Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) warned Saturday that President Trump is counting on Judge Amy Coney Barrett to “swing the Court in his favor when he loses the election.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer warned that a “far-right majority” on the court could “turn back the clock on women’s rights and a woman’s right to choose, workers’ rights, voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, environmental protections and more.”
GOP senators praised President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, calling her an “excellent” and “outstanding” nominee who will “safeguard our religious liberties.”
America faces yet another challenge ahead of the swiftly approaching presidential election, and it will thrust a major player, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) back into the spotlight after weeks of largely avoiding it.
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered outside of the Supreme Court ahead of President Trump formally announcing his Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The announcement is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. EST.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett and her family were seen leaving their Indiana home on Saturday, hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s announcement of his nominee for associate justice on the United States Supreme Court.
The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, the first woman and the first Jew to be accorded that honor.
In interviews with Campus Reform this week, students pushed back against President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United States. The problem? President Trump had not selected a replacement at the time of the interviews.
During a Thursday night speech in Jacksonville, Florida, President Donald Trump warned that Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden would use the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to “terminate the Second Amendment.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is no longer ruling out a vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, according to a report.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said this week that she would “oppose” President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee if the vote occurred prior to November 3, because “we’re simply too close to the election.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said the Senate “must honor” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s wish to be replaced after a new president is elected, despite demanding the Senate to “do its job” by holding confirmation hearings and voting on former President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, in 2016.
Republicans went on the offense Monday as both parties gear up for what is expected to be a contentious Supreme Court confirmation showdown just weeks ahead of the election, releasing an ad featuring Democrats essentially dismantling their current arguments with their own words.
Joe Biden promised in June that he was working on a list of black women whom he would appoint to SCOTUS. Now he pretends he never made that commitment.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) stated Sunday that the “same standard must apply” to fill the Supreme Court vacancy as it did in 2016.
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said Saturday that Republicans “should hold the same position” they did in 2016 to decide who should fill the Supreme Court vacancy.
A majority of Americans said the Senate should hold confirmation hearings in the event of a Supreme Court vacancy this year, according to a Marquette University poll released Saturday, which had been conducted prior to the news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
In recent years, however, Democrats have also floated court-packing as a viable avenue to ensure a left-leaning Supreme Court for future generations.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) urged Senate Democrats to stand strong and “not back down” in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) subsequent vow that President Trump’s nominee to replace her “will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”
Former President Barack Obama inserted himself Friday night in the political fight over former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement.
Mourners have gathered outside of the Supreme Court in the nation’s capital Friday night following the news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
Blue check leftists on Twitter vowed violence in America if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attempts to replace Ginsburg.
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) called on the U.S. Senate to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dying wish not to be replaced until after the next presidential inauguration on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In.”
President Donald Trump released a list of 20 potential Supreme Court nominees on Wednesday as a supplement to his original list, which he produced during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said on Sunday he would only back Supreme Court nominees that state on the record that the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was “wrongly decided.”
SCOTUS said on Friday it would not block the state of Nevada from limiting the number of worshippers allowed in churches.
A Catholic hospital is being sued by a transgender man who claims he was discriminated against because they would not perform a hysterectomy.
Black students at George Washington University’s School of Law are demanding access to a course by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas traditionally teaches one constitutional law course at the university each year with enrollment for the popular class chosen by lottery.
The United States bishops praised Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision confirming the right of Catholic schools to choose teachers “who will teach and model the Catholic faith.”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized in June with a head injury after a fall at a Maryland country club, a spokesperson for the court confirmed to the Washington Post Tuesday.
Rumors of Justice Clarence Thomas’s plans to retire are false, said Carrie Severino, who clerked for Thomas on the Supreme Court.
The United States bishops praised Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow a tax credit scholarship program to benefit families whose children attend religiously affiliated schools.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue said that both the Democrat Party and Black Lives Matter resemble the Ku Klux Klan in their vicious opposition to school choice.
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that foreign entities operating in the U.S. do not have First Amendment protections.
Conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat observed Saturday that, with his decision in the arena of gay and transgender rights, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch made himself the “arbiter of sexual and religious liberties.”
Chief Justice Roberts and four liberal Supreme Court Justices ruled against the Trump administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty program.
The Los Angeles Times editorial board suggests the current surge in gun sales is “madness.” It delivered this observation after describing month after month of record breaking firearm background checks during coronavirus shutdowns.
The United States Catholic bishops (USCCB) registered their profound disappointment with Monday’s Supreme Court decision extending civil rights protections to sexual orientation and gender identity, saying the court had effectively “redefined sex.”
The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of employment discrimination law to include sexual orientation and “gender identity” will create a wave of litigation, said Carrie Severino.
