“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.
Newly-minted Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday made his presence felt in his first day on the Supreme Court, peppering counsel with questions amid a “jovial” mood inside the Supreme Court, according to reports.
Attorney General Eric Holder claimed Saturday the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh raises concerns about the Supreme Court’s “legitimacy.”
Free Speech for People, a self-described non-partisan organization fighting for limited campaign spending, launched a petition to impeach Brett Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court just seconds after the full Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him.
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.
Sen. Susan Collins met with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday and said that Kavanaugh agreed that Roe v. Wade is settled law.
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.”
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of President Trump’s immigration policy in a 5-4 decision on Tuesday, holding that the entry restrictions from seven terror-prone nations codified in Presidential Proclamation 9645 is consistent with federal law and the Constitution’s Establishment Clause.
One of President Trump’s new judicial appointments debuted in a big way on Wednesday in a campaign-finance case, showing that the president is serious about keeping his promise on the sort of judges he appoints, and that his vetting system for nominees is working brilliantly. And liberals are throwing a fit.
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
WASHINGTON—Criminal aliens have another route to avoid deportation if they have incompetent lawyers during a plea bargain, after a Supreme Court decision handed down last Friday.
The Supreme Court took the rare step on Friday of expediting consideration of a major case, rapidly accelerating the schedule for reviewing the Fourth Circuit’s blocking of President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive order.
President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey is entirely legal, both under federal law and under the U.S. Constitution.
Justice Neil Gorsuch is only halfway through his first sitting on the Supreme Court, yet is already having an impact that will be felt for years to come.
Thursday’s nuclear option vote restores 200 years of Senate practice, going far beyond Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to restore the proper constitutional balance for Supreme Court and federal court appointments.
On the first day of confirmation hearings for Federal Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to be named as a Supreme Court Justice, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) criticized what he referred to as the “Roberts court” and said Gorsuch taking a seat on the bench would further “infect” it.
During the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) criticized the Roberts court for ignoring the principle of stare decisis shortly before criticizing rulings on the 2nd Amendment that ignored that “the
How a U.S. Border Patrol argent’s use of lethal force at the U.S-Mexican border implicates constitutional rights and foreign affairs dominated arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in Hernandez v. Mesa. The lawyer arguing that the agent should be held liable had a rough day in front of the justices.
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied requests to review several prominent federal appeals—called petitions for certiorari—including a Utah case asserting a constitutional right to polygamy and a challenge to Texas’s voter-ID law.
Federal law requires that aliens who are caught crossing the border are not entitled to a bond hearing during removal proceedings. A separate law passed by Congress mandates that terrorist suspects and certain criminal aliens apprehended anywhere in the country shall not receive a bond hearing.
The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) attacked proponents of religious liberty in a recent statement, suggesting that it is simply a justification for bigotry, prejudice and discrimination.
