The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that the Constitution’s protection against excessive fines blocked Indiana from seizing a high-end vehicle, but Justice Clarence Thomas would have reached the same result by another route, with Justice Neil Gorsuch signaling support for Thomas’s originalist argument.
President Donald Trump has had as much impact on the third branch of government in two years as most presidents have in two full terms, and the new Senate opens the door for the second half of his first term to be even more significant than the first half.
President Donald Trump’s impact on the federal judiciary was recently on display when three judges he appointed to one federal appeals court quoted a fourth Trump judge on another court, rejecting arguments that courts should defer to federal authorities on how to interpret immigration laws.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) may say this week if he will leave his post as the leading member of the powerful Judiciary Committee.
Montana state auditor and Senate Republican candidate Matt Rosendale told Breitbart News Saturday that Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) “invented” the character assassination tactics used during the Senate confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) talked about hunting during an October 25 interview without mentioning that he has not had a Montana hunting license in six years.
“If you want the fake news to finally investigate Hillary Clinton, we will have nominate Hillary Clinton to the United States Supreme Court,” Trump said. “How do you like that idea?”
President Donald Trump broke the all-time two-year record last week for appointing judges to the federal appeals court, and immediately nominated over a dozen more, while the Senate Judiciary Committee continued this Wednesday to advance still more nominations ahead of the midterm elections, and will hold another hearing next week.
The Indiana Republican Party will, on Thursday, slam Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), a vulnerable Democrat up for re-election, for what it says–and Donnelly’s own campaign spokesman admitted–is an illegal use in a campaign ad of an official U.S. Senate photograph of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Donnelly standing together before Gorsuch’s confirmation.
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.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) voted with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) against President Trump’s pro-gun Supreme Court nominees, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) admitted on Sunday that she did not make the “smart political move” by voting against Supreme Court Justice then-nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democrat Party’s rising socialist star running to represent New York’s 14th District in Congress, called for the electoral college to be abolished on Saturday, moments after then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate.
Supporters of President Trump broke into a “We want Kavanaugh!” chant during a rally in Southaven, Mississippi, Tuesday evening.
Senate Democrats are condemning Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s association with the Federalist Society, ignoring the fact that every current Supreme Court justice – including all the liberals – speak at Federalist Society events, and Justice Elena Kagan says, “I love the Federalist Society!”
Judge Brett Kavanaugh laid out his philosophy on one of the most prominent legal issues of his long career, the role of the “administrative state,” in his questioning by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on his nomination to the Supreme Court Tuesday.
Mike Braun’s campaign told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement on Friday that Hoosiers support President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, but Sen. Joe Donnelly continues to wait for permission from Chuck Schumer.
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) became the second Senate Democrat to meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday.
Montana state auditor Matt Rosendale launched a new website on Monday detailing how Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has supported 99 percent of Barack Obama’s judicial nominees, while he has opposed President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
National pro-life leaders are praising President Donald Trump for keeping his “promise” to them in his choice of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
The three Democrats who voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch have declined to attend the White House ceremony where President Donald Trump will announce his choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
“Clearly, saying ‘precedent’ alone can no longer be an acceptable answer or standard by which senators can accurately judge,” said Dawn Laguens at a press conference.
Republican Senate candidate and Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley launched a new website on Tuesday attacking incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) for her past and future votes on candidates nominated by President Trump for the Supreme Court.
Three Democratic senators from red states won by President Trump in 2016 who voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in 2017 are dodging definitive responses on where they stand regarding President Trump’s pending nomination to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
Had the National Review, the Weekly Standard, David Frum, Rick Wilson, Jonah Goldberg, Bill Kristol, Joe Scarborough, and the rest of this morally bankrupt crew called Never Trump won the day, Democrats would be looking at a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.
With news of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, pro-gun voters took a deep breath and understood a more secure Second Amendment could lie ahead.
“The travel ban ruling underscores just how critical it is to confirm judges who will support our great Constitution,” he said.
The prank further exposes Google’s dependence on Wikipedia for “reliable” information.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) suggested Tuesday morning that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch had been bribed, after the Court handed down a 5-4 decision upholding President Donald Trump’s “travel ban” as constitutional.
And what have they done? They surrendered without a fight. Any real advance, be it Gorsuch, regulatory relief, minimal border security, minimal tax cuts, or minimal changes in Obamacare — it’s all being driven by the White House. Congress has done nothing.
