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Supreme Court rejects Green Party bid to appear on 2024 Nevada ballot

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The court on Friday morning refused to intervene in the Green Party’s bid for a place on Nevada’s 2024 presidential ballot. The party had asked the justices to vacate a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court which concluded that the party was barred from the ballot when it failed to properly file a required form. With Friday’s ruling, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will not appear on the ballot in Nevada.

Jill Stein speaking into microphone

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. (Daniel Nesbitt via Flickr)

BOOK REVIEW

Jackson’s new memoir, a snapshot of relentless optimism and grit

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In her new memoir, “Lovely One,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells the story of her rise to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court as one of perseverance and love. But, as with other justices’ memoirs, readers will find little about the inner workings of the opaque institution or how Jackson has fared in the tumultuous and historic first two years of her tenure.

SCOTUS NEWS

Alaska man arrested for threatening messages to justices

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A man in Alaska was arrested on Wednesday for sending hundreds of messages threatening to kill, injure, and torture six Supreme Court justices and two family members. According to a statement by the Department of Justice, the messages, sent through the court’s website, contained violent, homophobic, and racist content. 

SCOTUS NEWS

Alito reports gift of $900 concert tickets in annual financial disclosure

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Justice Samuel Alito filed his annual financial disclosure on Friday, after taking advantage of a 90-day extension. He had no reported reimbursements for travel-related expenses on his 2023 form, but he did report accepting a gift of concert tickets worth $900 from Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, a German princess and Catholic activist.

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