Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability For Child Laborers On Cocoa Farms By Claire Kelloway, Food and Power. December 11, 2020 Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability For Child Laborers On Cocoa Farms2020-12-112020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/cocoa-e1607651188640.jpg200px200px Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the world’s largest cocoa corporations are liable for child slavery in their supply chains. For 15 years, six citizens of Mali who were trafficked as children to work on cocoa farms have sought legal damages from Cargill and Nestle USA under a 240-year-old anti-piracy law. The plaintiffs’ attorney told the court that the corporations “maintain a system of child slavery and […]
Supreme
Will The Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights? By David Bacon, Labor Notes. December 4, 2020 Will The Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights?2020-12-042020-12-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/farmworkers.jpg200px200px Above photo: A D’Arrigo Brothers worker with a union button on her cap talks at lunchtime with an organizer. Companies are trying to shut down such access to workers through the courts. David Bacon. Not long before Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed suit against California’s farmworker access rule in federal court on behalf of two companies—Cedar Point Nursery in Siskiyou County and the Fowler Packing Company in Fresno. The foundation is a conservative libertarian […]
Supreme Court Challenge To ACA Highlights Why We Need Medicare For All By Margaret Flowers, Truthout. November 12, 2020 Supreme Court Challenge To ACA Highlights Why We Need Medicare For All2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/supreme-court-signs-e1605219622566.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstration at the Us Supreme Court in June, 2012 during first case against the ACA. Once again, the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health law passed under the Obama administration in 2010, will be in the hands of the Supreme Court. The court heard oral arguments in the case, California v. Texas, on Tuesday. A decision is expected in the spring. This is the third time […]
Social Movements Can Win Even With A Hostile Supreme Court By Mukund Rathi, Truthout. November 2, 2020 Social Movements Can Win Even With A Hostile Supreme Court2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/sc.png200px200px Above photo: A protestor holds up a sign during a protest calling for the Republican Senate to delay the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the U.S. Capitol on October 22, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Care in Action. With the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, how will the Supreme Court decide future cases? Most people will probably think of it as a “6-3 Court” and expect decisions based […]
A voter casts her early-voting ballot at a drop box outside City Hall in Philadelphia on Oct. 17. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images A voter casts her early-voting ballot at a drop box outside City Hall in Philadelphia on Oct. 17. Mark Makela/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that election officials in Pennsylvania can count absentee ballots received as late as the Friday after Election Day so long as they are postmarked by Nov. 3. The court declined without comment to take up one of the highest-profile election law cases in the final stretch […]
The Supreme Court retains a strong but largely undeserved reputation as a protector of the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. In fact, there is a long history of right-wing Supreme Court majorities serving as dead hands to enforce reactionary policies favored by political minorities who have lost electoral power, or even wars. Most notoriously, a right-wing court favored the South’s radical, pro-slavery positions before the Civil War and, after that war, played a critical role in nullifying Reconstruction and instituting Jim Crow; the so-called Lochner court devoted years to voiding federal and state health and safety regulations and other progressive laws, […]
I kept a little running tab of questions Amy Coney Barrett said she couldn’t possibly answer without compromising her future Supreme Court tenure. I’m sure I missed a lot of them, but here were six: One: Lindsey Graham asked her if there existed a constitutional right to polygamy. She couldn’t say. Two: Pat Leahy asked if a president could self-pardon. Couldn’t touch that one. Three: Amy Klobuchar asked if she thought mail-in ballots were legitimately democratic. That’s a policy position, I can’t express a view. Four: Richard Blumenthal asked if Obergefell was properly decided and asked her to consider its being […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106990/38/1069903876_0:300:5760:3540_1200x675_80_0_0_ac78f7d1ffd59b53647f99658580822c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202010181080803630-tweetstorm-erupts-after-hbo-host-maher-says-too-many-nuts-catholics-on-supreme-court/ The talk show host claimed the Senate’s approval of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice would mean seven Roman Catholics sitting on the panel of nine and asked if Americans would be OK with seven Jews, Muslims or Buddhists on the court. US talk show host Bill Maher sparked a social media row on Friday night when he called Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett “nuts” on account of her Catholic faith. Democratic senators “won’t make Barrett’s religion an issue – but they should, ’cause being nuts is relevant,” he claimed on […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation is a done deal. Democrats don’t have the votes, and not enough Republicans have the principles. Democrats’ only recourse, many have argued, is to increase the size of the court—“court-packing” is the derogatory term—to offset the illegitimate appointments of Justice Gorsuch (after the stonewalling of Should’ve-Been-Justice Garland) and Justice Barrett. Presuming they win the presidency and flip the Senate, of course. Joe Biden has notably refused to take “court-packing” off the table, but the idea doesn’t poll well, and there are real reasons to fear it—not least the likelihood that Republicans would retaliate as soon […]
Demonstrators hold signs about the 2020 census outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Demonstrators hold signs about the 2020 census outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated at 7:32 p.m. ET The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to a speedy review of President Trump’s attempt to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to reallocate seats in Congress. Last month, a lower court ruling blocked Trump’s push, calling a presidential memo that called for that unprecedented change unlawful. And […]
Maine Senator Susan Collins says she will vote ‘no’ to confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, since it’s too close to the election, while refusing to say anything critical about how Barrett’s originalist judicial philosophy might imperil a woman’s right to choose. Collins is a Republican who supports abortion rights, a brand that has carried her to victory four times, but with Barrett’s confirmation all but certain, Collins’ longtime balancing act may have reached its tipping point. The GOP is getting closer to reaching its goal, the overturning of Roe v Wade, the now almost 50-year-old ruling that made […]
The California Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to consider whether Scott Peterson, who was convicted in the slaying of his pregnant wife, should get a new trial. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation /AP hide caption toggle caption California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation /AP The California Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to consider whether Scott Peterson, who was convicted in the slaying of his pregnant wife, should get a new trial. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation /AP The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a reexamination of Scott Peterson’s 2004 conviction in the murder of […]
Joe Biden said voters deserve to know where he stands on expanding the Supreme Court – reversing a statement he made last week – but he again declined to give a definitive answer on whether he plans to install more liberal judges. Speaking Thursday night at a town hall hosted by ABC News, the Democrat presidential candidate said his view on so-called court packing will be influenced by handling of the ongoing confirmation process for President Donald’s Trump’s current nominee to the court, Amy Coney Barrett. “It depends on how this turns out – not how he wins, but how it’s […]
The malfunctioning mics ensured that the Senate Judiciary Committee fell awkwardly silent at times during the third day of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing. Outside the room, however, the din of politics surrounding the nomination kept getting louder. With the Senate’s ultimate confirmation of Barrett largely a foregone conclusion, both parties set about making the hearings work for them in the final weeks before the 2020 election. Those respective playbooks became clear not long after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death in September, which opened up the seat that Barrett has been nominated to fill. But by Wednesday, with her confirmation hearings […]
Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., looks on as Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her confirmation hearing. tefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption tefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., looks on as Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her confirmation hearing. tefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett declined to answer a question from Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Wednesday about whether the Supreme Court ruling that protects the right to buy and use contraception was correctly […]
On a surreal day of GOP-generated alternate reality, every Senate Democrat tried to get America to awaken out of the Matrix but only one succeeded. “This is not normal,” said Senator Cory Booker, before asking a Supreme Court nominee if she would condemn white supremacy. (Good news: she did.) “This is not normal,” said Amy Klobuchar, before reminding viewers that 7 million Americans have gotten the coronavirus, including people in the hearing room itself. “These aren’t normal times,” said Chris Coons, before noting that we’re in the middle of a presidential election and an unprecedented pandemic. And yet, nothing seemed to […]
Protesters holding signs about the 2020 census gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protesters holding signs about the 2020 census gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated at 10:40 p.m. ET The Trump administration can end counting for the 2020 census early after the Supreme Court approved a request to suspend a lower court order that extended the count’s schedule. The high court’s order on Tuesday, following an emergency request the Justice Department made […]
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gives her opening remarks virtually during Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gives her opening remarks virtually during Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., called on the Senate to hold off on confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court “until after Americans decide who they want in the White House.” Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the […]
On the first day of Senate hearings over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, supporters and opponents of the confirmation confront each other in front of the Supreme Court. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU On the first day of Senate hearings over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, supporters and opponents of the confirmation confront each other in front of the Supreme Court. Tyrone Turner/WAMU Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET Demonstrators supporting and opposing Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett gathered on Capitol Hill Monday as her confirmation […]
Beset by controversy and lagging in the polls, President Donald Trump this week was handed what his allies described as a gift: an opportunity to recede from the national spotlight while his party scored a win that would rearrange the tectonic plates of government. Trump promptly squandered the opportunity. For weeks, operatives from both political parties have picked up on a defining phenomenon of the presidential race: The more that President Trump has been the center of conversation the worse it has been for him. The pattern held true through the summer and into the fall, and it has contributed to […]
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks Monday during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks Monday during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Susan Walsh/AP Republicans condemned what they called inappropriate criticism and questioning about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholic identity as her confirmation hearing opened on Monday. Democrats did not bring up her faith in Monday’s hearing. Barrett is a devout Catholic, alumna of Notre Dame and member of a small, conservative faith group called the People of Praise. […]
On Sunday, President Trump accused “Radical Left Democrats” of pushing Joe Biden to ‘pack’ the Supreme Court (i.e. increase the number of justices from 9 to as many as 15), and warned that doing so would “permanently destroy the Court.” Biden has refused to answer whether he would pack the court, saying voters “don’t deserve” to know his stance. The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris strategy of refusing to answer directly whether or not they would increase the number of Supreme Court justices if elected makes sense, because it’s not an issue that most Americans care about, and could alter the behaviour of […]
Sen. Michael Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Michael Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, who tested positive for coronavirus following a White House event for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, returned to the Capitol on Monday. Lee, a member of the Judiciary Committee holding Barrett’s nomination hearing, also addressed the panel for several minutes without a mask on. It was unclear if Lee had tested negative for the […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured at the White House on Sept. 26, is facing the Senate Judiciary Committee this week for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured at the White House on Sept. 26, is facing the Senate Judiciary Committee this week for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images The Senate Judiciary Committee begins up to four days of hearings Monday on President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080746063_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_a64956b47346e7f8e248d93f59a5b426.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Aleksandra Serebriakova. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010121080746109-what-when–where-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-confirmation-hearing-to-kick-off-in-us-senate/ Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced a severe grilling from the US Senate in 2017 when she was nominated by President Donald Trump to the Seventh Circuit of US Court of Appeals. Now she has to undergo no-less-hostile questioning from Democratic and Republican lawmakers in order to assume the Supreme Court seat of late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett will kick off on Monday, as initially scheduled by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, despite turmoil that occurred after two Republican […]
When Republicans committed to filling the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court before the November election, they vowed to get it done no matter what came in their way. With hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee set to begin on Monday, just three weeks after Ginsburg’s death, it’s clear that Republicans didn’t anticipate everything that would get in their way. And it’s even clearer that nothing was ever going to stop them from putting another conservative on the highest court of the land. President Trump and Senate Republicans weren’t stopped by the COVID-19 outbreak within the […]
Republicans who control the Senate are rushing to put 48-year-old Barrett on the Supreme Court before the November 3 elections, as if Joe Biden takes the White House and Democrats were to gain seats in the Senate then it would become harder to confirm Barrett. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is set to tell senators during her confirmation hearing on Monday that while she has been nominated to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the bench, ‘no one will ever take her place’, according to the Associated Press which has reportedly seen a copy of her remarks. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are taking […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured on Capitol Hill on Oct. 1, is participating in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured on Capitol Hill on Oct. 1, is participating in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett says “the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches,” not the courts. That’s from her opening statement she’s set to deliver in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee when […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings this week for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings this week for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings on Monday for Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. The hearings are moving ahead under exceedingly unusual circumstances with an election looming and an outbreak of the coronavirus still roiling Washington. Republicans are aiming to stick to a tight […]
Refusing to answer whether or not he supports packing the Supreme Court, Joe Biden has set off alarms by taking things even further and saying voters “don’t deserve” to know his position on the issue. Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California), have thus far dodged the question of whether they would pack the Supreme Court with more extra justices if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed before November’s election. Told in Las Vegas by a local reporter that his position on court packing, which he opposed during the Democratic Party’s presidential primary, is the “number one thing” viewers ask […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused, for now, to reimpose FDA regulations that require women seeking medication abortion to pick up the prescribed pills in person at a clinic instead of by mail. The court’s decision came Thursday night on a 6-to-2 vote that rejected an emergency appeal from the Trump administration. The challenge to the FDA regulation was brought by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists after the the agency relaxed similar regulations for other drugs–including opioids–in order to limit patients’ exposure to Covid-19 during the pandemic, but refused to relax the same rule for those with prescriptions for […]
“Republicans have been trying to drive a stake into the heart of Obamacare pretty much since it was passed — both through legislation and litigation,” New York Times reporter Sarah Kliff says. Source link
U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham departs a news conference about the 2020 census last month in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/Pool/AP hide caption toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/Pool/AP U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham departs a news conference about the 2020 census last month in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/Pool/AP Updated at 8:44 p.m. ET The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow counting for the 2020 census to end soon. In an emergency request on Wednesday, Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall said that the Census Bureau must immediately wrap up its field operations, now that it’s passed the bureau’s […]
Software company Oracle accuses Google of illegally copying its code when the tech giant developed its popular Android smartphone system. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Software company Oracle accuses Google of illegally copying its code when the tech giant developed its popular Android smartphone system. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Most of the world’s smartphones run on Google’s Android software. But did Google play fairly when it created that software? That question is at the heart of a case being argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. It’s the […]
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued a broadside against the high court’s 2015 gay marriage decision on Monday when the court declined to hear a case brought by a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue a marriage license for same-sex couples. The two justices agreed with the decision not to hear the case, but used the occasion to take a legal baseball bat to the court’s 2015 decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, which declared that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry under the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to equal protection of the law. Writing for himself and […]
Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that Subway bread shouldn’t be classified as bread for tax purposes due to its sugar-to-flour ratio. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that Subway bread shouldn’t be classified as bread for tax purposes due to its sugar-to-flour ratio. Joe Raedle/Getty Images In a decision shocking to those familiar with the $5 footlong, Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled: Subway bread isn’t actually bread. At least, not legally. That’s because its bread has too much sugar, the court said Tuesday. The country’s Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 says tax-exempt bread can’t […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is meeting with senators this week ahead of her confirmation hearing, which is set to start on Oct. 12. Anna Moneymaker/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is meeting with senators this week ahead of her confirmation hearing, which is set to start on Oct. 12. Anna Moneymaker/Pool/AFP via Getty Images President Trump’s selection of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US nationals are divided on whether the Senate should support President Donald Trump’s nomination of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a fresh poll revealed. On Saturday, Trump nominated Barrett to replace late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. According to a Morning Consult/Politico poll, 37 percent of respondents said the Senate should vote to confirm Barrett to fill Ginsburg’s seat, while 34 percent felt the opposite. At least 40 percent of respondents said that the Senate should only vote on confirming Barrett if Trump wins in November presidential election, while 39 percent said the vote […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Sunday about President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Sunday about President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday implored Senate Republicans not to act on President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court until after the American people finish selecting their next president. “There are Senate Republicans out there who know in […]
Moloch receiving a child sacrifice It is very simple recruiting initiates to a devilish sex cult that promises an eternal life of butchery and debauchery. All that is needed is a simple demonstration of supernatural power. Malachi Martin explains that one quite well. VT: Amy Coney Barrett ‘clerked’ for Antonio Scalia, the supreme court justice murdered by a pedophile ring at their massive complex in the barren desert north of the Mexican border. She is also the queen of a cult, nominally Catholic in name, that follows occult practices and is the basis of the TV series, “The Handmaiden’s Tale.” Enslavement […]
When the last U.S. Supreme Court seat opened up, Democrats held out hope that they could stop President Donald Trump’s nominee and force the GOP to compromise. “If we can successfully block this nomination,” said Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) upon Brett Kavanaugh’s selection in 2018, “it could lead to a more independent, moderate selection that both parties could support.” That, of course, did not happen. Two years later, any shred of hope that Democrats might have to block another Trump pick to the high court has been completely crushed. Few on either side doubt that Judge Amy Coney Barrett […]
On 18 September, the day US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the Senate would vote on President Trump’s pick to replace her, despite that it is an election year – an argument he made in 2016 during the Obama era. On Saturday, Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee. Activists from the March For Our Lives movement, a group advocating gun control, protested on Saturday US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plans to support President Donald Trump’s nomination of a Supreme Court judge in an election year. With a giant mural […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., seen here during a press conference Thursday, has criticized President Trump for trying to quickly fill a Supreme Court vacancy before the court hears a case on the Affordable Care Act. Liz Lynch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Liz Lynch/Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., seen here during a press conference Thursday, has criticized President Trump for trying to quickly fill a Supreme Court vacancy before the court hears a case on the Affordable Care Act. Liz Lynch/Getty Images The second-highest ranking Senate Democrat conceded Sunday that his side can’t halt Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s […]
A position in the US Supreme Court fell vacant on the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on 18 September. US President Donald Trump has now nominated US Court of Appeals judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the vacancy. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as US Supreme Court Associate Justice has already been decried by American liberals who object to her Catholic upbringing and strong anti-abortion stance. But the nominee, who has already been dubbed by some “Glorious ACB” – as the opposite of late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who is remembered by many as “Notorious […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, pictured on Sept. 15, said in a statement Saturday that the next president should fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, pictured on Sept. 15, said in a statement Saturday that the next president should fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Drew Angerer/Getty Images In response to President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic nominee Joe Biden urged Democrats to vote in the presidential election to protect the Affordable Care Act. “Vote like your health care is […]
Donald Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the US Supreme Court to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Trump vowed last week that he would nominate a woman for the vacancy within a week, saying he had an “obligation” to act without delay. Standing next to Barrett in the White House Rose Garden on Saturday, Trump called the judge “eminently qualified” for the job. He said she will decide cases “based on the text of the constitution, as written.” Taking to the podium after Trump, Barrett said she was “truly […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009261080582883-trump-announces-amy-barrett-as-his-supreme-court-nomination-pick/ A vacancy in the US Supreme Court opened following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week at the age of 87. US President Donald Trump has been eager to fill the vacancy before the presidential election, a desire met with criticism by Democrats. US President Donald Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nomination pick on Saturday, during a speech in White House’s Rose Garden. “Today it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court. She is […]
President Trump has yet to formally name his Supreme Court nominee, but clues are piling up that he will pick Judge Amy Coney Barrett. A source with knowledge of the process told NPR on Friday that Trump will nominate Barrett, with the caveat that the president is known to change his mind. The source was not authorized to confirm the selection before Trump does. On Saturday morning, NBC News posted video of Barrett leaving her home in South Bend, Ind., with her husband and children, all dressed in formal attire. NEW: Judge Amy Coney Barrett and her large family left their […]
Moloch receiving a child sacrifice It is very simple recruiting initiates to a devilish sex cult that promises an eternal life of butchery and debauchery. All that is needed is a simple demonstration of supernatural power. Malachi Martin explains that one quite well. VT: Amy Coney Barrett ‘clerked’ for Antonio Scalia, the supreme court justice murdered by a pedophile ring at their massive complex in the barren desert north of the Mexican border. She is also the queen of a cult, nominally Catholic in name, that follows occult practices and is the basis of the TV series, “The Handmaiden’s Tale.” Enslavement […]
President Trump — pictured at a rally in Newport News, Va., on Friday — is set to announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump — pictured at a rally in Newport News, Va., on Friday — is set to announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A week after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump will announce his nomination to succeed her on the Supreme Court. Republicans expect Trump to select Judge Amy Coney Barrett, according to a source […]
President Trump visits the Supreme Court Thursday to pay respects, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the top of the front steps of the court. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images President Trump visits the Supreme Court Thursday to pay respects, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the top of the front steps of the court. Pool/Getty Images Saturday is a big day for the future of the country. President Trump is set to formally announce his nominee to replace the late-Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A source with knowledge of the […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is 48 years old and would likely serve for decades to come on the high court if confirmed by the Senate. Rachel Malehorn/rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP hide caption toggle caption Rachel Malehorn/rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is 48 years old and would likely serve for decades to come on the high court if confirmed by the Senate. Rachel Malehorn/rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Republicans expect President Trump to name Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the next nominee to the Supreme Court, according to a source with knowledge of the process, but the […]
President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to nominate federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The president is scheduled to officially announce his choice on Saturday at 5 p.m. But on Friday evening, CNN, CBS News, and PBS, quoting sources, reported that Trump’s pick is Barrett. In choosing Barrett, who currently serves on the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Trump will please conservatives certain to see the pick as solidifying their hold on the court for many years to come. Her selection will inevitably put abortion and Trump’s […]
US President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett, of the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, to fill the seat of late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to emerging reports on the decision, which is set to be announced on Saturday. Exactly one week after the announcement of Ginsburg’s passing, Trump has reportedly determined that Barrett, 48, will be his Supreme Court nominee ahead of the contentious November 3 presidential election, The Hill reported Friday evening, citing “multiple people familiar with the process.” “He’s made his decision and […]
President’s Trump’s plan to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court is a shocking political spectacle. The formal announcement Saturday will come the day after Ginsburg became the first woman and the first Jew to lie in state at the Capitol, and less than 40 days before the presidential election. In 2016, Republicans refused to consider President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, 260 days before that year’s election. The nomination is also a remarkable achievement for the religious right. In less than four years, Trump will have selected […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who is expected to be President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, pictured in 2018. Rachel Malehorn/rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP hide caption toggle caption Rachel Malehorn/rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who is expected to be President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, pictured in 2018. Rachel Malehorn/rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Republicans expect President Trump to name Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the next nominee to the Supreme Court, according to a source with knowledge of the process, but the source cautioned that Trump could change his mind. The source declined to be named, because the individual was […]
Will the radical religious views of Trump’s likely Supreme Court pick pose an obstacle to Congressional approval? Dissociated Press Editor’s note: VT Senior Editor Gordon Duff will join me live on Truth Jihad Radio 8 to 9 pm Eastern this evening to defend Trump’s right to appoint an Irish Muslim truth jihadi to the Supreme Court. Gordon will also offer other controversial interpretations of current events—listen live on Revolution.Radio or catch the archive later. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America’s best-known critics of the War on Terror. He is host of TRUTH JIHAD RADIO; a hard driving weekly […]
Everything about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has felt wrong. I don’t mean surprising—she was an 87-year-old woman who had battled cancer multiple times and been hospitalized earlier this year; it’s not uncommon for people with that medical history to die. But every second of what’s happened since the news broke of her death has felt like some kind of perversion of what should be happening. In my nights of anxiety and insomnia since her death, robbed by the news cycle insistent on the politics of it all to be sad, I started feeling despair. I thought about how the justice once […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is seen as a front-runner to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP hide caption toggle caption Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is seen as a front-runner to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Amy Coney Barrett is viewed as the leading candidate to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. The 48-year-old judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago is a […]
The rest of the country may have moved on to the Supreme Court fight at hand, but on Wednesday night, Samantha Bee still had something to say about the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “This week, we, like everyone, are mourning the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” she began. “Ginsburg fought tirelessly for women’s equality and civil rights throughout her career, including more than 27 years on the Supreme Court. On behalf of the entire staff of Full Frontal, I’d like to say fuuuuuuuuuck.” Bee aimed to honor Ginsburg as more than “just a meme your Aunt Bev cross-stitched on […]
Protest At Mitch McConnell’s House Over Supreme Court Vacancy By Mark Moore, New York Post. September 23, 2020 Protest At Mitch McConnell’s House Over Supreme Court Vacancy2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/mcconnell-e1600879750723.jpg200px200px Above photo: A protester stands outside McConnell’s home holding a sign. AP. NOTE: No matter who is elected in November, we can expect the next Supreme Court nominee to be a corporatist. It’s important to remember that the best way we can influence Supreme Court decisions is to build public opinion for what we want to see and be willing to mobilize around it. Public opinion does have an influence on what the courts do. – […]
Later this week, President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice for Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on 18 September due to cancer complications. Democrats insist that the new justice should be nominated after the 3 November presidential election. The American news website Axios has quoted finance experts as saying that US President Donald Trump’s resolve to nominate a new Supreme Court justice in the coming days may add to Wall Street’s concerns over market volatility before the 3 November election. Priya Misra, head of global rates strategy with the Canadian TD Securities investment bank, […]
Facing what they acknowledge to be a nearly impossible task of blocking President Donald Trump from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, Senate Democrats are divided over what precise tactics they should deploy in the days and weeks ahead. On a caucus call Saturday, members laid out two types of approaches that they thought would best suit the party in its efforts to stop the president from filling the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday from complications of pancreatic cancer. One faction felt that a dramatic show of resistance with overt political threats would provide the pressure needed […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump has mocked Democrats over their criticism of his plan to put forward a Supreme Court nomination as soon as possible. “Did you hear, today, the latest? They impeached me for a perfect phone call. Now they want to impeach me again if I nominate somebody as I’m constitutionally obligated to do to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States”, Trump told his supporters in Swanton, Ohio on Monday. “Go ahead. I want them — I want them to do that”, he added. Speaking in Dayton, Ohio that same day Trump said he […]
Seth Meyers spent several minutes Monday morning exposing the blatant hypocrisy of Republican senators trying to jam through President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee when they wouldn’t even allow a vote on President Obama’s four years earlier—all while admitting the entire exercise won’t have any effect whatsoever on their behavior “Now look, I get that highlighting their hypocrisy is mostly pointless,” the Late Night host said. “Hypocrisy only matters if you have shame. They don’t. Mitch McConnell certainly isn’t capable of feeling shame. He looks like a haunted wooden doll you’d find at an estate sale and has the same level of […]
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raises the possibility of a thoroughly conservative court that will not defend the civil liberties won through decades of struggle, Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, told Radio Sputnik’s By Any Means Necessary Monday. “The problem now is you have a [US President Donald] Trump base, 63 million-strong, represented in the US Senate by Mitch McConnell, who in 2016 said a president should not be allowed to make a Supreme Court appointment [in an election year] … and he’s done a 180-degree […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/14/1080520192_0:114:3073:1842_1200x675_80_0_0_ed323b11b735b542ed2be388b263bca0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080520169-pelosi-not-ruling-out-impeachment-effort-to-stop-senate-vote-on-supreme-court/ The US president earlier spoke against Democrats’ calls for postponing the vote until the November election, citing his constitutional authority to make a nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not ruled out launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump in a bid to prevent the Senate from voting on the Supreme Court nominee. On ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday, host anchor George Stephanopoulos asked the House speaker if she considers impeachment a possible way of “stalling and preventing the Senate from acting on this nomination”. “Well, we have […]
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker about the Republican push to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the presidential election. Source link
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump says he does not agree with Senator Susan Collins’ call for waiting until after the November election to fill the Supreme Court vacancy after the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump said that he was going to nominate a new Supreme Court justice next week and that he did not agree with Collins’ stance on the issue. “I totally disagree with her, we have an obligation, we won, and we have an obligation as the winners to pick who we want. That’s not the next president”, Trump said, adding […]
In the footage, Graham argues that if a judge seat becomes vacant during an election year, a nomination should only be considered after a new presidential election has taken place. Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham has come under pressure after a 2016 video of him reemerged on social media. “I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination”, Graham says in the […]
The flag flies at half-staff Saturday at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The flag flies at half-staff Saturday at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Judges Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa and Amul Thapar are being seriously considered by President Trump for nomination to fill the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to sources familiar with the process. An announcement on the […]
The death of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday from complications due to metastatic cancer of the pancreas opens up a vacancy that is now destined to be in the spotlight of the current US presidential campaign. The passing of Ginsburg, who served 27 years on the nation’s highest court, now sparks a debate about who is likely to replace her. In the days leading up to her death, Ginsburg, who had repeatedly and publicly criticized US President Donald Trump, had dictated a statement to her granddaughter, Clara Spera: “My most […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106821/49/1068214987_0:35:3441:1970_1200x675_80_0_0_d5fd856e0a96fa23fadbc9b9871fc413.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009191080509836-trump-to-propose-nominee-for-ginsburgs-seat-in-us-supreme-court-soon–reports/ MOSCOW, September 19 (Sputnik) –On Friday, Ginsburg died of cancer at the age of 87 years. According to the NPR broadcaster, shortly before the death, Ginsburg told her granddaughter she would like her seat to remain vacant until the presidential election. US President Donald Trump is expected to announce a nominee for the vacant seat in the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the upcoming days, US media reported. The list of potential nominees consists of only one woman, the ABC News media outlet reported on late Friday, citing […]
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, has passed away from complications related to pancreatic cancer, SCOTUS announced Friday. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, dictated to her granddaughter, Clara Spera, in the days leading up to her death. The justice has repeatedly criticized US President Donald Trump publicly, including one instance in which she apologized for calling the then-Republican presidential nominee a “faker.” “He has no consistency about him. He says […]
Protesters hold signs about the 2020 census at a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images Protesters hold signs about the 2020 census at a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images The Trump administration is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to revive the president’s attempt to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to determine each state’s share of […]
The article below was the highest rated Google News article for 2010. VT/Duff had done this 3 times, unprecedented by any individual or news organization. Today, VT is totally banned on Google/Facebook and YouTube. A decade ago this was recognized as the most important political article ever written in the history of American journalism. With a new election heading to the Supreme Court, it needed to come out of the closet. VT: Five members of the Supreme Court declared that a “corporation” is a person, not a “regular person” but one above all natural laws, subject to no God, no moral […]
Blockchain voting startup Voatz argued that bug bounty programs concerning cybersecurity should be operated under strict supervision in a “friend of the court” brief before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Voatz weighed in Thursday on Van Buren v. United States, a Supreme Court case examining whether it is a federal crime for someone to access a computer “for an improper purpose” if they already have permission to access other files on that computer. Nathan Van Buren, the petitioner in the case, is a former Georgia police officer who was charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) […]
A set of politically charged books was immediately spotted just behind the UK prime minister’s back as he spoke in a rambling manner about the importance of sending schoolchildren back to their classrooms after a lengthy coronavirus lockdown, and the frustrating public exams fiasco. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a roomful of Leicestershire school pupils it is politically acceptable to sing Rule Britannia and ruled that Harry Potter is not sexist, but it was the choice of books behind the top speaker that caught the eye of super-attentive internet wags. Many of them appeared to feature rather pointed titles, with the […]
The Supreme Court Dropped The Ball On The Right To Protest By Kia Rahnam, Politico. August 19, 2020 The Supreme Court Dropped The Ball On The Right To Protest2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/militarized-police-attacking-protesters.-by-noah-berger-ap-e1597809491595.jpg200px200px Above photo: Militarized police attacking protesters. By Noah Berger AP. Over the years, courts have carefully updated our speech protections while mostly ignoring the freedom of assembly. Now they may have a chance to change that. In recent months, US cities have seen widespread protests denouncing police brutality against unarmed Black people. Local and national law enforcement agencies, responding to crowds of unprecedented size and scale, relied on methods that were equally unprecedented. In […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Last month, Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh lodged a complaint with Bihar police and named his son’s ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and several others as being responsible for his son’s death. He also pointed to several mysterious transactions worth $2 million made from his son’s account. The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered a top probe agency investigation into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. While pronouncing the order, Justice Roy stated that the “first information report registered in Bihar was correct. The Maharashtra government must comply and assist in the case while […]
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Fair Wayne Bryant’s request to review his life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. Bryant has already spent nearly 23 years in prison for the crime. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Fair Wayne Bryant’s request to review his life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. Bryant has already spent nearly 23 years in prison for the crime. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A Louisiana man will continue to spend his life in prison for stealing a pair of hedge clippers, after […]
Mount Adams rises in the distance beyond the largely agricultural Yakima Valley, in Yakima, Wash. Elaine Thompson / AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson / AP Mount Adams rises in the distance beyond the largely agricultural Yakima Valley, in Yakima, Wash. Elaine Thompson / AP It’s strawberry season in northwest Washington’s Skagit Valley. For Ana, a farmworker, that means long days bent nearly doubled over to snap ripe strawberries from low bushes. “You have to lean over a lot to pick strawberries, so of course everything hurts — your legs, your back — everything,” she said in an interview in […]
Supreme Court Just Made The Case For Medicare For All By Sophia Paslaski, Otherwords. July 31, 2020 Supreme Court Just Made The Case For Medicare For All2020-07-312020-07-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/rendered-1080×627-e1596156868718.jpg200px200px Above photo: Shutterstock. The Court says employers can refuse to cover birth control. This is why care shouldn’t be tied to employment. People of the menstruating persuasion: how dare you. The highest court in the land demands to know. This July, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that President Trump, who does not have a uterus, was quite right to object to Obama-era rules under the Affordable Care Act that allowed Americans […]
Obama appointed radical left Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who never votes against a far-left leaning position no matter how unconstitutional the argument, claims the conservative Justices on the court are biased. What a horrible joke. Law and Crime reported yesterday that Justice Sotomayor is disgusted with the actions of the other Supreme Court Justices: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor called out her conservative colleagues on the bench for increasingly issuing stays which favor their ideological fellows. “Yet again, this Court intervenes to grant a stay pending appeal, in this case less than two weeks before the Court of Appeals […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said his country won’t cave in to US demands to stop developing ballistic missiles and a nuclear industry, saying Tehran is capable to stand up to Washington’s “bullying.” The sanctions that the US imposed against Iran are meant to destroy its economy and reduce Tehran’s regional influence, but they are only making Iran more resilient, Khamenei said on Friday, in a televised address on the occasion of the Islamic holy day of Eid al-Adha. “The sanctions are a crime against the Iranian nation,” he said. “They may seem to target the establishment, but in fact they […]
The Supreme Court has shown a chilly approach toward election-related lawsuits in four cases this year. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP The Supreme Court has shown a chilly approach toward election-related lawsuits in four cases this year. Andrew Harnik/AP Voting rights advocates are batting 0-4 at the Supreme Court so far this year. A record number of election-related lawsuits are piling up in courts around the country as concerns mount about the safety of voting in person because of the coronavirus and the availability and reliability of voting by mail. With a pandemic raging and uncertainty brewing, some […]
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four liberal justices on the Supreme Court in a rule 5-4 against a Nevada church, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, released Friday night. Calvary Chapel sought to have the same standards of occupancy that casinos have under Nevada pandemic rules mandated by Governor Steve Sisolak that limit houses of worship to 50 people regardless of size, compared to casinos and restaurants that have higher limits set at fifty percent of capacity. No supporting opinion was released by the Court, just the decision: “The application for injunctive relief presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred […]
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the US will see further retaliation for the January drone strike on elite commander Qasem Soleimani, telling Iraq’s premier that Tehran will resist American meddling in the region. Khamenei met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Tehran on Tuesday, the PM’s first trip abroad since taking office in May. During the talks, the ayatollah stressed that the American presence in Iraq is an ongoing “source of corruption and destruction,” citing Soleimani’s assassination earlier this year in Baghdad as a case in point. “They killed your guest at your house and explicitly confessed to […]
Washington is offering $5 million for the arrest of the presiding judge of Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice, accusing Maikel Moreno of accepting bribes in criminal cases and of being a “crony” of President Nicolas Maduro. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the bounty on Tuesday, saying that Moreno “used his position of authority for personal gain” and that his designation sends a clear message that the US “stands firmly against corruption.” Maikel Jose Moreno Perez, a Maduro crony, used his position of authority for personal gain, accepting bribes to influence the outcomes of criminal cases in Venezuela. In publicly […]
The White House is allegedly considering a strategy that would allow it to bypass congressional approval to impose new migration policies, Axios broke on Sunday. Earlier, the US Supreme Court ruled that Trump cannot undo DACA which allows undocumented young people to avoid deportation. A retired ICE official has shed some light on the controversy. According to Axios, the president and administration officials have been inspired by a June op-ed written by John Yoo, a Korean-American attorney and former government official under George W. Bush, who exposed a legal loophole that could give the president the upper hand. The US attorney […]
While attention focused on President Trump’s taxes, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority spent much of this year’s session quietly chipping away at the ability of Democrats to cast ballots in November. It has been clear since the Supreme Court literally handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000—based on a decision so shoddily and dishonestly reasoned that the court declared its own ruling was not to be relied upon in the future—that conservative justices are not above using their power to tilt or even decide elections. In fact, it’s happening right now. As Trump’s ongoing rants against voting by mail […]
Supreme Court Stopped One Million Floridians From Voting In November By Mark Joseph Stern, Slate. July 17, 2020 Supreme Court Stopped One Million Floridians From Voting In November2020-07-172020-07-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/restore-voting-rights-for-prisoners.-attorney-desmond-meade-president-of-the-florida-rights-restoration-coalition-registers-to-vote-jan.-8-2019-in-orlando-fla.-by-john-for-ap.-e1590417736287.jpg200px200px Above photo: Former felon Desmond Meade and president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, left, arrives with family members at the Supervisor of Elections office Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Orlando, Fla., to register to vote. Former felons in Florida began registering for elections when an amendment that restores their voting rights went into effect. With the Supreme Court decision, registrations will be stopped. AP Photo/John Raoux. The Supreme Court all but guaranteed that nearly […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to reinstate the vote of nearly one million felons in Florida. The court declined to revisit a lower court ruling that stops felons with outstanding court-imposed debt from registering to vote. It’s safe to say Democrats believe the felon vote will help their chances in the Sunshine State.MSN reported: The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand a lower court ruling that could strip voting eligibility from up to 1 million Florida felons who have completed their sentences but have yet to pay outstanding fines, restitution and other fees. TRENDING: NOT MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES: Black Mass […]
The entrance to the United States Penitentiary Terre Haute, Ind., is seen on Wednesday, where Wesley Purkey, convicted of a gruesome 1998 kidnapping and killing, is awaiting execution. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Conroy/AP The entrance to the United States Penitentiary Terre Haute, Ind., is seen on Wednesday, where Wesley Purkey, convicted of a gruesome 1998 kidnapping and killing, is awaiting execution. Michael Conroy/AP The Supreme Court early Thursday denied appeals to stay the execution of Wesley Purkey, clearing the way for his death by lethal injection. It would be the second federal execution since they resumed this week […]
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The recently concluded Supreme Court term was remarkable for many reasons. But for SCOTUS geeks who love numbers, it’s worth looking at how the conservatives often split among themselves, while the liberal justices, understanding that they are playing defense, stuck together far more often, refusing to dilute the outcome of their victories by disagreeing with one another. In all, the four hard-line conservatives wrote […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been admitted to hospital in Baltimore “for treatment of a possible infection,” in the latest health scare for the liberal judge. Ginsburg, 87, was initially assessed at Sibley Memorial Hospital in DC after experiencing fever and chills before being admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday morning. “She underwent an endoscopic procedure at Johns Hopkins this afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August,” a statement from the Supreme Court said. The justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007141079885235-us-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-over-infection/ Source link
The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But… July 14, 2020 The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But…2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest-mount-rushmore-e1594745848827.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man faces a row of police as activists and members of different tribes from the region block the road to Mount Rushmore National Monument in Keystone, S.D., on July 3. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP – Getty Images. Indigenous people deserve more. To realize a complete vision of Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice takes people power. The U.S. legal system from the Supreme Court on down delivered a suite of rulings over the past week that have reaffirmed Indigenous land […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0e/1079877624_0:144:3000:1832_1200x675_80_0_0_c40dd8c3c6b343ca41db0901ec78e820.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007141079877661-us-supreme-court-allows-execution-of-federal-prisoners/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for the first federal executions in 17 years, overrunning a delay previously ordered by a lower court. “Today, for the first time in 17 years, the Federal Government will execute an inmate, Daniel Lewis Lee”, the ruling read. The judges reportedly voted in a 5-4 decision. On Monday, US District Court in Washington issued an injunction on delaying the first federal execution in 17 years, just hours before it was scheduled to be carried out. Lee was convicted in Arkansas of the 1996 […]