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The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a student's race into account to promote diversity in admissions. The shift suggests schools will have the federal government's blessing to leave race out of admissions and enrollment decisions, and it underscores the contentious politics that continue to surround affirmative action policies, which have repeatedly been challenged before the Supreme Court.
How far can a state go to promote its view on abortion? Not as far as California, the Supreme Court ruled this week in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra.
President Donald Trump is focused on his list of potential Supreme Court justices and for now, he'll continue to stick with the people on it, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. "The main thing that the president is looking for are people who will fit the qualifications you would want in a Supreme Court justice," Sanders told Fox News' "Fox & Friends," adding that the president is looking for a candidate with "tremendous intellect, someone who will stick to upholding the Constitution and somebody who has great judicial temperament."
Late last week the president told reporters he would name his nominee to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, July 9 , shortly before leaving for Europe for meetings with NATO allies and then with Vladimir Putin. It is, to put it mildly, a big, big decision that will almost surely trigger a loud and divisive confirmation fight and, assuming Republicans win it, a major change in the balance of power on the Court.
President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Eager to build suspense, Trump wouldn't divulge whom he's talking to in advance of his big announcement, set for July 9. But he promised that "they are outstanding people.
Fifty-two percent of voters want the next Supreme Court justice to support abortion rights, while only 29 percent seek a nominee to oppose these rights, and the remaining 19 percent don't know or have no opinion, according to a new Politico/Morning Consult poll released on Tuesday. The poll was taken in the immediate aftermath of the retirement announcement last week of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has often been a swing vote on the Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Justice Joan Larsen, who is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati. Larsen, 49, served on the Michigan Supreme Court from 2015-17 before being nominated by Trump to the Sixth Circuit.
President Trump has been signaling that he won't ask potential Supreme Court nominees about their positions on specific cases, but he doesn't need to - all on his short list are conservative judges. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption President Trump has been signaling that he won't ask potential Supreme Court nominees about their positions on specific cases, but he doesn't need to - all on his short list are conservative judges.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is running for re-election in a state President Donald Trump carried by 19 points. Hawley is launching a new digital campaign to highlight Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill 's previous positions on Supreme Court nominees, as the latest high court vacancy shakes up competitive Senate races across the country.
By CATHERINE LUCEY and KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Eager to build suspense, Trump wouldn't divulge whom he's talking to in advance of his big announcement, set for July 9. But he promised that "they are outstanding people.
Litmus test, litmus test, who's got a litmus test? Well, apparently just about every senator on the left. A litmus test - a standard beyond which one won't go, like Barack Obama 's famous red line in Syria - was once derided as the mark of a rigid mind.
Washington a A new report from a conservative news outlet says President Donald Trump is no longer seriously considering Sen. Mike Lee of Utah to replace retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. The nonprofit arm of the Daily Caller said Monday night that Trump has narrowed his shortlist - one that included Lee at one point - to two candidates, Circuit Court Judges Brent Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
President Donald Trump interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices on Monday and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Eager to build suspense, Trump wouldn't divulge who he's talking to in advance of his big announcement, set for July 9. But he promised that "they are outstanding people.
Delaying Donald Trump's nominee now is as cynical a ploy as it was when Mitch McConnell obstructed Barrack Obama's: Our view On Anthony Kennedy's Supreme Court seat, two wrongs don't make a right Delaying Donald Trump's nominee now is as cynical a ploy as it was when Mitch McConnell obstructed Barrack Obama's: Our view Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2ILEnxC Delaying Donald Trump's nominee now is as cynical a ploy as it was when Mitch McConnell obstructed Barrack Obama's: Our view Within minutes of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement announcement last week, top Senate Democrats declared that a vote on his replacement shouldn't occur until 2019.
President Donald Trump interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices Monday and planned to speak with a few more, as he powered forward with a speedy selection process to fill the fresh vacancy. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had met with "four potential justices of our great Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump said he interviewed four Supreme Court candidates on Monday to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, telling reporters he would be making a decision in the coming days. Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, are shown during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate battle over Donald Trump's new Supreme Court nominee is off to a fiery start _ even before the president makes his choice.
From Michael Goodwin of the New York Post , 'Trump is winning.' As the LEFT loses their mind with there never ending, all consuming resistance of Trump they have failed to notice the obvious, the economy is great, black unemployment at all time lows, Hispanic unemployment at all time low, female unemployment at all times low, consumer confidence is through the roof, the Trump tax cuts have worked, the Mueller witch hunt has gone no where, the DOJ's IG report supported a Comey firing, polls show parents are most to blame for minors crossing the border not Trump, the polls are also increasingly trending upward for President Trump.