Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
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As big money flows, Boca Raton’s GEO Group readies for migrant evacuation on an industrial scale
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Remember the duck test? If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. What then to make President Trump’s decision on Day One of his second, non-consecutive term to revoke President Biden’s 2021 executive order phasing out Justice Department contracts with private prison companies? -
Trump, soon to be commander in chief, lost his Florida civil rights and broke state felon registry law
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
President-elect Donald Trump of Palm Beach, whose New York felony conviction was set in stone last week, broke Florida law by failing to register with Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s office within 48 hours. -
As U.S. Supreme Court’s workload drops, justices seek hefty budget increase to include 24-hour private security
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
While it’s gone largely unnoticed by the national media, the U.S. Supreme Court’s workload fell again with a sharp 22 percent decrease in the number of cases filed in the court’s paid docket – even as Chief Justice John Roberts is asking Congress for a 22 percent increase in the court’s budget, to $140 million. -
Florida Supreme Court eagerly awaits opportunity to ban abortion here once D.C. justices reverse Roe v. Wade
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court has been laying the groundwork to end abortion in Florida and it appears to be stepping up this effort now that Roe v. Wade is doomed. -
Feds flout church-state separation with millions in pandemic aid
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is subsidizing religious institutions in South Florida and elsewhere–despite the rule about separating church and state in a democracy. -
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Supreme Court justices earn quarter-million on the side; Read their disclosure reports
By Reity O’Brien
Center for Public Integrity
Between legalizing gay marriage and sparring over campaign finance limits, the U.S. Supreme Court kept busy — and made money — outside the marbled halls of One First Street last year.
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