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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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., […]
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14 Jul, 2020 06:35 Follow RT on After a day’s reprieve, the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the first US federal executions in 17 years to proceed as planned, overturning a federal judge’s order. Four convicts are slated to receive lethal injections. Follow RT on Source link
In delaying any public release of Donald Trump’s financial records on Thursday, the Supreme Court also handed itself a major victory. The loser could be our democratic system of government. The court’s majority in Trump v. Mazars granted the judiciary broad new leeway to decide whether congressional subpoenas against the […]
Donald Trump is right about one thing: he lost at the Supreme Court today. Bigly, as he might say. In two 7-2 decisions, both written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court affirmed that both Congress and the New York District Attorney have the right to subpoena Trump’s (and any […]
Supreme Court Rules Against Oklahoma In Creek Nation Case By Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman. July 10, 2020 Supreme Court Rules Against Oklahoma In Creek Nation Case2020-07-102020-07-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/supreme-court-native-americans.jpg200px200px Above photo: BB/PA Images. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation was not officially terminated at Oklahoma statehood, as […]
Moments after the Supreme Court resoundingly rejected President Donald Trump’s claims to total immunity from prosecution on Thursday, the president did what he usually does: He began venting his rage on Twitter. Behind the scenes, however, members of his team were far more serene. “It’s not something we are worrying […]
President Trump invited the Little Sisters of the Poor to the White House. On Tuesday the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic religious group for women who have dedicated their lives to the service of the elderly, won their Supreme Court case against the Obama administration and their contraceptive […]
While critics of US President Donald Trump gloated over the Supreme Court ruling in the matter of his taxes, another verdict returning much of Oklahoma to the Creek Nation has far bigger implications for the country down the line. “On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a […]
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that about half of the land in Oklahoma is within an Indian reservation as stated in treaties. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that about half of the land in Oklahoma is […]
Supreme Court Rejects Effort To Greenlight Keystone XL Construction By Jake Johnson, Commondreams. July 9, 2020 Supreme Court Rejects Effort To Greenlight Keystone XL Construction2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/keystone_xl.jpg200px200px Above photo: Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines protest President Donald Trump’s executive orders advancing their construction at Lafayette Park next to the […]
The president swiftly responded to the Supreme Court rulings on Twitter saying the legal battle, which has not been put to rest, is “not fair to this Presidency or Administration!” J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The president swiftly responded to the Supreme Court rulings on […]
On Thursday the Supreme Court ruled a grand jury in Manhattan can subpoena President Trump’s tax returns in their ongoing witch hunt against the president. Mark Levin blasted the decision and warned the SCOTUS judges that Congress can now subpoena their tax returns! 2. I can see a situation in […]
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law letting federal debt collectors make robocalls. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law letting federal debt collectors make robocalls. Patrick Semansky/AP The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 2015 law allowing […]
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that state governments have the right to penalize so-called ‘faithless electors’, members of the Electoral College who do not support the victor of their states’ popular presidential vote. Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court’s Monday ruling that states have the right to instruct […]
The Supreme Court decides Electoral College voters are required to support presidential candidate who wins state. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP The Supreme Court decides Electoral College voters are required to support presidential candidate who wins state. Susan Walsh/AP The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Monday state laws […]
The U.S. Supreme Court in an emergency ruling Thursday evening temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision that, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, would have made it easier for residents of three Alabama counties to vote by absentee ballot in July 14 primary runoff elections. The high court split 5-4 in the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear arguments this fall in a case that pits the Trump administration against the House Judiciary Committee and its efforts to see redacted portions of report on Russian interference prepared by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. The decision is a significant blow to House […]
Democrats still cherish hopes that the full report contains evidence that Trump either obstructed justice or conspired with Russia to rig the 2016 elections, something that US Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller himself ruled out in March 2019. The US Supreme Court has accepted a petition filed by the Department of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the president can fire at will the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the independent agency Congress created in 2010 to protect consumers from abuses in the banking and financial services industry, abuses that led to the 2008 financial meltdown. But the […]