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Supreme Court Immunity Hearing Has Been A Complete Disaster For Trump
Trump’s lawyer made outlandish claims of broad and comprehensive presidential immunity that liberal and conservative justices seemed not to buy.
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Clarence Thomas Minimized The 1/6 Insurrection During SCOTUS Arguments
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife was involved in the Trump plot to overturn the 2020, minimized the 1/6 insurrection during SCOTUS arguments.
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Biden Campaign Exposes GOP’s Mifepristone Intentions By Pointing To Project 2025
In a call with reporters ahead of the Supreme Court’s Mifepristone hearing, the Biden campaign and surrogates cut through the GOP smokescreen by pointing to Project 2025.
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Adam Schiff Turns Up The Heat On SCOTUS Over Trump Immunity
Rep. and Senate candidate Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that the Supreme Court will further discredit itself if it does not act quickly on Trump’s immunity claim.
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Stephen Colbert Trashes The Supreme Court’s 14th Amendment Logic
Stephen Colbert exposed the holes in the Supreme Court’s 14th Amendment logic with a single joke.
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Rachel Maddow Reminds America That People Not The Courts Will Save Democracy
Rachel Maddow said it will be the American people not the courts who will defeat Trump and save democracy.
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Cognitively Declining Trump Needs Teleprompter For 14th Amendment Remarks
Even chained to his teleprompter, Donald Trump couldn’t hold it together while reacting to the Supreme Court’s 14th Amendment ruling.
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John Oliver Calls Out The SCOTUS Trump Immunity Conflict Of Interest
John Oliver called out the Supreme Court for having a serious conflict of interest in the Trump immunity case.
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Tim Ryan Blasts The Supreme Court For Giving Trump Special Treatment
Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) said that Trump is getting preferential treatment as the Supreme Court is sending the message that he is above the law.
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Supreme Court Shows How Corrupt It Is By Hearing Trump Immunity Claim
There is no reason for the Supreme Court to hear Trump’s immunity claim. Four probably conservative justices how deep their corruption runs.
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Jack Smith Slams Trump’s Immunity Claim As A Threat To Democracy
In a filing to the Supreme Court, Special Counsel Jack Smith argued that a stay should be denied and that Trump’s immunity claim is a threat to democracy.
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Trump Asks The Supreme Court To Delay Jack Smith 1/6 Case
Trump appealed to the Supreme Court and he is asking the highest court in the land to delay Jack Smith’s 1/6 case against him.
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Trump Just Gave Jack Smith More Evidence To Use Against Him
Trump was trying to use the Supreme Court hearing to boost his campaign, but instead he gave Jack Smith more evidence.
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CNN Bursts Into Laughter At Trump’s Incoherent SCOTUS Remarks
CNN cut off Trump’s remarks after Supreme Court arguments and laughed at the former president for incoherently rambling.
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Clarence Thomas Triggers SCOTUS Crisis By Not Recusing In Trump Ballot Case
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) said that Justice Clarence Thomas added to the Supreme Court crisis by not recusing himself in the Trump ballot disqualification case.
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The Supreme Court Could Refuse To Hear Trump’s Immunity Appeal
It is no slam dunk that the Supreme Court will agree to hear Trump’s immunity appeal. SCOTUS could let the appeals court decision stand.
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7 Former State Supreme Court Justices Urge SCOTUS To Affirm Trump Disqualification
Seven Former state supreme court justices, including several who were elected or appointed by Republicans, filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to affirm Trump’s Colorado disqualification.
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Even Trump’s Colorado Disqualification Petition To SCOTUS Shows Contempt For Democracy
Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn his disqualification in Colorado, but even the beginning of his petition shows contempt for democracy.
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Shady SCOTUS Majority Hides The Vote On Jack Smith Rejection
A Supreme Court that is struggling with a loss of credibility made the decision to not disclose what the vote was to reject Jack Smith’s request for a ruling on Trump’s immunity claim.
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Even Though The Supreme Court Declined To Fast Track, Trump Might Not Get That Big Of A Delay
Legal experts mostly expected the Supreme Court to turn down Jack Smith’s request for fast-track arguments on Trump’s immunity claims, but Trump may not get the long delay that he is seeking.
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Trump’s Lawyer Begs Supreme Court To Step In And Stop Criminal Prosecutions
Trump lawyer Alina Habba said that the Supreme Court has to step in and stop the criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith Smashes Trump’s Stall Tactic With SCOTUS Petition
Trump and his lawyers have been claiming that surviving impeachment gives Trump immunity from further prosecution, so Jack Smith has asked the Supreme Court to hear the claim and make a decision.
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Clarence Thomas Recuses Himself For The First Time In A 1/6 Case
The Supreme Court rejected a request from John Eastman over an order to turn over his emails, but the big news is that Clarence Thomas recused himself.
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Justice Alito Flat Out Lies And Claims Congress Lacks Authority To Regulate SCOTUS
Justice Samuel Alito spelled out the dangerous view of unlimited power that the conservative Supreme Court majority seems to hold when he claimed that Congress lacks the authority to regulate SCOTUS.
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Sen. John Fetterman Just Got Brutal On The Supreme Court
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) bluntly said that conservative Supreme Court justices care more about billionaires who fly them around the world than working people.
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Chuck Schumer Rips Conservative Justices For Killing Student Loan Relief While Taking Gifts From Billionaires
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called out conservative Supreme Court Justices for taking gifts from billionaires while killing student loan relief.
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Biden Calls SCOTUS Conservatives ‘Not Normal’ When Asked About Rogue Court
President Biden responded by saying that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court is not a normal court when asked if SCOTUS has gone rogue.
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Michelle Obama Blasts The SCOTUS Hypocrisy Behind The Overturn Of Affirmative Action
After the conservative Supreme Court majority overturned affirmative action, former First Lady Michelle Obama reacted with a powerful and personal statement.
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Obama Hails Supreme Court Ruling in Moore v. Harper As A Resounding Rejection Of The Far-Right
Former President Barack Obama said that the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s threat to undermine our system of checks and balances.
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The Supreme Court Deals A Death Blow To Trump’s Plan To Steal 2024
Trump and his band of election deniers have been pushing the theory that state courts lack the authority to question election laws in federal elections, but the Supreme Court shot them down.
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Pelosi Blasts Justices Alito And Thomas While Calling For SCOTUS Term Limits
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi blasted Justices Alito and Thomas while calling for Supreme Court term limits.
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SCOTUS Shocks With ‘Huge’ Ruling Protecting Black Voters in Alabama
The Supreme Court preserved federal voting rights protections in Alabama that many thought would be further gutted by this conservative court.
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House Republicans Are Freaking Out And Warning That Supreme Court Justices’ Tax Returns Could Be Released
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) warned that if House Democrats release Trump’s tax returns, it could lead to the release of the tax returns of Supreme Court justices.
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Trump Must Turn Over His Tax Returns After SCOTUS Unanimously Shoots Him Down
Former President Trump’s last-gasp effort to hide his tax returns ended on Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
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SCOTUS Tells Lindsey Graham No In A Disastrous Defeat In Trump Georgia Criminal Case
The Supreme Court has refused to help Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) not testify in the Georgia Trump criminal investigation.
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Trump Gets Just A Temporary SCOTUS Stay On His Tax Returns
Trump wants the Supreme Court to block House Democrats from getting his tax returns, but so far, he has only been given an administrative stay while his request is considered.
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Terrified Trump Files Emergency Request With SCOTUS To Block Democrats From Getting His Tax Returns
In a genuinely last-gasp move, Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block an appeals court order that the IRS must turn over his tax returns to congressional Democrats.
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Lindsey Graham Begs Clarence Thomas to Save Him From Georgia Criminal Probe
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked Clarence Thomas to help him out after a lower court ordered him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia, investigating Donald Trump and other Republicans’ possible illegal interference with the 2020 election.
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Biden Unloads And Speaks The Truth About The Illegitimate SCOTUS Majority
President Biden spoke his mind when he called the conservative Supreme Court majority more an advocacy group than an even-handed court.
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Mike Lindell Could Be Toast As Clarence Thomas And Right Wing SCOTUS Refuse To Save Him
The Supreme Court refused to hear pro-Trump liar Mike Lindell’s defamation case appeal, which means Mike Lindell must face the $1.3 billion lawsuit that Dominion initiated against him.
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The Supreme Court Is Cratering As 66% Of Americans Want Justice Term Limits
 A new Monmouth University poll finds that nearly 60% of Americans think the Supreme Court is out of touch, and 66% want term limits on justices.
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Opinion: How The GOP Used Trump, And Why They Can Dump Him And Still Harm America
They aren’t dumping Trumpism, just Trump. Indeed, what some pundits have termed Trumpism is really just what mainstream Republican politics have been for decades.
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It’s Time To Stop The Out Of Control Supreme Court Majority
The conservative majority on the Supreme Court made it clear that their recent decisions on guns, abortion, and climate change are the beginning and they must be stopped.
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Opinion: SCOTUS Unleashes Reign of Terror on Americans
We have to recognize that the Supreme Court is now currently operating not just as an enabler of domestic terrorism in America but rather as a chief terrorist organization and a chief purveyor of anti-intellectualism in American culture.
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Keith Olbermann Calls For The Supreme Court To Be Dissolved After Gun Ruling
Keith Olbermann suggested that states ignore the Supreme Court’s concealed carry ruling because the court has no mechanism of enforcement.
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Biden Blasts The Supreme Court For Betraying Common Sense And The Constitution In Gun Ruling
President Biden responded to the Supreme Court’s concealed carry ruling by pointing out that it contradicted both common sense and the Constitution.
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Ted Lieu Puts Republicans In Their Place, “Intimidation Is Trump Supporters Attacking The Capitol”
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) wasn’t having any of the GOP pearl-clutching over Supreme Court Justice security.
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Opinion: If Americans Really Want to Address Gun Violence, It’s Democracy, Stupid
All of these issues—women’s right to choose, gun control, the rights of people to love how they want and marry whom they want, and much more—depend on one issue: democracy.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Delivers Blunt Takedown of SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Leak
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will be sworn in to serve on the United States Supreme Court, has addressed the recent leaked draft opinion that indicates the Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that allows women to make choices about their reproductive health without excessive government restriction.
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Greg Abbott: Texas Could Challenge SCOTUS Ruling That States Must Educate All, Including the Undocumented
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced that his administration could challenge a Supreme Court ruling that states must provide education to all, including undocumented immigrants.
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News Icon Dan Rather Condemns GOP’s Treatment of Judge Jackson
Broadcast news veteran Dan Rather issued a condemnation of the Republican Party’s treatment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to replace the outgoing Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch, Alito, And Thomas Dissent From Ruling That Biden Is Commander In Chief
The Supreme Court ruled that Biden is the Commander in Chief and Courts can’t interfere with his power, but Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito dissented.
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Manchin Will Vote to Confirm Jackson for SCOTUS
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) announced he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, increasing the likelihood that she will be confirmed overall.
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Clarence Thomas Freaks About More Liberal Justices Ever Being Added To SCOTUS
Justice Clarence Thomas warned that society would be weakened if more justices were added to SCOTUS to dilute his power.
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Lindsey Graham Says He Might Vote No On Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicated he might vote “no” on President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Appeal to Not Provide Records to 1/6 Committee
The Supreme Court has denied former President Donald Trump’s appeal to not comply with a records request from the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 insurrection. “The court’s move, which came in a brief unsigned order issued without comment, comes after the justices’ previous denial of Trump’s emergency request to block the…
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Bombshell Investigation Reveals That Clarence Thomas Is Ethically Compromised And Unfit For SCOTUS
A deep investigation into the political activism of Ginni and Justice Clarence Thomas reveals violations of ethical guidelines and unfitness for the Supreme Court.
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Opinion: Right-Wing Week In Review Reveals GOP Politics Of Racism Toward African Americans
The past week has telescoped America’s history of racism and genocide in the intensest of ways, highlighting too that it’s the highest governing offices in the land that are promulgating the most virulent racism and leading the genocidal charge.
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Hypocrite Susan Collins Urges Senate to “Take Our Time” Considering Judicial Nominee to Replace Stephen Breyer
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) urged her colleagues to “take our time” considering a judicial nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who officially announced his retirement yesterday. “As you know, I felt that the timetable for the last nominee was too compressed,” Collins told reporters. “This time there is no need for any rush….
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Meet Ketanji Brown Jackson The Leading Contender To Be Biden’s SCOTUS Nominee
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black woman to serve on the federal appeals court in ten years. She is now the leading contender to be President Biden’s SCOTUS nominee.
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Opinion: When Will Democrats Take Off Gloves In Fight For Civil and Human Rights?
For whom does the hangman need to come for moderate and conservative Democrats to care?
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Democracy in Tatters? Only 24% of Americans Want Roe v. Wade Overturned
As the Republican/McConnell conservative activist Supreme Court hears a Mississippi abortion case, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows just 24% of Americans want Roe v. Wade overturned. Just 24% of Americans want Roe V Wade overturned: The Yahoo News poll shows “more than twice as many Americans (55 percent) say they want the court to…
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Sotomayor Says Overturning Roe v. Wade Would Destroy Public Perception of Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that if efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade are successful, then the ruling would effectively destroy public perception of the Supreme Court. Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?†Sotomayor as oral arguments begin in…
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Poll: Approval of the Supreme Court Hits an All-Time Low
The Supreme Court’s job approval rating has hit an all-time low. That’s according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University. The poll was conducted shortly after the Supreme Court voted not to block Texas from implementing the most restrictive abortion law in the nation in a 5-4 ruling that has drawn criticism of the court’s…
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Justice Breyer Calls Out Supreme Court’s Decision on Texas Abortion Ban
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said he opposes the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling not to block a Texas abortion ban. The Supreme Court had voted not to block a Texas law that went into effect at the beginning of the month that prohibits virtually all abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is typically after six…
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Opinion: What the 1/6 Insurrection, Texas Anti-Abortion Law Reveal About GOP “Law and Order†ideology
For Republicans, freedom means they also get to impose their belief systems, their version of “law and order†on everybody else.
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Senate Will Probe Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket” Texas Abortion Ruling
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, said a panel will probe the Supreme Court’s practice of deciding weighty cases on an emergency basis. The news comes after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, voted not to block a Texas law that went into effect Wednesday that prohibits virtually…
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Elizabeth Warren on Texas Abortion Ban: “It’s Time for National Laws to Secure Our Reproductive Freedom”
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke out after the state of Texas effectively outlawed abortion by banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “Let’s be clear about what just happened in Texas: The second-largest state in America has effectively banned abortions,” she wrote on Twitter. “We can’t rely on the courts to protect our rights….
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Justice Breyer Still Mulling Over Potential Retirement
Speaking to The New York Times, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said he is still mulling over his potential retirement. At 83 years old, Breyer is the oldest member sitting on the Supreme Court. “There are a lot of blurred things there, and there are many considerations,†he said. “They form a whole. I’ll make a…
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Biden Not Going to Pressure Stephen Breyer to Retire from Supreme Court
President Joe Biden and his aides are not going to push Associate Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court, believing that to do so would politicize the institution. There is not currently a vacancy on the Supreme Court but progressives have been pressuring Breyer to retire to ensure that the vacancy occurs while…
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Schumer Signals That Democrats Are “Ready to Expeditiously Fill” Supreme Court Vacancies
Writing in a “Dear Colleague” letter, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made clear that Democrats are “ready to expeditiously fill” Supreme Court vacancies as Democrats also weigh a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a budget resolution. “Alongside these crucial legislative priorities, the Senate will continue to confirm more of President Biden’s highly qualified judicial nominees. ……
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Opinion: Sinema, SCOTUS, and the Filibuster: A Recipe for Mainstreaming Extremism
Sinema and the Supreme Court, empowered and enabled by the filibuster, have through the supposedly “democratic processes†Congress invented, extra-constitutionally, invited extremism into mainstream American politics.
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WATCH: Alan Dershowitz Explains Why Rudy Giuliani Will Probably be Disbarred
Rudy Giuliani and Alan Dershowitz have something in common. At one point, both men were renowned for their legal expertise. Then they decided to go all in on the Trump train. And since, then, both of their reputations have taken quite a hit. Giuliani, in fact, is in danger of losing his ability to practice…
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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act
The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act after rejecting the latest challenge from Republicans and former President Donald Trump‘s administration. In a 7-2 ruling, the court said states lacked the legal right to challenge the ruling, finding that a contested provision had not been injurious. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented….
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Psaki Signals Biden Committed to Codifying Roe v. Wade Regardless of SCOTUS Outcome
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said President Joe Biden and his administration remain “committed to codifying” Roe v. Wade regardless of the outcome of an upcoming Supreme Court case that could undermine the landmark abortion rights legislation. Although Psaki did not specifically mention the Supreme Court in her statement, she criticized how “the…
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Pelosi Will Not Yet Bring Bill to Expand Supreme Court to the Floor So Democrats Can Focus on Passing Infrastructure Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a press conference that she will not bring a bill to expand the Supreme Court to the floor, saying that while the bill is “not out of the question,” the Democratic Party’s focus should for the time being remain on passing President Joe Biden‘s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. “No….
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Opinion: Remembering John Roberts’ Role in Enabling White Supremacist Voter Repression
John Roberts somehow believed it was his role to usurp Congress’s authority and make this call. He decided, based on what training and sociological research we don’t know, that racism simply wasn’t a problem in America anymore.
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WATCH: NBC’s Pete Williams Explains Why Trump’s “Goose is Cooked”
Donald Trump has spent much of his adult life in litigation. In his 45 years in business, the ex-president was involved in over 3,500 suits. Over the last four years, Trump enjoyed the protection offered to him by his position. Those days, however, are over and the law is soon to come for him. This…
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The Supreme Court Shoots Down Trump’s Final Pennsylvania Election Challenge
The Supreme Court has denied a final challenge brought by Donald Trump to the Pennsylvania 2020 election process.
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Supreme Court Rules Trump’s Tax Returns Must Be Turned Over to NY Prosecutor
The Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump‘s final bid to shield his financial documents from view, ruling that his tax returns must be turned over to a New York state prosecutor. The ruling is “the apparent culmination of a lengthy legal battle that had already reached the high court once before,” according to…
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SCOTUS Dismisses Cases Alleging Trump Violated Constiution’s Emoluments Clause
The Supreme Court of the United States has dismissed cases alleging former President Donald Trump violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause and profited off the presidency during his time in office. The emoluments clauses is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution that states “No Title of Nobility shall…
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Opinion: Trump Reveals Strong Connection Between Authoritarianism and Anti-Abortion Politics
Over the past four years, Americans have gotten a potent dose of autocracy, witnessing Trump’s repeated violations of basic democratic norms, climaxing in his still ongoing plot to overturn last November’s presidential election. And we need to stress that the autocratic urge in U.S. society is not a solo endeavor on Trump’s part. The assault…
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Trump Takes to Twitter to Beg the Supreme Court to Have The Courage to Destroy Democracy
Donald Trump did not do all that well in the 2020 election. He lost to Joe Biden by over 7 million votes. He lost in traditionally red states like Arizona and Georgia. He also gave back his 2016 gains, losing Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The president has been trying to overturn the election results for…
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Opinion: Why The Founders Could Not Have Devised A Trump-Proof Democracy
Writing in 1782, in the aftermath of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine exclaimed, “We are now really another people.†What Paine meant, in part, was that the new republican form of government required a new and different kind of person, a new kind of citizen. People were used to being subjects of the Crown, ruled…
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Trump Wishes Nation a “Happy Thanksgiving” While Sharing News of Supreme Court’s Covid-19 Ruling
Almost immediately after the death of Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, then a federal judge, to fill her seat. The nomination was highly contentious; Barrett came under fire for her views her critics believed would tilt the balance of the court in a partisan direction. The…
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Amy Coney Barrett Played Key Role in SCOTUS Decision Barring NY from Reimposing Covid-19 Restrictions on Religious Gatherings
Last night, the Supreme Court voted to bar the state of New York from reimposing Covid-19 restrictions on religious gatherings. The court voted 5-4 in an emergency ruling issued just before midnight. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was just recently confirmed, sided with her conservative colleagues in a crucial swing vote. In their decision, the majority…
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WATCH: Legal Expert Neal Katyal Explains Why Trump’s Supreme Court Gambit Will Fail
Donald Trump was hoping to win enough electoral college votes to win the White House on Tuesday night. He was also prepared to go nuclear in the likely event that he failed to do so. This morning and into the afternoon, the Mid-West Blue Wall states began to break heavily for Biden. The Trump legal…
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WATCH: Lou Dobbs Says That Elected Democrats Are The Enemies Of The People
Amy Coney Barrett is now a sitting member of the United States Supreme Court. Her journey there was quite disgraceful. Despite numerous United States senators promising that they wouldn’t vote on a justice during an election year, they somehow managed to confirm her in mere weeks. And as they commonly do, Republicans have been quick…
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White House to Hold Swearing-In Ceremony for Barrett Despite Coronavirus Concerns
The White House plans to hold a swearing-in ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett later tonight following her expected confirmation to the United States Supreme Court despite coronavirus concerns. According to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, once Barrett is confirmed by the Senate, “then we expect for a swearing in to happen later…
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Senate Democratic Leadership Tells Pence To Stay Away After Multiple COVID Exposures
The Senate’s Democratic leadership has told Vice President Mike Pence not to preside over Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation vote to the Supreme Court after his chief of staff and four other top aides tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Not only would your presence in the Senate Chamber tomorrow be a clear violation of…
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Battle to Exclude Undocumented People from Census Exemplifies Trump Agenda: Make Many Lives Not Count
Last Friday the Supreme Court indicated that on November 30 it will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal regarding its efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the census numbers used to calculate the apportionment of congressional districts. Last September a federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected the Trump administration’s bid to…
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Your Credibility Dies in This Room: Watch Sheldon Whitehouse Tell GOP They Will Regret Confirming Coney Barrett
News of Ruth Bader Ginsbirg’s death broke just about a month ago. At the time, a giddy Mitch McConnell could barely contain his excitement. The GOP worked to fill the seat. The many Republican lawmakers who said in 2016 that a Supreme Court Justice shouldn’t be sat in an election year were happy to wear…
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McConnell Says GOP Has Votes to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett to SCOTUS
Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Republicans have enough votes to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court later this month. “She’ll come out of committee next Thursday … and we’ll go to the floor with her on Friday the 23rd and stay on it until we…
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Trump Begs Supreme Court To Hide His Tax Returns From Manhattan DA
Trump’s lawyers filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to try to get them to block the Manhattan DA from getting his tax returns.
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Trump Advertises Ted Cruz’s New Book to Drum Up Support for Filling Supreme Court Vacancy
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to drum up support for filling in the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The president advertised Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s new book, One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History. “Our Great 1st Amendment, our Great…
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Fox News Analyst: Trump’s Supreme Court Gambit Removes “All Pretense About Justices as Impartial”
Fox News analyst Juan Williams says President Donald Trump nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court is “a power grab,” noting that his “actions remove all pretense about justices as impartial, learned people upholding the law.” “What we have now at the very top of the…
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Mitch McConnell Hands The Senate To Democrats By Pulling Republicans Off The Campaign Trail
Mitch McConnell is pulling incumbent Republican Senators off of the campaign trail so that they can confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee.
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Fox News Poll: More Americans Trust Biden on Choosing a New SCOTUS Justice
According to a new Fox News poll, more Americans trust President Donald Trump’s rival Joe Biden to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court to fill the vacant seat left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The poll found 48 percent of registered voters in Ohio, 51 percent in Pennsylvania, and 50 percent…
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy: I’ll Force Vote to Remove Pelosi If She Tries to Impeach Trump Again
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has threatened to force a vote to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) if she has the Democrat-controlled house file articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump again. Pelosi had earlier said Democrats have “options” to delay the president from nominating someone to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader…
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Republican Massachusetts Governor Slams Senate’s Attempts to Confirm SCOTUS Nominee While Delaying Virus Relief
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) rebuked the Senate’s attempts to confirm a nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court in remarks earlier today. Baker says the Senate should “allow the American people to cast their ballots” first, joining a chorus of voices who say a confirmation should be decided…
