Of all the phrases associated with modern politics, none may be as bitter as “elections have consequences.”
Category: US Supreme Court
Power voids on court, Congress imperils US system
WASHINGTON As the nation convulses from one shock after another, are we missing the big picture: the perpetuity of the nation. Is America, like life, merely mortal? It comes down to voids and power.
Federal judges to hear arguments defending Trump travel ban
Federal judges on opposite coasts are due Friday to hear legal arguments defending President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The ban is sure to reverberate through the courts on a likely path to an appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court.
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An… . CORRECTS LAST NAME FROM GARRETTI TO GARCETTI- Ali Vayeghan, an Iranian citizen with a valid U.S. visa, third from left, kisses his brother Houssein Vayghan, with his Marjan Vayghan at Los Angeles International Airport Thu… .
Trump SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch ‘Founded’ ‘Fascism Forever Club’ in Prep School
From the “you can’t make this up” department, it appears that Neil Gorsuch claimed to have founded a “Fascism Forever Club ” while at Georgetown Prep, from which he graduated in 1985. Known to be fiercely conservative at Georgetown Prep School, #Gorsuch joked in yearbook he founded and led “Fascism Forever Club” pic.twitter.com/zrZZ53iP4I The man who has been nominated to replace the late Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court, apparently in more ways than one, included an organization by that name on his yearbook page, declaring himself its founder and president.
Correction: Supreme Court Nominee-Ratings story
President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to announce Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. Gorsuch kisses his wife Louise.
See Jimmy Kimmel Gage Reaction to ‘SCOTUS Nominee’ Rob Kardashian
Jimmy Kimmel’s “Lie Witness News” team hit the streets to find out what people thought about Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Rob Kardashian. Jimmy Kimmel cut down the circus tent above President Donald Trump ‘s primetime Supreme Court announcement with a hilarious and depressing installment of “Lie Witness News” Wednesday.
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill among 20 nationally to support SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is among a group of 20 attorneys general voicing their support of President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch. Morrisey’s office said in a news release that the group sent a letter of support Wednesday to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Patrick Leahy, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.
Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Is A Disciple Of Scalia’s ‘Originalist’ Crusade
Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, faces members of the media while meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in his Senate office. The late Justice Antonin Scalia may not have been the original originalist , but he popularized what once had been a fringe legal doctrine.
At VMI, Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on a monumental ruling
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made a poignant visit to the Virginia Military Institute on Wednesday, her first trip to the state-funded school she profoundly changed some 20 years ago by striking down its all-male admissions policy. In a talk before the school’s cadets, Ginsburg said she knew her opinion, which opened the doors to women, “would make VMI a better place” and thought that those who were initially opposed would learn from their women classmates “how much good women could do for the institution.”
Grassley blames Democrats for talk of obstructing Trump SCOTUS pick
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa met with Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch Wednesday afternoon following his primetime unveiling at the White House a day earlier. If confirmed by the Senate, Gorsuch will assume the seat vacated last February with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
IA Congressional delegation reacts to Trump’s SCOTUS nominee
President Donald Trump finally named his Supreme Court Justice Nominee. It comes almost a year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
EDITORIAL: Donald Trump picks Neal Gorsuch to fill vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat
Donald Trump named his U.S. Supreme Court pick on Tuesday, the same day that a dozen Democrats refused to show up for a committee vote on two of the president’s Cabinet nominees. The boycott was instructive.
Editorial, Feb. 2, 2017: Gorsuch should get full and fair public hearing
In a deeply divided country, is it any surprise that President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court already is lining up as another partisan and hostile battle? And while Republicans sowed this discord by blocking President Obama’s last nominee to the high court, Democrats have a choice to either play the revenge card, or take a higher road and conduct the kind of full and fair hearings on the nomination they wanted from Republicans.
Roberts, Ginsburg speak, but not on Trumpa s high court pick –
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg steered clear of saying anything about President Donald Trump’s pick for a key high court post as they gave separate speeches Wednesday in Kentucky and Virginia. Roberts looked to the court’s past, not its future, during a speech at the University of Kentucky, one day after Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the high court.
Trump urges Senate Republicans to crash Dem. resistance for Supreme Court pick
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Senate Republicans to take the so-called “nuclear option” to prevent Democrats from using a filibuster to block his Supreme Court pick. “If we end up with that gridlock I would say if you can, Mitch, go nuclear,” Trump said of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
GNA Foreign Minister Mohammed Siyala called it an “unjust decision” that should be reviewed.
Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump and his administration’s ban of travellers from 7 countries by Executive Order, during a rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2017. Photo – AFP Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump and his administration’s ban of travellers from 7 countries by Executive Order, during a rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2017.
Democrats plan action over judge
The United States Senate is heading for its most heated Supreme Court confirmation hearings in more than a decade, with both parties facing intense pressure to prevail in one of the defining political battles of President Donald Trump’s nascent term. Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the high court, was poised to visit Capitol Hill today.
Democrats are in real danger of overplaying their hand right now
Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court Tuesday night after President Donald Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. President Donald Trump’s first 12 days in office have been marked by controversy, division and uncertainty.
Trump’s Gorsuch pick assures integrity of America’s elections process
Donald Trump Trump’s Gorsuch pick assures integrity of America’s elections process Border tax sets off frenzy of lobbying Warren says she’ll oppose Trump’s Supreme Court nominee MORE ‘s pick of Neil Gorsuch to succeed the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shows the rule of law is back in style. Gorsuch considers the Constitution a document that limits the power of government, not as a mere suggestion to be argued around.
Trump picks Neil Gorsuch as nominee for Supreme Court
If confirmed by the Senate, the 49-year-old would restore the court’s conservative majority, lost with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The court has the final legal word on many of the most sensitive US issues, from abortion to gender to gun control.
Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch skeptical of gov’t regulations
This photo provided by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows Judge Neil Gorsuch.
Democrats running Tea Party playbook against Trump
Senate Democrats are dispensing with talk of cooperation and preparing to fight President Trump across the board, delaying his nominees where possible and filibustering his Supreme Court pick if necessary. Despite their minority status in the Senate, Democrats are under increasing pressure from their progressive base to stand up to a president they consider authoritarian and illegitimate.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Today in History
On Feb. 1, 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.
Conservative Judge Gorsuch is Trump’s Supreme Court choice
President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer’s flair, to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, setting up a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America’s legal landscape for decades to come. At 49, Gorsuch is the youngest Supreme Court nominee in a quarter-century.
The Latest: McConnell praises Gorsuch nomination
The Latest on President Donald Trump nomination of Neil Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court : Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump has made an “outstanding decision” in nominating U.S. Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. In a statement, McConnell says Gorsuch has “a long record of faithfully applying the law and the Constitution” and notes that he was confirmed by voice vote in the Senate in 2006.
Neil Gorsuch – Will He Prove Unpredictable, Like John Roberts?
At first glance, federal appeals judge Neil Gorsuch seems to be a Scalia clone. The president nominated him for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Nation-Now 48 mins ago 7:20 p.m.Trump picks Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
Nearly a full year after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death left the Supreme Court shorthanded, President Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the void Tuesday night, setting off a pitched battle over the direction of the nation’s highest court Trump was unveiling his nominee to the nation on live television from the East Room of the White House after a day filled with palace intrigue, during which the media mapped the whereabouts of Gorsuch, from Colorado, and federal appeals court Judge Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, another favorite for the seat. Gorsuch, 49, is a Scalia acolyte who believes judges should interpret laws as they are written and enforce the Constitution as the nation’s framers intended.
Murphy, Blumenthal concerned about Gorsuch pick
Judge Neil Gorsuch delivers brief remarks after being nominated by President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. Judge Neil Gorsuch delivers brief remarks after being nominated by President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.
Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch has conservative pedigree
This photo provided by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows Judge Neil Gorsuch. Conservatives who care about the court say they have no such worry this time around.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch a Coloradan seen as a pro-life, strict constructionist
President Donald Trump picked a U.S. Supreme Court nominee whose roots run deep in Colorado politics and Reagan conservatism. Neil Gorsuch, who has served on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver since 2006, said Trump had entrusted him with a solemn assignment.
Neil Gorsuch is Trump’s likely Supreme Court pick
Washington, Feb 1 – US President Donald Trump’s likely pick for Supreme Court is Neil Gorsuch, a Court of Appeals judge from Denver, media reports said. As Trump was set to announce his choice at 8 p.m. , CNN has iudentified Gorsuch as the President’s first choice, New York Post reported.
EDITORIAL: Put Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court
Congratulations to President Donald Trump for nominating Boulder resident and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the void left by deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Denver native’s resume alone ranks Gorsuch among the cream of the top 1 percent of lawyers in the United States.
Cruz: Trump Supreme Court Pick Will Get Confirmed
Sen. Ted Cruz says Democrats will not be able to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, even if Republicans have to find a different way around them, Politico reports. “The Democrats are not going to succeed in filibustering the Supreme Court nominee,” Cruz said Tuesday during an interview with Politico.
Trump set to name high court pick as Democrats plan fight
President Donald Trump was set to unveil his pick for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as Democrats, still fuming over the Republican-led Senate’s refusal to act on former President Barack Obama’s nominee last year, girded for a fight. Trump said will reveal his choice to replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016, at the White House at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
5 Potential Trump Supreme Court Picks
President Donald Trump plans to announce his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to the nation on Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST. Conservatives are hoping for someone who can replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, considered to be a strong constitutionalist guided by the original intent of the Founders.
Senate Panel Backs Zinke, Perry
President Donald Trump’s choice to fill the vacant seat on the United States Supreme Court could “make or break” his bas . . . Mike Huckabee has lashed out at the media for what he says is its nonstop nitpicking over President Donald Trump’s decis .