Tag Archives: Justice Samuel Alito

Jimmy Williams Justice Samuel Alito has declined to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and January 6 defendants. This decision comes amidst controversy over flags that were displayed at his homes. In letters addressed to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito clarified that his wife …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams Urging Democratic lawmakers to use the power they currently hold in the U.S. Senate, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday night called on party leaders in the upper chamber to launch immediate investigations into the insurrection-linked flags that were seen flying outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s …

While conservative Justice Samuel Alito’s new Wall Street Journal interview covered various topics, one that provoked intense ire on Friday was his suggestion that federal lawmakers don’t have the power to regulate the U.S. Supreme Court. For a series of Journal opinion pieces—the first was published in April—Alito spent four …

The investigative outlet ProPublica reported late Tuesday that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took an undisclosed private jet flight to Alaska in 2008 with billionaire Paul Singer, whose hedge fund repeatedly had business before the high court in subsequent years. Alito refused to answer questions for the ProPublica story, …

Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito postponed a ruling on access to the abortion pill until Friday as the high court continues considering arguments from anti-abortion organizations and the federal government. Alito’s two-day-long pause, issued Wednesday, keeps a ruling from U.S. District Court for the Northern …

Advocates for court reform on Saturday called for Congress to investigate allegations that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 ruling to a right-wing donor, after The New York Times reported on the claim by a former leader of the pro-forced pregnancy movement. Rev. Ron Schenck led an …

by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 3, 2022 WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday pledged a new vote codifying the right to an abortion after publication of a draft court ruling that showed the Supreme Court on track to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. Democrats, …

Vice President Kamala Harris blasted a leaked draft that indicated that the Supreme Court had voted to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade, declaring that “women’s rights in America are under attack.” Harris went on to encourage those in attendance to vote for pro-abortion rights Democrats to Congress …

Shefali Luthra, Abby Johnston, Terri Rupar Originally published by The 19th This developing story is being updated. On Monday night, Politico reported that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 decision that enshrined federal abortion protections — will be overturned, according to an initial draft authored by Justice Samuel Alito. The …

The United States Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO. “The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed …

Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Thursday at Howard University that the Democratic National Committee(DNC) is investing $25 million into the “I Will Vote” initiative. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poli Alert (@polialertcom) I want to make clear that this is about all voters. It’s about …

On Thursday, in a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of two restrictive voting laws in Arizona that can directly impact the voting process for minorities. In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that “mere inconvenience cannot be enough to demonstrate a violation.” The justice acknowledged that …