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Trump Has Reportedly Chosen Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Vacant Supreme Court Seat
It was reported Friday that the president had selected Barrett ahead of Trump’s official announcement, which is expected to come
Margaret Atwood Contradicts Herself on Whether Judge Barrett’s Religious Group People of Praise Inspired The Handmaid’s Tale
The author appeared to definitively put the controversy to rest in an interview published Wednesday.
Ben Sasse Calls Attacks on Potential Supreme Court Nominee ‘QAnon-Level Stupidity’
“These ugly smears against Judge Barrett are a combination of anti-Catholic bigotry and QAnon-level stupidity,” Sasse commented in a statement.
Amy Coney Barrett Opened Up about Adoption, Pregnancy in 2019 D.C. Talk
Amy Coney Barrett has more than demonstrated her commitment to life in the way that she’s formed her family.
Biden Won’t Say Whether He’d Pack the Supreme Court if He Wins
Biden, who has vocally opposed the idea of court-packing for years, told a TV station that he’d prefer to keep
‘No Right’: Schumer Claims It Would ‘Spell the End’ of the Senate If Republicans Fill Ginsburg Vacancy
Schumer criticized Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham for going back on the standard they set in 2016 following the death
Biden outraised Trump 3-1 in August, erasing Trump’s cash advantage
Pictured is Democratic nominee Joe Biden. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) In a matter of months, Democratic nominee Joe Biden erased President
Susan Collins Says Republicans Should Wait to Vote on Supreme Court Replacement Until after Election
Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) said Saturday she believes Republicans should hold off on voting to replace Supreme Court Justice
There Is No Reason Why Republicans Shouldn’t Fill the SCOTUS Vacancy
Mitch McConnell had no constitutional obligation to take up Obama’s Garland nomination in 2016 and has no obligation to wait
Trump Unveils List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees
The new list adds 20 new names including Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Josh Hawley of Missouri.
Judge Rules Trump Must Turn Over Tax Returns to Manhattan DA
The ruling follows a decision by the Supreme Court that rejected Trump’s assertion that presidents are entitled to absolute immunity
Pence Says Chief Justice John Roberts is a ‘Disappointment to Conservatives’
The vice president said it is a reminder of the importance of the upcoming election in determining the future makeup
Supreme Failures to Protect Elections from Partisanship
Reading Time: 8 minutes In July, Barack Obama tweeted, “Voting by mail shouldn’t be a partisan issue — especially during
Conservative Justices Declined to Take Up Second Amendment Case after Roberts Signaled He Would Side with Liberals: Report
The four most reliably conservative justices were not confident that they would get a fifth vote from Roberts.
Sen. Hawley Sets New Pro-Life Standard for Supreme Court Nominees
“I will vote only for those Supreme Court nominees who have explicitly acknowledged that Roe v. Wade is wrongly decided,”
The Supreme Court’s Religious School Decisions Aren’t Inconsistent
The liberal-progressive view sounds, at first glance, sensible enough, but there are three problems with this framework.
Supremes Signal a Brave New World of Popular Presidential Elections
The Court’s decision in Chiafalo v. Washington seems sure to intensify the partisan fight over the Electoral College’s future.
Supreme Court’s Rulings on Trump Subpoenas — Ho Hum
A New York prosecutor may pursue the president’s financial information. Congress, though, must relitigate its case in lower courts.
Some Nun Sense
Today’s decision was a small victory, but it will take a more sweeping decision to offer some finality to debates
Supreme Court Rules States Can Remove and Punish ‘Faithless Electors’
The Supreme Court’s decision comes four months before the 2020 presidential election, which projections suggest could be a closer contest
A Modest Win for the Constitution
By making the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accountable to the president, the Supreme Court has done right — but it
Josh Hawley’s New Deal
In alliance with economic populists, moderate on cultural issues, social conservatives would have to accept compromise.
Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Prostitution Requirement for Groups Fighting AIDS Abroad
The court ruled 5-to-3 that the government may enforce the pledge, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh penning the opinion for court’s
Supreme Court Grants President Increased Authority over Consumer Financial Agency
The Supreme Court ordered changes to the CFPB , ruling that a legal provision limiting the president’s power over the
The Supreme Court Gives Amnesty to Illegal Regulations
In a nation of laws, no federal agency should ever need more reason to pull an unlawful regulation up by
The Supreme Court Redefines Sex
We think Justice Alito had the better of the argument: The law has long understood that sexual orientation and identity are distinct
Conservative ‘dark money’ network rebranded to push voting restrictions before 2020 election
President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) This story was reported in
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Release of Mueller Grand Jury Docs
The court granted requests by the Justice Department to allow time to prepare briefs to make the case against releasing
Supreme Court Battle Over Electoral College Begins
Reading Time: 4 minutes Can the Electoral College be the last line of defense to protect the United States from
Trump campaign spending unprecedented sums on legal fees as lawsuits pile up
(Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign is spending unprecedented amounts of donor dollars on lawsuits and case-and-desist orders
The Many Layers of the Ramos Case
The very non-unanimous Court may give us a preview of the Court’s thinking about bigger questions looming down the road.