The goal, senators and aides say, is to highlight what Democrats see as hypocrisy and a blatant abuse of power on the part of McConnell (R-Ky.), who blocked President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee in 2016 but is pressing forward with the goal of confirming President Donald Trump’s pick, Amy Coney Barrett, before Election Day…
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham Lays Out a Swift Schedule for Confirming Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett……
The proximity of the vote to Election Day is also unusual. No Supreme Court nominee has been confirmed after July during a presidential election year before…
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG, 87, DIES OF PANCREATIC CANCER…MAY SHE REST IN PEACE…
Her departure from the court creates a third opening for President Trump to fill, which is more than any president since Ronald Reagan…
Trump Releases 2020 List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees…
The president added 20 more names to his earlier list…
Supreme Court Ruled Unanimously Last Week Against Improper Use of Amicus Briefs; Relevant for Flynn Case…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week against the improper use of amicus briefs by judges to shape a court case as they wish — which is what Judge Emmet G. Sullivan is doing, critics say, in the ongoing Michael Flynn case…
Susan Rice’s Testimony on Being Out of Russiagate Loop Doesn’t Add Up…
Susan Rice, the vice presidential contender with a high-profile history of questionable public statements, has another dubious claim in her past that until now has escaped scrutiny. Rice swore under oath that as President Obama’s national security adviser she was never told about the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. But former FBI Director James Comey testified that […]
Chief Justice Roberts Gives Pres. Trump Two Wins in Subpoena Cases — For Reasons Not Obvious at First Glance…
Many pundits would probably argue that the headline for this story is wrong. It is true, after all, that in both cases the Supreme Court upheld that idea that the issuance of subpoenas was lawful — by Congressional Committees and by the Manhattan District Attorney — for personal financial records relating to Pres. Trump, family […]
Supreme Court Blocks and Punts on Trump Financial Records Cases…
Apparently stall tactics are all the rage amid a political judiciary that is collapsing from a quickly metastasizing cancer inside the third branch of government. Today the Supreme court blocked in part, and punted in part, on three cases related to the resistance effort to gain the private financial records of President Trump. The bottom […]
Unanimous Supreme Court Smacks Down ‘Faithless Electors’ in Time for 2020 Election…
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down an opinion in the “Faithless Elector” cases on Monday, which will maintain status quo on all things electoral college for the foreseeable future. Holding that the Electors’ “constitutional claim has neither text nor history on its side,” the Court ruled unanimously that states have the right […]
Landmark Victory for Parents in U.S. Supreme Court School Choice Case…
In a landmark 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a state court may not strike down a school choice program simply because it permits families to choose religious schooling. In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the Court held that barring religious options in school choice programs violates the First Amendment’s protections […]
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