the following:
The Colorado court’s lengthy ruling ...
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If UK government "ignored the law" on asylum seekers, what are the consequences? [duplicate]
The UK government wants to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, but the proposed policy has been ruled unlawful by the UK Supreme Court.
The Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson is widely reported ...
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What's going on with the effort to disqualify Trump in 2023 under the Constitution, Article 14, Clause 3
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What's going on with the effort to disqualify Trump for 2024 under the Constitution.
To recap:
Two legal scholars from the very influential right wing Federalist Society came out with a 128 ...
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What exactly are the negative consequences of the Israeli Supreme Court reform, as per the protestors?
Israel has had massive anti-government protests for 6 months due to the proposed Supreme Court reforms. But what are the exact negative consequences of such a reform, as per the protestors?
Are they ...
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Can a supreme court oust an elected head-of-government due to a conflict of interest?
In Israel, the supreme court is going to discuss an appeal to oust the prime minister, due to claims that he has a conflict of interest: he is involved in legislation regarding the justice system ...
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