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‘Sophie’: Justice Brett Kavanaugh attacker ‘adopts’ female identity; ‘Nicholas’ remains legal name

Justice Brett Kavanaugh (File photo/AP) The man who pleaded guilty to attempting to kill US Supreme Court’s Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 is now identifying with a female name and pronouns, according to a recent court filing. Nicholas Roske, who is scheduled to be sentenced on October 3, is using the name “Sophie” and the […]

Kavanaugh Defends Supreme Court’s Terse Emergency Orders

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said on Thursday that the Supreme Court should be wary of providing detailed explanations for its rulings on emergency applications like those arising from challenges to the Trump administration’s efforts to transform the federal government. “There can be a risk, in writing the opinion, of a lock-in effect, of making a […]

Supreme Court Rejects ‘Moment of Threat’ Limit in Excessive Force Suits

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a legal theory that put tight limits on lawsuits seeking to hold police officers accountable for using deadly force. The case arose, an appeals court judge wrote, from a commonplace occurrence. “A routine traffic stop,” the judge wrote, “has again ended in the death of an unarmed Black man.” […]

Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care

The Supreme Court appeared divided during arguments on Monday over the constitutionality of a provision of the Affordable Care act that can require insurance companies to offer some types of preventive care for free. At issue is a part of the 2010 health care law that established a task force that determines certain kinds of […]