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The future of privacy under the U.S. Constitution - and the critical protection of rights such as abortion and same-sex marriage - rests on the continued good health and mental acuity of three lawyers age 78 and older. If you care about these things, and you should, you really should be sending vitamin packets, kale salads and protein smoothies to Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer .
It's a safe bet that when Chief Justice John Roberts and Donald Trump meet outside the Capitol on Inauguration Day, Roberts won't ask why Trump said terrible things about him. Come Jan. 20, Roberts will administer the oath of office, the two men will shake hands and then Roberts will recede into the background.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaking to the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2016. Photo by Bob Jacob/Cleveland Jewish News The associate Supreme Court justice, speaking Monday at the annual Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, was asked what the immediate impact of a Trump presidency would be.
The Supreme Court justice and known lover of the arts had a one-night-only performance at the opening of Washington National Opera's "The Daughter of the Regiment." The show, which is a little more Disney than diva, is about a young French woman who grows up on the battlefield, but is whisked away from her true love once she reaches marrying age so that she can join high society and find a suitable match.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear her dislike for Donald Trump this summer when she called the presidential candidate a "faker" and said "he really has an ego." Ginsburg later apologized , but she may have been expressing her displeasure again on Wednesday when she appeared at the U.S. Supreme Court wearing her "dissent jabot," the National Law Journal reports.
Donald Trump will quickly begin to define his presidential legacy by nominating a new Supreme Court justice as one of his first acts in office. The high court has had a vacancy since the sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia in February , despite a strident effort by President Obama to replace the conservative with his own choice, Merrick Garland.
The U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges in three states turned down requests by the Democrats on Monday to head off what party leaders say are plans by Donald Trump's supporters to harass and intimidate voters on Election Day. The Democrats asked for restraining orders to prevent what they characterized as ballot-box vigilantism by Trump's Republican presidential campaign and his friend Roger Stone's political organization, Stop the Steal.
What happens if America wakes up on Nov. 9 to another undecided, hotly disputed presidential election? What if the outcome turns on the razor-thin margin in one or two states, one candidate seeking a recount, the other going to court? We know what happened in 2000, when the Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote effectively settled the election in As controversial as that decision was, it was made by a nine-justice court. This time around, there are only eight justices and the possibility of a tie vote.
AP FILE PHOTO In this Aug. 22, 2016 file photo, transgender high school student Gavin Grimm poses in Gloucester, Va. The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys' bathroom at his high school.
The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys' bathroom at his high school. The justices said Friday they will hear the appeal from the Gloucester County school board sometime next year.
In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, people pass the signs telling of the requirement for voters to show an acceptable photo ID to vote as they head into the the Penndot Drivers License Center in Butler, Pa.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are striking a more sober tone Wednesday after two brutal debates, largely sticking to substance and keeping personal slights to a minimum during their final face-to-face showdown. The presidential debate in Las Vegas began on a frosty note as the candidates once again abandoned the tradition of shaking each other's hands at the outset.
Holbrook [materials]. The main issue in the case was whether a defendant's counsel can present one mitigating factor at the sentencing phase, without thoroughly investigating the possibility of other mitigating factors.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologizes to Colin Kaepernick after criticizing his national anthem protest https://t.co/tyxW9NO3wM pic.twitter.com/uaXuwjR3oC - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said yesterday she was "inappropriately dismissive and harsh". - In a statement Ginsburg said she had been "barely aware of the incident or its purpose" and that she should have "declined to respond" when asked the question by Yahoo's Katie Couric.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, never shy to weigh in on the controversies of the day, said she thinks "it's really dumb" for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and others to refuse to stand for the national anthem. In the interview, Ginsburg steers clear from criticizing presidential candidate Donald Trump but calls the rhetoric from the election cycle "distressing."
Now that the practical choice is between coughing Clinton and terrifying Trump, the Seamless Garment crowd is making new attempts to co-opt pro-life sentiment in favor of the vociferously pro-abortion candidate that is, Clinton. This New Pro-Life Movement is supposedly bolder, more sincere, more consistent, and especially more "prudent" than the old one.
Back to her best! Youthful RenA e Zellweger, 47, wears one-shoulder satin dress with sexy thigh-split as she greets fans at Bridget Jones' Baby premiere... 12 years after the last movie was released Driver, 20, who pulled up in an SUV and 'shot a 13-year-old girl dead and wounded her friend as they walked home from school' is arrested Siri set to control your home: Apple to launch app to take on Amazon and Google in the battle for the smart house Samsung DIDN'T officially recall Galaxy Note 7: Consumer Reports slams phonemaker for failing to make exploding battery issue official The final resting place of U576: German U-Boat is found 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina 72 years after it sank during Nazi campaign of terror - and 44 sailors are entombed inside Brutal legacy of the Vietnam War: US bombs are still littering the fields and homes of Laos four decades after the ... (more)
THE ISSUE: No one likes an even number on a court that makes decisions by majority vote. Yet that's just what the Supreme Court has been left with, eight justices, since the death of Antonin Scalia in February.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is opening an address at a gathering of the New Mexico State Bar Association with a tribute to deceased Justice Antonin Scalia. Ginsburg recalled receiving from Scalia both birthday flowers and critical reviews of her draft opinions.