Liberals worried about the Supreme Court need reminding: It’s a court of law, not opinion

Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. To the editor: Disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court does not sufficiently "reflect the true range of lay and scholarly thought" on several important legal issues, UCLA law professor Jon D. Michaels asks for louder voices of dissent among the liberal justices .

Why Judge Kavanaugh’s elevation matters

US President Donald Trump introduces his Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump Tuesday named Judge Brett M Kavanaugh of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy at the US Supreme Court.

Brett Kavanaugh built up credit card debt for baseball tickets, disclosure forms reveal

Financial disclosure forms for Kavanaugh, whom President Donald Trump announced Monday as his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, show that he incurred tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt to buy Nationals tickets over the last decade, The Washington Post reported Wednesday . White House spokesman Raj Shah said Kavanaugh got into debt buying Nationals season tickets and playoff tickets for himself and friends.

After Trump’s spending demands, NATO summit turns to Afghanistan

A Massachusetts hiker whose failure to notify his wife that he was spending the night in a hotel and prompted an extensive search and rescue operation in the White Mountains has donated $3,000 to the... Brandon Gillis does not think he played his best two rounds of golf at the 115th New Hampshire Amateur Championship Wednesday at Hanover Country ... (more)

Uniquely modern commercial laundry facility opens in Nashua

A Massachusetts hiker whose failure to notify his wife that he was spending the night in a hotel and prompted an extensive search and rescue operation in the White Mountains has donated $3,000 to the... Brandon Gillis does not think he played his best two rounds of golf at the 115th New Hampshire Amateur Championship Wednesday at Hanover Country ... (more)

Tomi Lahren: We can’t be sending “religious judicial activists” to the Court to overturn Roe

I think her point here is being distorted by righty critics. Although it's understandable that they'd withhold the benefit of the doubt from someone who's not just pro-choice but has already begun to echo the Democratic line that Roe should be left alone right at the moment when conservatives might finally have the votes to overturn it.

Trump slams NATO; Utah Sen. Mike Lee talks SCOTUS; why children have…

A new Deseret News special report looks at why children have the most to lose in the latest battle over LGBT and religious rights. Two sides will meet in a Michigan courtroom Thursday "to decide whether a faith-based adoption agency can refuse to work with same-sex couples," according to the Deseret News.

Grassley: ‘Guesstimate’ Puts Kavanaugh Hearing Dates by September

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley would only give a "rough guesstimate" Wednesday about when confirmation hearings would begin for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, while hitting back at Democrats' call to postpone the hearings until after the November midterms. "If you look at the last two or three, from the time they were nominated until the Senate voted on them, was about 65 to 70 days.

The SCOTUS Wars

As I write this column, President Trump has yet to announce his official nominee for the open position on the Supreme Court. The president has narrowed down his finalists and once announced, the war of words, doom and candidate character assassination will begin.

Scotus Interruptus: a Lifetime Political Appointment, Much Like Being Married To Bill Clinton

Another Supreme Court Justice, slightly right-of-center swing vote Anthony Kennedy, has decided to retire. In a contentious and closely watched Supreme Court vote, the justices decided 5 to 4 to get him an ice cream cake for his retirement party.