Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court yesterday after a contentious nomination process that included recriminations of political double standards and accusations of sexual assault.
The vote, largely along party lines, was 50-48 in favor of confirmation. Republican …
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The confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was delayed by at least a week when President Trump ordered an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving Kavanaugh. The attack is alleged to have happened some thirty-six …
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The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced a public hearing on Monday, September 24 on the allegations against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh is accused of sexual assault by a woman who knew Kavanaugh when they were high …
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President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the forthcoming vacancy on the High Court left by the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy was nominated by then-President Ronald Reagan and has served for 31 years.
Although nominated by a Republican, …
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement. He will be leaving the High Court in July. The announcement was made yesterday in the public release of a letter he wrote to President Donald Trump.
“This letter is …
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The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major victory today upholding its travel ban against majority-Muslim countries. The decision was split 5-4, with the Court’s conservative-leaning justices voting to uphold the ban while its liberal-leaning justices voted to …
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A Tennessee store owner has re-posted as sign that reads “No Gays Allowed” in the front window of his shop in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling last week in a case involving a baker who refused to bake …
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The Supreme Court struck down a 1992 law outlawing sports betting in most states, clearing the way for wagering to take place.
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act made it illegal for states to “sponsor, operate, advertise, promote, license, …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving President Trump’s authority to end the immigration-protection program known as DACA, likely signaling the program’s continuance for at least several months. The program’s original end date was March 5.…
Continue ReadingAn appeals court in Virginia has ruled the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban unconstitutional. The court, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled that the ban unlawfully targets Muslims.
The Supreme Court agreed last month to …
Continue ReadingU.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of New York has become the second federal judge to place an injunction the Trump administration’s ending of the DACA program, the program that protects from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country …
Continue ReadingA Pennsylvania lawmaker has called for the impeachment of five state Supreme Court Justices in the wake of a decision that requires the Pennsylvania legislature to redraw the state’s congressional map. Pennsylvania state Representative, Republican Cris Dush, blamed the justices …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has declined to block a redrawing of Pennsylvania’s congressional districts. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in January that the State’s map had to be redrawn because it was contrived in a way that heavily favored the …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has temporarily sided with North Carolina State officials, allowing the borders of congressional districts, which have become controversial, to remain in place. The court blocked a decision by a lower court which required that North Carolina …
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has refused to hear two cases challenging a law in Mississippi that allows businesses and government employees to deny service to LGBT persons based on religious beliefs. The refusal of the Court to hear the cases means …
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