The Trump-Barr Department of Justice (DOJ) informed a federal appeals court on Monday that it agrees with Texas and the other states suing over Obamacare that President Donald Trump’s repealing of the individual mandate renders the entire law unconstitutional, and therefore should be struck down in its entirety.
The Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on Thursday night of a lower court order blocking a Louisiana law that would have required abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
Several veteran White House reporters noted — to their surprise — that President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening won applause from Democrats as well as Republicans.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss a second day of oral arguments Tuesday as the 85-year-old recovers from cancer surgery.
Chief Justice John Roberts blocked a contempt citation imposed by the D.C. federal courts in a secret case supposedly involving Special Counsel Robert Mueller, an extraordinary action that could lead to the first secret Supreme Court hearing in America history.
The Supreme Court declined on Friday to step into a legal challenge to President Trump’s asylum caravan proceedings, allowing that case to proceed in the lower courts until next year.
“Abortion is not healthcare, it is a human rights abuse,” Mancini added. “Until Planned Parenthood ceases to perform abortions they should not receive any money from taxpayers.”
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take cases involving Medicaid lawsuits, with Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch expressing concern that some of their colleagues – likely meaning John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh – are “abdicating our judicial duty” because the cases involve Planned Parenthood, which many Americans equate with abortion rights.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks commented on President Trump’s feud with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts by saying the president only recognizes personal power, not the power of institutions, and that devolving institutional power into personal
Chief Justice John Roberts and the media have been elected by no one and yet hey keep telling President Trump to shut up.
Attorney George Conway has publicly criticized what he calls a “misleading” attack on the Ninth Circuit court by President Trump.
Thursday on MSNBC, historian Jon Meacham discussed President Donald Trump’s feud with Chief Justice John Roberts, and said Roberts has a “moral obligation” in this current era to speak out against the president if he sees something wrong. “In an extraordinary
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) expressed concern over the Supreme Court’s independence and “political operative” Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She also expressed her gratitude that Chief Justice John Roberts reminded everyone “how the court is
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) discussed the feud between President Trump and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and stated that “the president is once again seeing himself as a dictator, as above the
“Justice Roberts can say what he wants, but the 9th Circuit is a complete & total disaster,” Trump wrote on Twitter, describing the court as “out of control.”
As Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) noted, Chief Jusice John Roberts was silent when President Barack Obama attacked the Court during the State of the Union address in 2010
President Donald Trump fired back at Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday for denying the partisan differences between appointed judges.
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s new migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”
CNN announced Monday that the White House has reinstated correspondent Jim Acosta’s “hard pass,” prompting the news network to drop its lawsuit against the administration over the reporter’s temporary suspension.
The president called Elvis the “True King” of Rock and Roll, as he paused while his version of “How Great Thou Art” played.
Fox News’ John Roberts repeated — thrice — a “fake news” item that “Jewish leaders” had rejected President Donald Trump’s intention of visiting the Jewish community Pittsburgh in the wake of Saturday’s synagogue shooting.
Attorney General Eric Holder claimed Saturday the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh raises concerns about the Supreme Court’s “legitimacy.”
Democrats are attacking Judge Brett Kavanaugh for following the bipartisan “Ginsburg Rule” – which forbids Supreme Court nominees from giving any hint of how they might vote on any issue that could come before the Court.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday will begin its confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh. If confirmed, Kavanaugh will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. In his opening statement, Kavanaugh, echoing Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, will say that a “good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy.” Breitbart News will have live updates throughout the week. All times eastern.
Matt Schlapp wrote an op-ed in the Hill on Thursday saying that Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be a “bold, brilliant, Supreme Court justice.”
Members of the House Intelligence Committee are exploring ways to get testimony from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts regarding FISA judges, but are deliberately trying to make sure they do not cross any constitutional lines in doing so.
The Trump-Sessions U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court’s extraordinary order requiring the Trump administration to facilitate immediate abortions for two more illegal alien teenagers.
Religious-liberty activists and conservative Christian groups are optimistic after oral arguments on Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving a Colorado Christian wedding cake baker that squarely pits constitutional rights of free speech and religious liberty against LGBT activists on the subject of same-sex marriage.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday on legislation that would limit the ability of a president or attorney general to fire a special counsel who has been appointed to investigate high-ranking government officials. Unfortunately for the senators pushing the bill, this legislation is unconstitutional.
Tuesday at the audio-only White House press briefing, Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called out Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts for leaving early. He quipped, “If it was on camera, I might not be.” Huckabee
