Supreme Court

2020 Campaign 09/22/20, 02:40

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.), announced on Monday, Sept. 21, to "Hannity" that Senate Republicans have sufficient votes to confirm a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and it will happen before the Nov. ...

Politics 09/21/20, 07:20

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday, Sept. 20, called on Republican senators to avoid pushing through any Supreme Court nominee appointed by President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) before the November election.  “Don’t vote to confirm anyone nominated under ...

U.S. 07/08/20, 22:09

The Supreme Court voted on Wednesday, July 8, 7-2 in favor of Trump administration rules that exempt employers with strong religious or moral beliefs from the obligation of providing free contraceptive coverage to their employees, according to "Obamacare." Last Wednesday, the ...

Trending 03/05/20, 06:00

America's highest court will not bow to a controversial senator who threatened to blackmail judges, if they did not follow the Democratic Party in supporting a woman's choice to terminate her pregnancy. The Supreme Court has rejected "threatening statements" from Sen. ...

D.C. 03/05/20, 05:53

A controversial senator allegedly warned two judges they would face dire consequences if they failed to support a pro-choice lawsuit in the nation's highest court. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been accused of threatening to blackmail Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and ...

U.S. 01/03/20, 06:13

A coalition of 270 members from both houses of Congress filed a legal brief on Thursday, Jan. 2, urging the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion. The brief ...

U.S. 12/07/19, 05:51

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has ordered a temporary halt on Democrats' access to President Trump financial record on Friday, Dec. 6,  which undermines long  and on-going efforts by Democrats to access to President Trump’s tax records. The move by ...

U.S. 12/02/19, 11:00

On Monday, Dec. 2, the U.S. Supreme Court will debate a case on the constitutional right to firearms, provoking panic on the left, which sees its agenda of restrictions on guarantees and freedoms endangered, NBC News reported. This case, the first ...

Politics 11/25/19, 20:27

Supreme Court on Monday night, Nov. 25,  granted President Donald Trump a victory against House Democrats by holding a lower court decision to access to President Donald Trump’s personal and professional financial records. The delay allows the justices to decide how ...

U.S. 11/24/19, 05:28

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to a hospital in Baltimore on Friday night, Nov. 22, after experiencing flu-like symptoms, the court said in a statement. "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, ...

U.S. 11/22/19, 12:06

Attorney General Bill Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Thursday, alerted Washington and Oregon state Supreme Courts in a letter that by prohibiting federal immigration enforcement agents from conducting arrests in a courthouse setting they will jeopardize ...

U.S. 11/16/19, 14:04

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases in which it must rule on whether or not to allow President Donald Trump's financial records to be disclosed, which could violate his right to presidential immunity. "The criminal prosecution of a sitting ...

Politics 10/10/19, 09:55

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that his impeachment fight with House Democrats will probably end up at the Supreme Court. "The whole thing is a scam, it's a fix. And we wrote a letter yesterday and it probably ...

U.S. 09/19/19, 23:03

Mark Paoletta, former assistant White House counsel to President George H.W. Bush has described the attacks on Justice Kavanaugh as "outrageous" but also not "unprecedented." His comments followed The New York Times (NYT) story that detailed new sexual allegations against ...

U.S. 09/12/19, 06:15

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory, after its decision to allow their new immigration restrictions against asylum seekers to be applied. The decision will give a boost to efforts by the White House to stem the flow ...

Politics 08/14/19, 18:25

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) blasted his Democratic colleagues on Wednesday for sending a stunning and unusual warning to the Supreme Court earlier this week in terms of a gun law. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie ...

U.S. 07/17/19, 04:41

John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday, July 15. He was 99, according to AP. Stevens was appointed by President ...

U.S. 07/05/19, 15:21

Today, the White House announced that it still intends to add a question to the 2020 census related to citizenship. President Trump and his staff are considering different legal paths to add the question, and one approach would be for ...

U.S. 03/29/19, 06:09

The Supreme Court issued a last-minute order delaying the execution of Patrick Henry Murphy on Thursday night, after prison officials in Texas refused to grant his Buddhist chaplain access to the death chamber to provide spiritual counsel during his last ...

Politics 03/25/19, 09:08

The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a company owned by an unidentified foreign government that has refused to turn over information demanded by special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. The justices didn't comment Monday in turning away the company, which ...