Antonin Scalia on Stage
Once again partisanship is rearing its disgusting head at the pre-confirmation debate over Brett Kavanaugh. Long gone are the days when a judge's qualifications were the only factors considered.
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Top court nominee has long knocked back environmental rules NEW
Environmental groups were not going to be happy with anyone President Donald Trump picked for the Supreme Court.
Kavanaugha s audition to join oracles at Delphi
The Claremont Institute and the James Wilson Institute recently co-hosted a panel discussing " The Kavanaugh Hearing: A Battle of Two Constitutions ." Don't let the title confuse you.
Top court nominee has long knocked back environmental rules
Environmental groups were not going to be happy with anyone President Donald Trump picked for the Supreme Court . But the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has them especially worried.
22 former Justice Thomas clerks have jobs thanks to Trump
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The Baltimore Sun: Why hide Kavanaugh’s White House past?
Just because the current political landscape in Washington suggests that most, if not all, Senate Democrats will oppose Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court while their Republican counterparts are likely to endorse it, the Senate is not absolved of its constitutional duties. Advice and consent should be informed.
Judge Spurns Trump Agency’s ‘Hodgepodge’ Reasons for Ending DACA
The government didn't offer sufficient reasoning the first time around, according to Bates, and the second attempt didn't fare any better. from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the judge said, "fails to provide an adequate justification for the decision to rescind DACA."
Borked? Hatch throws colorful terms at Democrats opposed to Supreme Court nominee
Sen. Orrin Hatch lit into Democrats again Thursday with some colorful language to describe their efforts to stop Brett Kavanaugh from being confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. "It's just amazing to me that they make such a farce out of this," Hatch, R-Utah, said at news conference with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
According to the court, the school board was unconstitutionally endorsing a religion.
Supporters of prayer at school board meetings hold signs while they listened to public comments during the Chino Valley Unified School District's special meeting in Chino, Ca., , Monday, March 7, 2015. The Chino Valley Unified school board is asking a higher power for help in its ongoing legal battle over prayer at meetings: the U.S. Supreme Court.
The GOP Is Preparing to Ram Kavanaugh Down Our Throats
I am going to quote this Politico piece on the Republicans' plan to ram Brett Kavanaugh down our throats at length because I think condensing it would lessen the impact. Senate Republicans are pressing ahead on confirming Brett Kavanaugh before the midterm elections even after National Archives said Thursday that it can't meet the GOP's request for records until the end of October, days before the midterm elections.
National Archives says it won’t be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October
Sen. Thom Tillis , left, and Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley hold a news conference to discuss the document requests for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh's time at the White House. The National Archives says it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October - raising questions whether he can be confirmed by the midterm elections this fall.
Tennessee Supreme Court asked clarify laws on life sentences
A federal appeals court has asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to clarify whether a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 can ever gain parole. The Tennessean reported the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asked the Tennessee high court Wednesday to weigh in before it issues a ruling in the case of Cyntoia Brown, who argues her life sentence was unconstitutional.
Abortion-rights activists brace for new wave of restrictions
Abortion-rights advocates are intensifying efforts to make it easier for women to get abortions amid a new wave of state-level bans and restrictions expected to occur under a reconfigured U.S. Supreme Court. The efforts include boosting financial aid for women needing to travel long distances to get an abortion, and raising awareness about the option of do-it-yourself abortions.
Aug. 2 Vallejo A&E Source: Empress Film Club offers doc on Ginsburg
It was idle curiosity that lured Steve Dunsky into a 60-seat theater during a recent trip to Connecticut, catching the 1 hour, 38-minute documentary, “RBG.” Good thing the Empress Film Club coordinator trusts his instincts. The film - chronicling the career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - was impressive enough for Dunsky to book a screening Aug. 9 in Vallejo.
With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion
Kavanaugh's record suggests he would vote to support abortion restrictions if he... Twice in the past year, Brett Kavanaugh offered glimpses of his position on abortion that strongly suggest he would vote to support restrictions if confirmed to the Supreme Court. One was in a dissent in the case of a 17-year-old migrant seeking to terminate her pregnancy.
Chief Justice Roberts Will Oversee Ninth Circuit Following Kennedy’s…
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. at the investiture of Neil Gorsuch in June 15, 2017. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement Tuesday ended his duties as circuit justice for the huge and busy U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Anti-faith ‘hostility’ depends on point of view
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says people of faith have unprecedented hostility in America. That, however, is a simplistic view that obscures the fact that America is, with more success than not, today home to more faiths than ever before.
Trump’s religious liberty task force: yet another ‘great’ idea we don’t need
There was Joseph from Matagorda County, Texas; Thomas from Forrest County, Mississippi; Thomas from Franklin County, Mississippi; Henry from Pickens County, South Carolina; John from York County, South Carolina; Jerry from Bedford County, Tennessee; Andrew from Echols County, Georgia; George from Brazos County, Texas.; Sam from Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Edward from Hamilton County, Tennessee.; Charles from Leake County, Mississippi; and Bill from Bleckley County, Georgia. I counted until the names hung too high for me to discern, or the glare from the sweltering summer sun baking the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery was just too bright.
This idea to defend abortion rights from Brett Kavanaugh could backfire big time
JULY 10: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, left, and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, in McConnell's office in the Capitol on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, the day after President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Sometime in the next few months, the Senate will vote on whether or not to kill Roe v.
Manchin undecided on Kavanaugh after 2-hour meeting
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, arrives for a private meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 30, 2018. WASHINGTON- The first Democratic senator to sit down with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Monday he's not ready to say how he'll vote, but Kavanaugh did pick up the backing of Kentucky's Rand Paul, the only Republican in the narrowly divided Senate to have outwardly wavered in possible support.