After a tumultuous term that ended in June, the U.S. Supreme Court returns today to officially open a second potentially stormy term:
After a tumultuous term that ended in June, the U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday to officially open a second potentially stormy term.
"Decisions have always been subject to intense criticism, and that is entirely appropriate," he said,"but lately, the criticism is phrased in terms of ... the legitimacy of the court." That, he said is"a mistake." Or as she put it at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island:"The court shouldn't be wandering around just inserting itself into every hot-button issue in America, and it especially shouldn't be doing that in a way that reflects one set of political views over another."
Race is also central in a challenge to the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. Texas and a group of white adoptive parents are challenging the law because it mandates that where at all possible, Indian children are to be adopted or fostered in Indian homes. In the current case, the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a congressional redistricting plan on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander barred by the state constitution. The Republican leaders of the state legislature challenged the state court decision. They contend it violates Article I of the U.S.