Democrats hope Kennedy’s retirement will make courts a galvanizing issue for voters

Democratic activists are hoping to make the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary as much an issue for their voters as it has been for the Republican base for decades. Democratic activists are hoping to make the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary as much an issue for their voters as it has been for the Republican base for decades.

It’s decision time for Susan Collins

Any minute now, the president will announce his second pick for the Supreme Court, a nominee expected to cement a lasting conservative majority on that storied bench. This would be the same president, you'll recall, who promised to appoint "pro-life justices" who would tip the court so that it would "automatically" overturn Roe v.

Supreme Court contender Kethledge enters spotlight as…

Raymond Kethledge was working on his book about leadership and solitude in 2016 when the phone rang. It was the landline, because in the office of his northern Michigan barn, situated in a densely forested area overlooking Lake Huron, Kethledge had no cell service or internet access.

Religious liberty becomes a main focus for conservatives in…

Raymond Kethledge, one of the finalists President Donald Trump is considering for the Supreme Court, has never explicitly stated his views on abortion or same-sex marriage. But in April, Kethledge, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, ruled in favor of Cathedral Buffet, a church-run Ohio restaurant being sued by the government because congregants were allegedly being "spiritually coerced" by their pastor to work without pay.

Scott Pruitt is just the symptom. The disease is Trump

President Trump with then-Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt in June 2017, after Trump announced his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. President Trump with then-Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt in June 2017, after Trump announced his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

America’s real Muslim problem is Islamophobia

There's a common perception that Muslims pose a threat to the security of the U.S., but the real threat is to them June 2018 was an especially bad month for the status of Muslims in America. First, we learned that a new study showed that many Americans view Muslims in the United States as insufficiently "American," and almost 20 percent would deny Muslim citizens the right to vote.

Deactivating Affirmative Action

Recently, President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the use of affirmative action in elite university admission. The extent to which this policy helps minority students has diminished to the point that the simultaneous disadvantage to white and Asian students is unmerited.

Pennsylvania judge one of four Supreme Court finalist: Reports

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have completed scheduled interviews for the Supreme Court vacancy, an official familiar with the search says, as The President moves closer to settling on his selection to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy. Sources tell FOX News and CNN that Judge Thomas Michael Hardiman of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals is now a rising candidate to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Youth, conservative cred not only factors in high court pick

In this May 7, 2008, image from video provided by C-SPAN, Raymond Kethledge testifies during his confirmation hearing for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.