Top US court takes case of Rastafarian whose hair was cut in prison
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a devout Rastafarian whose knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was in prison in the southern state of Louisiana.
Damon Landor is seeking permission to sue individual officials of the Louisiana Department of Corrections for monetary damages for
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8 hours ago
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Top US court takes case of Rastafarian whose hair was cut in prison
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a devout Rastafarian whose knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was in prison in the southern state of Louisiana. Damon Landor is seeking permission to sue individual officials of the Louisiana Department of Corrections for monetary damages for
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How long will the US Supreme Court retain a conservative majority.
I asked ChatGPT when each US Supreme Court Justice is expected to die based on standard demographic data. Most will probably exceed the average as they would have above average access to healthcare. But this can give us some idea of how long the conservative majority on the US Supreme Court might remain. The expected death dates, in order, are: Clarence Thomas – 2030 Samuel Alito – 2035 John Roberts – 2040 Sonia Sotomayor – 2042 Elena Kagan – 2048 Brett Kavanaugh – 2050 Neil Gorsuch – 2052 Ketanji Brown Jackson – 2057 Amy Coney Barrett – 2060 So a majority is near guaranteed until at least 2035. It is unlikely that both Thomas and Alito would die in office or resign during a Democratic presidency, so in reality it is probably at least 15 years until a possible change. The three Trump nominees are likely to be there until 2050, so the GOP just needs to appoint two of the five vacancies likely to come up before then to retain a majority until 2050!
