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Supreme Court Overturns Another Abortion Ruling

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On Monday, the Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a minor’s right to seek court permission for an abortion without parental notification.

The Supreme Court’s decision was issued because it believed the previous decision was moot following the Dobbs ruling in June of last year. The Dobbs ruling overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.

The case before the justices concerned a 17-year-old in Missouri who asked a court for permission to terminate a pregnancy without notifying her parents, as required by state law. The lower court clerk told the girl that her parents would be notified despite her wishes. After traveling to Illinois for the procedure, she sued, arguing that the court trampled her constitutional rights. . .

The Supreme Court’s ruling directs the appeals court to vacate the judgment in the Missouri case and declare it moot. The ruling will have no practical effect in Missouri, which currently has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, with no exemptions for rape or incest. The procedure is only permissible to save the pregnant person’s life or prevent severe damage to their health. (Read more from “Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Ruling, Jackson Pens Powerful Solo Dissent” HERE)

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Supreme Court Announces Major Update in Dobbs Leak Probe

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The Supreme Court announced in a statement Thursday that the investigation into who leaked a draft of the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has led to no conclusions.

Politico obtained and published a draft copy of the court’s decision in May, prompting outrage among pro-abortion activists and mass demonstrations in front of conservative justices’ homes.

The day after the leak, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered Supreme Court Marshal Gail A. Curley, the head security officer for the court, to launch an investigation.

The court officially released the decision in June, which overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and removed the constitutional right to an abortion. (Read more from “Supreme Court Announces Major Update in Dobbs Leak Probe” HERE)

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Postal Worker Forced Out of Job After Requesting to Observe Sabbath

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The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case about a postal worker who was forced out of his job when he did not want to work on Sundays due to his religious convictions.

“It is unlawful for employers to discriminate against employees on the basis of religion,” Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty, one of the firms representing Groff, said in a press release provided to The Daily Wire. “It’s time for the Supreme Court to reconsider a decades old case that favors corporations and the government over the religious rights of employees.”

In 2012, Gerald Groff began working for the United States Postal Service in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, after looking for a job that wouldn’t make him work on Sundays. In accordance with his religious beliefs, Groff wanted to keep the Christian Sabbath.

The post office began package delivery on Sundays for Amazon, leading Groff to decide to be moved to a different branch, although it hurt his employment standing.

The post office then began to make deliveries on Sundays, so Groff requested a religious accommodation in order to keep the Sabbath on Sunday. At first, he was given the accommodation and permitted to work more on other days. The postal service then only gave him options that would still make him work on Sundays. (Read more from “Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Postal Worker Forced Out of Job After Requesting to Observe Sabbath” HERE)

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Supreme Court Leaker: One Law Clerk on Short List of Suspects

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Investigators who are examining the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade have narrowed their inquiry to a handful of suspects, including at least one law clerk, though officials have not affirmatively identified a culprit, according to people familiar with the matter.

Chief Justice John Roberts assigned the high court’s marshal, Gail Curley, to investigate the leak in May. But with the institution’s own police lacking the experience in such complex investigations, the court invited outside assistance from government investigators, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.

The latest report marks the most significant update on the hunt for the person who leaked Alito’s draft opinion to Politico on May 2. In a small yet notable report in late July, Fox News anchor Shannon Bream reported investigators looking into the leak had “narrowed it down” to about “70 or so” people who had access to the draft, but no names of suspects emerged in her brief report.

The suspect interviews conducted by investigators were at times brief and superficial, according to a person who spoke to the WSJ. The nature of such questions included examples such as, “Did you do it? Do you know anyone who had a reason to do it?” Publicly available information about court employees was used by investigators to develop theories, one person said. (Read more from “Supreme Court Leaker: One Law Clerk on Short List of Suspects” HERE)

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Report: Vasectomies in High Demand Following Roe v. Wade Reversal

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Doctors say they are seeing a “drastic increase in vasectomies” following the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade and return the issue of abortion back to the states, Yahoo News reported on Thursday.

“There was an increase of basically 100 percent in the number of vasectomies from the moment Roe v. Wade was overturned,” Dr. Esgar Guarin, the co-founder of SimpleVas Medical Clinic, told the outlet.

Guarin, who is a doctor trained in maternal, child, and “reproductive health” in Des Moines, Iowa, said that his office signed up 50 percent of the patients that they would normally have for vasectomies in a month “within only 48 hours” of the high court’s decision on June 24, 2022. The report noted that typically, around 500,000 vasectomies are performed every year in the United States as a form of “permanent birth control for men.”

Planned Parenthood’s office in St. Louis has also noticed an increase in vasectomies, telling Live Action in November of 2022 that the pro-abortion organization has “seen an increasing number of male-bodied people coming and requesting this service.” (Read more from “Report: Vasectomies in High Demand Following Roe v. Wade Reversal” HERE)

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White House Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on Title 42

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As President Biden prepares to leave Washington for a vacation on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the White House issued his administration’s response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that kept Title 42 in place — for now — as Biden’s border crisis worsens.

“The Supreme Court’s order today keeps the current Title 42 policy in place while the Court reviews the matter in 2023,” said a statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “We will, of course, comply with the order and prepare for the Court’s review,” she added.

“At the same time, we are advancing our preparations to manage the border in a secure, orderly, and humane way when Title 42 eventually lifts and will continue expanding legal pathways for immigration,” Jean-Pierre continued, despite the fact that the Biden administration has failed to manage the border in anything resembling a “secure, orderly, and humane way” thus far.

“Title 42 is a public health measure, not an immigration enforcement measure, and it should not be extended indefinitely,” Jean-Pierre’s statement on behalf of the White House stated, despite the fact that the Supreme Court’s ruling is something of a gift to President Biden whose admin is not remotely prepared to handle a post-Title 42 influx of additional illegal immigrants. (Read more from “White House Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on Title 42” HERE)

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Supreme Court Makes Last-minute Ruling About Title 42

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on a lower court’s ruling to keep Title 42 in place right before it was supposed to be lifted on Wednesday. The Biden administration has until 5 p.m. Tuesday to respond the Court’s decision.

“This is purely administrative at this point, not on the merits,” Fox News Chief Legal Correspondent Shannon Bream noted about the decision.

Title 42 is the public health order that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that allowed Border Patrol agents to quickly expel illegal immigrants to prevent transmission of the virus in holding facilities. The Biden administration was also prevented from removing Title 42 at the last minute in May after a lawsuit was brought by Republicans. (Read more from “Supreme Court Makes Last-minute Ruling About Title 42” HERE)

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Supreme Court Agrees To Take up Another Challenge To Controversial Biden Plan

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a second challenge to the Biden administration’s bid to forgive millions of student borrowers’ debt after it agreed earlier this month to hear arguments over a separate case early next year.

The decision to take up the case, U.S. Department of Education v. Brown, came after the Biden administration petitioned the case to the justices earlier this month following an appeals court’s decision to continue a block on the costly debt relief program. The lawsuit was initially brought by borrowers who argued the White House improperly put together the plan without a public comment period before it went into effect.

The conservative Job Creators Network Foundation, which sued on behalf of the plaintiffs, lauded the high court’s decision in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

“If this illegal program isn’t stopped, it will give the executive branch a blank check, not only for this president but every future president without any input from Congress or any public participation,” JCNF President Elaine Parker said. (Read more from “Supreme Court Agrees To Take up Another Challenge To Controversial Biden Plan” HERE)

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Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Case Involving Christian Web Designer Seeking To Refuse to Design Homosexual Wedding Sites

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On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the high-profile free speech case involving Lorie Smith, a Christian graphic designer from Colorado, seeking to refuse to create same-sex wedding websites, Fox News Digital reported.

Smith, owner of 303 Creative, filed the lawsuit in 2016 against Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act, which prohibits a business from discriminating based on sexual orientation. According to Smith, being forced to create same-sex wedding websites would violate her sincerely held religious beliefs.

The high court’s decision will determine whether all service providers will be forced to suppress their free speech rights in workplace environments. The justices presented multiple hypotheticals to determine whether ruling in Smith’s favor would promote the First Amendment.

Smith was joined by her attorney, Kristen Waggoner of Alliance Defending Freedom, in an interview on Fox News’ “The Story” Monday. Smith explained that Colorado is “compelling and controlling” her speech by “forcing” her to create custom artwork that goes against her Christian faith. (Read more from “Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Case Involving Christian Web Designer Seeking To Refuse to Design Homosexual Wedding Sites” HERE)

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Right After Biden Successfully Buys Votes With Student Loan Bailout, Supreme Court Will Weigh In

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The Supreme Court will decide whether the Biden administration acted lawlessly when it authorized the cancellation of hundreds of billions of dollars in student loans. The high court announced on Thursday that it would expedite an appeal brought by the Biden administration challenging a lower court’s injunction freezing its loan “forgiveness” program, promising a hearing in February on the issues.

Until then, the Supreme Court will let stand the injunction the Eighth Circuit issued in Nebraska v. Biden. That injunction prevents the Biden administration from cancelling student loans of up to $20,000 per borrower, pending resolution of the legal challenge to the debt-forgiveness plan brought by six states: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Carolina.

In petitioning the Supreme Court for relief, the Biden administration initially sought an order vacating the Eighth Circuit’s injunction, but the administration argued alternatively that, if the high court declined to dissolve the injunction, it should instead hear the case on appeal on an expedited schedule. The Supreme Court’s decision to take the case on appeal presents a unique situation, given that the Eighth Circuit has not yet addressed the merits of the states’ lawsuit.

Come February then, the Supreme Court will need to decide whether the lower court erred in finding that the states lacked standing to challenge the Biden administration’s cancellation of student loans. The states present an array of arguments for why they had standing, or the legal ability to sue, with Missouri advancing the strongest argument for standing. (Read more from “Right After Biden Successfully Buys Votes With Student Loan Bailout, Supreme Court Will Weigh In” HERE)

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