Supreme Court

With His Support, Romney Gives McConnell What He Needs to Push Ahead with a SCOTUS Confirmation

With His Support, Romney Gives McConnell What He Needs to Push Ahead with a SCOTUS Confirmation

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he supports holding a vote to confirm President Donald Trump's pick to replace the late…

4 years ago

Trump: Kamala Harris Will Show “How Incompetent She Is” During SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing

President Donald Trump claimed Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will show "how incompetent she is" after news outlets reported that she…

4 years ago

Ainsley Earhardt: Democrats Think “It’s Okay to Attack If You’re Christian”

Fox News personality Ainsley Earhardt criticized Democrats during this morning's appearance on "Fox and Friends," saying that they are "already…

4 years ago

Jeffrey Toobin: Democrats Don’t “Have the Guts” to Expand Supreme Court

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) won't make good on Democrats' threat to expand…

4 years ago

Jeanine Pirro: Opposition to Trump Replacing Ginsburg on SCOTUS is a Left-Wing “Hissy Fit”

Fox News personality says opposition to President Donald Trump replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court…

4 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Just Showed Why The SCOTUS Fight Is Backfiring On Trump

Speaker Pelosi used Trump's rush to get a new Supreme Court justice against the president and showed why it is…

4 years ago

Lindsey Graham Tries To Save His Senate Seat By Stabbing America In The Back On SCOTUS Nominee

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham is tied in a critical Senate race, and now supporting pushing Trump's Supreme Court…

4 years ago

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Dead at 87

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg has been a Supreme Court Justice for the last 27 years. She was initially placed on the bench…

4 years ago

Trump Begs The Supreme Court To Allow Him To Block People On Twitter

Trump is using his presidency and lawyers at the Department of Justice to ask the Supreme Court to allow him…

4 years ago

Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Island Provides Insight Into Trump’s White House

Recently prosecutors handling the charges against Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of aiding and abetting billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in…

4 years ago

Mike Pence: Chief Justice John Roberts Is a “Disappointment to Conservatives”

Mike Pence has offered rare public criticism of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Vice President said John…

4 years ago

Adam Schiff Says Even Trump Knows That We Will Prevail

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Congress, even Trump on document requests…

4 years ago

Bittersweet Week in Supreme Court Underscores Trump’s Threat to Civil Rights and Basic Humanity

When Donald Trump appointed Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavannaugh to the Supreme Court bench, hopes certainly dimmed substantially for…

4 years ago

Trump’s Own SCOTUS Justices Reject Him In Sanctuary Cities Case

Trump's two appointed Supreme Court Justices (Kavanaugh and Gorsuch) voted against his challenge to California's sanctuary cities law.

4 years ago

Supreme Court Rejects 10 2nd Amendment Cases As Trump’s Bad Day Gets Worse

Not only did the Supreme Court anti-discrimination workplace protections for LGBTQ Americans, but they also rejected 10 Second Amendment gun…

4 years ago

Trans Lives Matter, Too: November 2020 Will be a Reckoning on Civil Rights for All

Amidst the recent mass nationwide uprisings, dominated by the sentiments of the Black Lives Matter movement, an effective reincarnation of…

4 years ago

Coronavirus Forces Supreme Court to Postpone Arguments, Including Fight Over Trump’s Financial Records

The Supreme Court announced it would postpone arguments for late March and early April because of the coronavirus pandemic. No…

4 years ago

As Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Plan Hits A Legal Snag, His Administration Turns to SCOTUS

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is preventing President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing its Migrant Protection…

4 years ago

John Roberts Rebukes Schumer For Bogus “Threatening Statements” Against Gorsuch, Kavanaugh

Chief Justice John Roberts has rebuked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for "threatening statements" against two conservative justices. "Justices…

4 years ago

Trump Calls For Sen. Chuck Schumer To Be Arrested

Trump and Republicans are intentionally distorting Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer's comments as the president called for Schumer to be…

4 years ago

The Supreme Court Just Put Obamacare On The Ballot For November

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the individual mandate and have a decision after election day, which means…

4 years ago

Opinion: Does America Really Value Equality? What Women and Transgender People Might Say

The Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that corporations merited certain rights of personhood. The decision in this…

4 years ago

Supreme Court Will Decide If Trump Has To Turn Over His Financial Records

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Trump's challenges to three cases where he and financial institutions have been subpoenaed…

4 years ago

Let’s Connect the Dots of Democracy’s Demise Before It’s Too Late

Remember in 2016 when an armed Oregon militia group, led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy, occupied the Malheur National Wildlife…

4 years ago

Opinion: “Judicial Modesty” Is The New Legal Fig Leaf For Denying Civil Rights To LGBTQ Americans

While we don’t yet know how the Supreme Court will decide the major civil rights question before it regarding whether…

5 years ago

GOP Seeks to Destroy First Amendment and Democracy Itself

As Don Draper, the central character of AMC’s hit show Mad Men, likes to say, “If you don’t like what’s…

5 years ago

Mitch McConnell Admits That His Reason For Blocking Merrick Garland Was A Lie

Mitch McConnell admitted that his reason for blocking Merrick Garland was a lie and that he would fill a Supreme…

5 years ago

New Study of Homophobia Shows Trump Is not Just a Hater, but Stupid, too

A recent study conducted by the University of Queensland in Australia may very well provide some very valuable insights to…

5 years ago

Republican-led States Pass Near-bans on Abortion Aiming for Supreme Court to Overrule Roe V Wade

Activists on both sides of the issue say such laws, which are commonly blocked by court injunctions, are aimed at…

5 years ago

Democratic Candidates Want to Expand the Supreme Court

Democrats are sick of watching Mitch McConnell stack the federal judiciary -- including the Supreme Court -- with right-wing judges.…

5 years ago

Supreme Court rejects Trump administration bid to halt climate trial

The loss for the administration means it now faces a high-profile examination of U.S. climate change policy during the trial…

5 years ago

Chief Justice Roberts Ignored Kavanaugh Perjury Complaints

Chief Justice John Roberts received more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints in recent weeks against Brett M. Kavanaugh, who…

6 years ago

Justice Kagan Warns of Supreme Court With No Swing Vote

Last night, just hours after Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appeared to have secured enough votes to be confirmed, a…

6 years ago

Conservative Commentator Accuses Democrats of Hijacking #MeToo Movement

The conservative assault on women’s basic human rights just doesn’t stop. And just as the GOP hired Arizona-based sex-crimes prosecutor…

6 years ago

Schumer Demands Delay of Kavanaugh Vote Saying Women Have Been Ignored for Too Long

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cited the "serious and credible allegations" that must be thoroughly investigated. "For too long,…

6 years ago

Liberals Rejoice! Ginsburg Says She Will Stay At Least 5 More Years

Every liberal and anti-Trump person in America will be rejoicing today after comments Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made…

6 years ago

Mitch McConnell Threatens Democrats If They Don’t Speed Up Vote On Trump Supreme Court Nominee

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has threatened to keep Democrats off the campaign trail by delaying the vote on…

6 years ago

Russ Feingold Rips Criminal Trump For Stealing An Election And The Supreme Court

Former Sen. Russ Feingold laid into Trump for first stealing an election, the Supreme Court, and now turning the highest…

6 years ago

Trump Prospect for High Court Thinks Presidents Can’t Be Sued Or Investigated

One of President Donald Trump’s leading prospects for the U.S. Supreme Court has in the past said that presidents should…

6 years ago

Trump Rushes To Announce Court Pick by July 11 While Dems Demand Delay

Donald Trump is behaving like a man who knows his time is short.  He got his wish of a retirement…

6 years ago

Cory Booker Calls For No Supreme Court Vote Until The Criminal Investigation Of Trump Ends

Sen. Cory Booker said that there should be no vote on any Trump Supreme Court nominee until after the criminal…

6 years ago

Susan Collins Says Roe v. Wade Case is Settled Law and Should Be Respected

On Wednesday U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he is retiring effective July 31. Concerning the implications of…

6 years ago

Legal Scholars Call Travel Ban A Colossal Mistake That Legitimizes Racism

The United States Supreme Court is seen as the last resort for Americans whose views are not shared by the…

6 years ago

Schumer urges Senate to reject Supreme Court nominee who opposes Roe v. Wade

U.S. Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer said on Wednesday the Senate should reject any Supreme Court nominee put forth by…

6 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court Backs North Carolina GOP’s Gerrymandered Map

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a gerrymandered congressional district map in North Carolina which was…

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Republicans Say They Will Defy Supreme Court Ruling in Gerrymandering Case

Republicans Pennsylvania House Speaker Michael Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had “handicapped”…

6 years ago

Trump is Court Shopping by Leapfrogging Lower Courts to the Supreme Court

Trump is doing the very thing he accuses opponents of his policies of doing: he is court shopping, or trying…

6 years ago

After legal setbacks, Trump administration races to Supreme Court

But the fast trip to the nation's highest judicial body was not the first time the administration took the unusual…

6 years ago

Trump Needs A Psych Eval As He Thinks He Will Appoint Four Supreme Court Justices By 2020

Trump is so out of his mind that he thinks that he will appoint four Supreme Court justices by 2020.

7 years ago

In Trump’s America, There is No Difference Between Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering

On October 3, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could deem “partisan gerrymandering” constitutional.

7 years ago

Trump Muslim Ban Slapped With Another Legal Challenge Less Than An Hour After Taking Effect

The challenge comes as the Trump administration tries to redefine the definition of family for the purpose of enforcing their…

7 years ago

Trump Has Been Losing So Much That Republicans Are Celebrating A Partial Win On His Muslim Ban

Trump has been losing so much so often during his presidency that even a partial Supreme Court win on his…

7 years ago

The Supreme Court Just Killed North Carolina’s Discriminatory Voter ID Law

In another defeat for Republican efforts to keep African-Americans from voting, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to…

7 years ago

Here’s Why Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order Is Set Up To Fail

It’s conceivable that Trump is hoping his boy Gorsuch will welcome the opportunity to expand corporate “religious freedom” to all…

7 years ago

Opinion: Texas GOP Bill Allows Officials to Refuse Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

"Texas Senate has no problem with taxpayer-funded discrimination against virtually anyone who doesn't meet a public official's personal [religious] standards."

7 years ago

Filling The Supreme Court Seat Stolen by Republicans Remains An Unprecedented Challenge

Critical cases are on the line and the civil rights of people hang in the balance for the present and…

7 years ago

Trump Supporter Wants God to Kill Liberal Supreme Court Justices

“We declare the reversal of the decree of ’73, Roe v Wade … We declare the reversal of Roe v.…

7 years ago

Opinion: Election Nullification Petition Is Distributed To SCOTUS Justices

Petitioners say: "As the leaders of the free world, we cannot allow an adversary to invade our territory and subvert…

7 years ago

Trump Administration Takes Ax To Obama-Era Protections For Transgender Students

It's just the latest move in Donald Trump's quest to turn back the clock on civil rights in America.

7 years ago

9th Circuit Court Of Appeals On The Verge Of Dealing Trump’s Travel Ban Another Blow

While the court said it doesn't expect to hand down a decision today, it's clear that opponents of Trump's travel…

7 years ago

Elizabeth Warren Turns Up The Heat On Trump, Calls SCOTUS Pick A ‘Gift’ To Corporations

"Let's not mince words: The nomination of Judge Gorsuch is a huge gift to the giant corporations and wealthy individuals…

7 years ago

Man Who Shut Down The Government Over Obamacare Now Whining About Democratic Obstruction

Cruz spoke for 21 hours on the Senate floor in 2013, all so he could take health insurance away from…

7 years ago

Here’s Why Democrats Must Fight Trump’s Extremist Supreme Court Pick Neil Gorsuch

Gorsuch wasn't only the most conservative of Trump's two remaining frontrunners; he's also to the right of Justice Samuel Alito and…

7 years ago

People For the American Way Stands Up For The Constitution In Supreme Court Brief

This is the America that Trump is trying to normalize, an America where there is a hierarchy of rights based…

7 years ago

It’s Time To Expel Senate Republicans For Violating the Constitution

"If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can to make sure four years from now,…

7 years ago

Supreme Court Decides to Weigh in On Transgender Rights

On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to weigh in on transgender rights in the case of Gloucester County School Board…

7 years ago

Rick Santorum Proclaims Trump as Champion of the Constitution He Hasn’t Even Read

"If you believe that America is better off governed by five elites who are detached from any kind of control…

8 years ago

SCOTUS Rules That Domestic Abusers Can Be Barred From Owning Guns

If you're a domestic violence offender, the Supreme Court says you don't have a Second Amendment right to a firearm.

8 years ago

Two Tweets Prove That Donald Trump Isn’t Even Trying To Run For President

It has been hours and Donald Trump has not said a word about today's Supreme Court decision on abortion. It…

8 years ago

Republicans Gutted After ABA Calls Obama SCOTUS Nominee A Possible Perfect Human Being

Judge Merrick Garland was described in a report by the American Bar Association thusly, “Garland has no weaknesses.“ Indeed, “He…

8 years ago

SCOTUS Deals Blows To Racist Republicans and Discriminatory Employers

The Scalia-less Supreme Court rejected racist Republicans' gerrymandering and employers who think discriminating on the basis of race is constitutional.

8 years ago

Ammon Bundy’s Defense is That 200 Years of Legal Precedent are Meaningless

Bundy plans to go all the way back to 1787 to overturn 200 years of legal precedence, citing previously unknown…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell’s Supreme Court Obstruction May Harm 5 Million Immigrants In Obama Case

According to reports, the Supreme Court appeared divided while hearing a case of President Obama's executive orders that deferred deportation…

8 years ago

Anti-Gay Activist Claims Gays Are Treating Christians Like Jews in Nazi Germany

"In many states, it's legal to fire someone for being gay," says Bernie Sanders - nowhere can you be fired…

8 years ago

80 Religious Leaders To SCOTUS And Evangelicals: ‘Butt Out’ of Women’s Reproductive Health

These leaders came together to “guide their congregations’ prayers toward protecting a woman’s right to access an abortion.”

8 years ago

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval Would Not Be A Moderate Choice For The Supreme Court

Sandoval opposes solar energy, gun safety laws, thinks Obamacare is unconstitutional and will uphold Vatican-5’s anti-women bloc for decades

8 years ago

It’s The Kochs, Not Republicans Prohibiting A SCOTUS Nominee Vote

The mainstream media must identify the real American government and Supreme Court “hostage takers;” the Koch brothers

8 years ago

Gun Owners Need Roe Vs. Wade

Ending Roe v Wade, a law that protects women from being discovered would also backfire and end the privacy of…

8 years ago

Scalia-less SCOTUS Lets Stand Lower Court Ruling Against NC Gerrymandering

A federal district court ordered North Carolina to redraw two gerrymandered maps. NC wanted a stay but without Scalia, they…

8 years ago

3, 2…1…Here Come the Cries That Obama Had Scalia Killed

It took only moments for Justice Scalia's death to trigger the worst of conservative thinking on Twitter and Breitbart and…

8 years ago

Satanists Secure a Secular Victory and Stop Prayers At Government Meetings

When a member of a Satanic temple signed up to deliver the opening prayer on February 17 to provide the…

8 years ago

New Poll: Two-Thirds Of Voters Outraged At GOP Attacks On Women’s Reproductive Rights

According to a new poll, when voters were informed about the religious Republican drive to ban access to legal abortion…

8 years ago

White House Gets A Win A Supreme Court Will Hear Obama Immigration Executive Action Case

The Supreme Court's decision to hear the federal case on President Obama's immigration executive actions was a huge win for…

8 years ago

Alabama Chief Justice Reinstates Same-Sex Marriage Ban – Says SCOTUS Is Confused

Notorious Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, Roy Moore, has unilaterally issued a judicial order overturning a six-month old United States…

8 years ago

President Obama To SCOTUS – Butt Out of Colorado’s Pot Law

Republicans in two states are appealing to SCOTUS to empower them to abolish another state's rights to pass a law…

8 years ago

Fox News’ Kimberly Guilfoyle Would Turn Gitmo Into a Death Camp

Guilfoyle exclaimed, "Just kill them all and close Gitmo, that's fine. They don't have to come here, they don't have…

8 years ago

Congressional Republicans Empower Evangelicals To Sue Governments For Enforcing Law

The reality is that the purpose is to punish the federal government for not adhering to Catholic and evangelicals' religious…

8 years ago

President Obama’s Supreme Court Fight Set To Drop A Bomb On Republicans In 2016

By taking the fight over his executive actions to the Supreme Court, President Obama is placing Republicans in a no-win…

8 years ago

SCOTUS Be D*mned – Bobby Jindal Says No Earthly Court Can Redefine Marriage

Jindal insists he just wants the right to live his Christian faith, but what he really wants is to force…

8 years ago

Huckabee Wants to Thank SCOTUS for Their “Thoughts and Opinions” And Ignore Them

Mike Huckabee says he gets to decide what is constitutional or not, not the Supreme Court, which is given that…

8 years ago

Floridians’ Lawsuit Against Jeb Bush, Rick Scott and the Kochs Goes To SCOTUS

The crux of the case against the Kochs, Bush, and Scott is that they conspired to build what appears to…

8 years ago

Hobby Lobby Owners Under Investigation for Illegally Acquiring Stolen Artifacts

The Green Family, owners of Hobby Lobby, if guilty, would seem to have one set of morals for others, and…

8 years ago

Supreme Court Could Hear, Overturn Assault Weapons Ban

The Supreme Court could decide as early as Tuesday whether to hear a challenge to Highland Park, Illinois' municipal assault…

9 years ago

Lawless Anti-Gay Kentucky County Clerk Continues To Refuse To Issue Marriage Licenses

Kim Davis continued to refuse to issue marriage licenses on Tuesday morning, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected…

9 years ago

Threat Of Violent Revolution If Anti-Immigration Candidate Donald Trump Is Not Elected In 2016

Larry Klayman is a perpetually angry white man upset about what his pea-brain imagines is "the growing tyranny" of the…

9 years ago

Mike Huckabee Says he Will Use Military to Prevent Abortion

Asked in Iowa how he could stop abortion when it's perfectly legal, Huckabee said, "We'll see, if I get to…

9 years ago

Federal Appeals Court Dealt McConnell And the Kochs A Bad Day

The Appellate Court ruled that the ban on federal campaign contributions by individuals who contract with the government is constitutional.…

9 years ago

Christians Are Evangelicals’ New Enemy In Marriage Equality War 

It is a sad fact of life that there are some human beings who cannot exist without expressing animosity, or…

9 years ago

Note To Evangelical Republicans: This Is America, Love It Or Leave It

Evangelical Republicans hate America with religious passion because the Founding Fathers did not create a Christian theocracy

9 years ago

Mike Huckabee Vows To Resist Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling With Executive Orders

Huckabee declared that he would sign executive orders protecting businesses and churches who oppose gay marriage.

9 years ago