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 …
Read More »U.S. House Democrats File Brief In College Affirmative Action Case
Ariana Figueroa, Ohio Capital Journal U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott of Virginia has filed a brief along with 64 other House Democrats urging the Supreme Court to uphold the role that race plays in college admission policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. “Narrowly tailored admissions policies …
Read More »Some States Already Are Targeting Birth Control | Analysis
Special to the Capital-Star, Pennsylvania Capital-Star May 20, 2022 By Michael Ollove Last year, conservative Republicans in the Missouri legislature took a run at blocking Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood, a frequent and prominent target of anti-abortion activists and politicians. But in the fine print of their measure, …
Read More »Senate Hearings For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson To Start Monday
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 18, 2022 After more than two weeks of private meetings with nearly half the U.S. Senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will field questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee in highly anticipated public hearings that begin …
Read More »Ginni Thomas, Wife Of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Attended ‘Stop The Steal’ Rally On Jan. 6
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has for the first time, in an interview with The Washington Free Beacon acknowledged that she attended the January 6 ‘Stop The Steal’ rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but she left before things turned violent. She was too …
Read More »Black Women’s Qualifications Have Long Been Questioned. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Allies Were Prepared.
Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th In the days and weeks leading up to the announcement that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House and groups supporting her nomination prepared for potential lines of attack. The possibilities …
Read More »Biden prepares to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. What’s next?
Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th With the pending retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, President Joe Biden is poised to make good on his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court. There’s a lot we don’t know: who Biden’s choice will be, …
Read More »Biden Poised To Nominate First Black Woman To Supreme Court
Candice Norwood, Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden is poised to follow through on his campaign promise to appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, as reports emerged Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer was set to retire. Black women constitute just about 3 …
Read More »Democrats Introduce Legislation To Expand The Supreme Court
On Thursday, Congressional Democrats introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices. The bill is headed by Senator Ed Markey and Representative Jerry Nadler. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday she has “no plans to bring it to the floor.” “I don’t know that …
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