SCOTUS – California Globe

Conversion Therapy Bill Could Be in Some Hot Water and Has Unexpected Potential

April 9, 2026 12:00 pmApril 9, 2026 12:01 pm

Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a stinging 8-1 rebuke to state bans on certain types of conversion therapy, California Senate Bill 934 landed in the Capitol like a lead balloon. Authored by the ever-busy Sen. Scott Wiener...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban, Implicates California’s Ban

March 31, 2026 12:02 pmMarch 31, 2026 12:02 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court just issued a ruling this morning on Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, stating that it violates the First Amendment rights of licensed counselors, sending the case back to lower courts for further review. In...

SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Deference to Immigration Agencies in Asylum Denials

March 6, 2026 7:55 amMarch 6, 2026 11:23 am

In a unanimous 9-0 decision (see below) delivered by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, that federal appeals courts must apply a deferential “substantial-evidence” standard when reviewing immigration agency determinations of whether undisputed facts constitute “persecution”...

Nevada AG Aaron Ford Weaponizes Black History Month to Double Down on Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants

February 16, 2026 2:20 pmFebruary 16, 2026 2:20 pm

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) used Black History Month to champion birthright citizenship in a video posted to his official X account, tying the 14th Amendment’s legacy to the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. “Birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the...

DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief Backing GOP Bid to Block Newsom’s Prop 50 ‘Power Grab’

January 22, 2026 5:50 pmJanuary 23, 2026 11:48 am

In a significant escalation of the legal battle over California’s controversial Proposition 50, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a brief (see below) with the Supreme Court supporting Republican plaintiffs’ emergency request to enjoin the use of the new...

DOJ Intervenes in Arizona’s Ongoing Legal Battle To Protect Voter ID Laws

October 20, 2025 4:27 pmOctober 20, 2025 4:27 pm

Last Friday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen’s ongoing legal battle to protect the Republican-led passage of two voter ID laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote in elections. The lawsuit, Mi...

U.S. Supreme Court on a Hot Streak

July 4, 2023 6:24 amJuly 4, 2023 6:38 am

Trigger Alert: For those of you who feel that the American judicial system—the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, is there to reflect prevailing public sentiment, create law to support your world view, and/or take your feelings into account, this...