Posts Tagged ‘SCOTUS’
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Do you remember S.B. 1070, Arizona’s highly disputed immigration law?
Well, the disputed law is about to be disputed by the top disputers in the country…
The U.S. Supreme Court!
On Monday, the high court agreed to review the constitutionality of the law, which made headlines in 2010.
The Arizona law requires local police to try to determine the immigration status of people they detain during a traffic stop or for questioning if there’s a ‘reasonable suspicion’ that those individuals are in the U.S. illegally.
Under the measure, police are required to determine whether someone arrested is a citizen or legal resident before releasing him or her. The law also demands that foreigners have immigration papers in their possession at all times.”
The Obama administration argues that immigration control is the responsibility of the Federal government not local police.
Border states respond by saying the federal government is not doing its job controlling illegal immigration. They suggest laws like S.B. 1070 are meant to compliment Federal enforcement.
Others argue the law is an unfair attack on the Latino community. And, legal challenges and appeals from the Obama administration have already blocked several of the law’s key parts.
The Supreme Court is currently looking at two other notable cases which could also impact the 2012 election.
Do you think S.B 1070 goes too far?
The celebrated case of Troy Davis finally ended last night at 11:08 p.m. The Georgia death row inmate exhausted years of legal appeals and was put to death by lethal injection.
Davis was convicted of killing a policeman back in 1989… However, recently 7 witnesses have recanted their testimony casting doubt upon the case.
You can read here how the world is reacting.
Just before his execution, Davis was granted a temporary delay in his execution date by the Supreme Court of the United States. This gave hope to his supporters that a retrial would be forthcoming.
The tweet above conveys just one perspective on the actions that have taken place in the past few hours, days, and weeks. Where do you stand? Do you believe that there’s #toomuchdoubt?
Thanks to Wikicommons!
With all that’s happening due to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Steven’s retirement we at US Democrazy thought we’d give you some suggested sites about the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States).
First off, what is the history of the court and its cases? Well, our friends at PBS has got you covered there. They have a wonderful website on the subject (including videos, games, and an AWESOME timeline). …read more.
Courtesy SCOTUS website.
Unsurprisingly, some people (like Democrat Alan Grayson) don’t like the Supreme Court’s recent finance decision. Raise your hand if you can guess why!
Too big to fail? Not the Dems. Another retirement for the party is at hand!
The divisive bill gets, well, more divisive. The House of Representatives doesn’t trust its mates!
Is this happy face familiar?
China’s chastising… And the US is glad!
Nine years later, no more fighting! Bush v. Gore lawyers join together for an important battle!
Is the economy staging a comeback? We surely hope so…
Pondering your freshman year? President Obama and the rest of the nation relive his!
Normally when we at USDemocrazy hear words like BATTLE! FIGHT! ATTACK! bandied about we head for cover and find our Kevlar. This week we heard those terms being shouted in Washington DC. and around the country!
The cause of this aggressive aggravation? President Obama’s appointment to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor.
Just in case you missed it, a few weeks back Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his retirement. This created a crucial new opening for Obama to make his first judicial appointment. (Not to fear, we’ll catch you up.)
After a couple of weeks of yelling, asserting, positing, and opining as to who should be the next judge on the highest court in America, Obama announced on Tuesday that Judge Sotomayor is his pick for the bench.
So…who is this justice potential?
Judge SotomayOR (pronounced with an emphasis on the OR — very judicious, no?) is 54, a Yale law graduate, a circuit court judge, and yes, a Latina. SotomayOR was born in Puerto Rico, but moved with her family to the Bronx, New York, where she grew up.
The fact that she’s a Latina has stirred up a lot of talk. She’d be the first Hispanic on the Court, and only the third woman. (We wonder what kind of advice Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg would give the new girl?)
And yes, though the announcement was made merely two days ago, the Republicans are already mounting their attack.
Based on what, you ask? Well… there’s a lot to be said about the Judge, and it seems every news outlet has a few cents to throw into the discussion.
To help you out we’ve found all the valuable stuff on Sotomayor that you’ll want to know. Now you can start an argument of your very own!
The Daily Beast gives you 200 words…
The White House wants to get Sotomayor approved as smoothly as possible… so they’ve compiled a complete story about her to help convince America!
Judgepedia.org has the dirt. (Like, judicial dirt.)
The Washington Post and the New York Times have the stuff on her interesting background.
A quick overview of some of Sotomayor’s opinions on hot issues.
Already a few of Sotomayor’s quotes have sparked controversy, including:
I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.
and this (see video):
So, responses? Respectively, here and here.
That first quote even inspired Newt Gingrich to call her a racist! And then the White House responded. (And the back-and-forth begins…)
And how will the right respond? Let’s take a look…
Politico predicts how she’ll get picked on!
But should the Republicans just take it easy on her?
Obama put the GOP in a tricky place, says Mother Jones.
Yet the Wall Street Journal has some questions lined up for the nominee.
And we get to see Orrin Hatch’s take too!
So… are you pro-Sotomayor or against? Let’s hear it!
