There are 10 article(s) tagged Supreme Court:

• July 2023

  • College grads question future after Supreme Court nixes loan relief

    Three Memphis college graduates discuss facing the possibility of no student loan forgiveness and how it could affect their future long term. 

    By Alicia Davidson July 16, 2023

• July 2022

  • TN Republicans show no love for birth control bill

    A bill guaranteeing right to birth control passed in the U.S. House without support of Tennessee Republicans. Having a law on the books would preempt any decision the Supreme Court might make to withhold that right. 

    By Ian Round July 23, 2022

• June 2022

  • Several major Memphis employers commit to cover abortion travel

    Some major employers are offering benefits to help employees access abortion services across state lines while others are determining whether they’ll need to make adjustments to their employees’ health care plans.

    By Aisling Mäki June 30, 2022

• April 2021

  • Activists saved Overton Park; now they just may stop a pipeline

    Two women are leading the effort to stop Byhalia Pipeline from running its crude oil through South Memphis neighborhoods. The fight is reminiscent of the battle won decades ago by women who stopped a freeway from running through Overton Park.

    By Don Wade April 19, 2021

• November 2020

  • From Rhodes to Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett’s friends see same, smart, humble woman

    When she came to Rhodes Colleges 30 years ago, no one could have known Amy Coney Barrett would become the fifth woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But when friends look back at those days now, it all sort of makes sense. 

    By Don Wade November 01, 2020

• October 2020

  • Amy Coney Barrett nomination advances to full Senate

    Democratic senators refused to show up in protest of the GOP’s rush to install Trump’s nominee, who has Memphis ties, to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

    By The Associated Press October 22, 2020

• June 2020

  • Supreme Court rules LGBT people protected from job discrimination

    The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court.

    By The Associated Press,  The Daily Memphian Staff June 15, 2020

• June 2019

  • Mom and pop liquor store owners win battle against Tennessee residency rule

    Owners of the Kimbrough liquor store in Midtown Memphis have won a U.S. Supreme Court case striking down a Tennessee residency requirement for retail liquor store operators.

    By Wayne Risher June 26, 2019

  • Planned Parenthood targets DeBerry for votes restricting abortion

    Planned Parenthood is bashing state Rep. John DeBerry with billboards across Memphis highlighting his votes for legislation restricting and outlawing abortion. DeBerry says new attitudes are needed against the procedure.

    By Sam Stockard June 17, 2019

• October 2018

  • Seeds of poisonous court fights planted 50 years ago when Memphian Abe Fortas’ nomination went down

    In almost any previous era of our history, it would have been possible to begin a column two weeks after a controversial Supreme Court nominee was confirmed by writing, “Now that the dust has settled …”

    By Michael Nelson October 18, 2018