The 2021-2022 term for the U.S. Supreme Court is the first full-term dominated by its six conservative bloc Justices. Here are some of the larger cases that were addressed this term.
Several decisions came down in June that show a shift in the court the U.S. has not seen in decades. The overturn of Roe v. Wade ended decades of judicial precedent. The judiciary is now becoming almost its own legislature in practice.
The criminalization of abortion in Texas will lead to many consequences including an increased birth rate which will coincide with an increase of burden on social services, a decrease in access to child care, an increase in women’s poverty…
Balancing what each candidate prioritizes on their website and what UHCL students expressed were their priority issues in the primaries, here is a break down of Cornyn’s and Hegar’s platforms.
Led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, The Supreme Court came to a 6-3 decision that LGBTQ+ individuals could not be fired by employers based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the landmark case, Bostock v Clayton County.
Throughout its existence, the Supreme Court has ruled that most sections of the Bill of Rights apply to the state governments. However, that did not include the Eighth Amendment until last month.
The Supreme Court of the United States made a ruling June 22 on the case of Carpenter v. United States. The ruling is a historical change in privacy rights, as it protects individuals and their cell phone location data from being disclosed…