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In this Monday, June 25, 2018 photo, people gather at the Supreme Court awaiting a decision in an Illinois union dues case, Janus vs. AFSCME, in Washington. The Supreme Court says government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor.
The Billings Gazette reports the high court agreed Thursday to review the case of Clayvin Herrera, who was found guilty of killing an elk Wyoming in January 2014. The Wyoming Supreme Court declined to hear his case, saying the issue was decided by a federal appeals court in 1995.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy this week announced he is retiring . Kennedy is the longest-serving justice, having joined the court in 1988 after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he will be retiring from the bench at the end of July. President Trump is choosing Justice Kennedy's replacement from a list of 25 judges - the same list he chose Justice Neil Gorsuch from last year.
Plaintiff Mark Janus stands outside the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption Plaintiff Mark Janus stands outside the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees.
At one point in Justice Sonia Sotomayor's ringing dissent from last week's Supreme Court decision upholding Donald Trump's ban on travelers from a group of nations, most of them with Muslim-majority populations, she recounts his many insults against followers of Islam. Though most of us can likely recall his bigotry clearly enough without a refresher, it's worth quoting at some length to appreciate the stunning depth, breadth and constancy of Trump's prejudice.
US president Donald Trump has said he plans to announce his choice to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on July 9, adding that two women are among his top candidates for the job. The president, who spoke aboard Air Force One on the way to his golf club in New Jersey, said he had identified a group of at least five potential candidates for the nation's high court and he may interview as many as seven.
In this Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts listens as President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday in Washington. The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy means that the conservative Roberts probably will be the justice closest to the court's four liberals, allowing Roberts to control where the court comes down in some of its most contentious cases.
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he will be retiring from the bench at the end of July. President Trump is choosing Justice Kennedy's replacement from a list of 25 judges - the same list he chose Justice Neil Gorsuch from last year.
In this June 28, 2018 photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., joins activists at the Supreme Court as President Donald Trump prepares to choose a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Washington.
On the issues of LGBTQ rights, abortion access, money in politics and the environment, no member of the federal judiciary has been more influential in the last 30 years than Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. The announcement earlier this week of Kennedy's retirement sent political shock waves through both parties, and scrambled an already uncertain 2018 midterm landscape, as both parties gear up for what are sure to be contentious and complicated confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's pick to take Kennedy's place.
Hundreds of activists protest the Trump administration's approach to illegal border crossings and separation of children from immigrant parents, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2018.
President Donald Trump plans to interview candidates for the vacant Supreme Court seat this weekend in New Jersey, he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday. Trump said he would speak with one or two candidates, and plans to announce his selection on Monday, July 9. Speaking en route his golf property in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said he would not ask candidates their position on Roe v.
President Donald Trump will ultimately secure a hand-picked replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy but not before a political free-for-all among lawmakers on Capitol Hill, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci told Newsmax TV on Friday. "My prediction is there will be a lot of rabblerousing, there'll be a lot of contention and screeching and on the Democratic side," Scaramucci said on "America Talks Live."
NewsOK Pro is a fast and easy way to build your own customized topic pages and add them to the existing NewsOK you've grown to love. THE fact that President Trump has the opportunity to place a second justice on the Supreme Court, due to Anthony Kennedy's retirement, is a reminder that sometimes, gambling pays off.
Luck - pure, dumb luck - is an underestimated advantage in politics, and Donald Trump is one lucky man. He ran for the Republican nomination against a fractured field, in which the other candidates tore each other to shreds.
The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street.com to resolve a long-standing split among the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals concerning whether copyright owners must wait to file infringement suits until the United States Copyright Office has registered their works.
With little chance of thwarting President Donald Trump's eventual Supreme Court pick, Democrats are pivoting to frame the confirmation battle as an issue in fall elections that will decide control of Congress. Speaking a day after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he would retire, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump's nominee could overturn Obamacare protections for people with pre-existing conditions, an emerging issue in Democratic election bids, and abortion rights.
In the wake of Anthony Kennedy's decision to retire from the US Supreme Court, the left is doing a frantic post-mortem on how they could possibly have overlooked the notion that an 81-year-old man might want to retire. The real subject deserving of a post-mortem is why they thought they could rule indefinitely through an increasingly SJW-oriented Supreme Court instead of by winning elections, but that isn't happening and it isn't going to.
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday struck down a law requiring a 72-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion, ruling that the restriction was unconstitutional and that "autonomy and dominion over one's body go to the very heart of what it means to be free." Justices noted that the waiting period could force delays, increase costs and in some cases prevent a woman from legally obtaining an abortion.